Surrey Archaeological Society

Evaluation by T Munnery of SCAU. Medieval features comprising pits, postholes, a well and a possible buried soil were revealed. Two of the features and the buried soil may be as early as the late 12th or early 13th century. A relatively large number of struck flints, mostly of Mesolithic but also Neolithic date were recovered, mostly from one location in a limited-sized test pit. Sherds of Roman and Saxon pottery recovered are likely to be residual and unlikely to indicate that significant evidence from these periods is present on the site.

Watching brief by S Watson of PCA revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by F Pemberton of SyAS. Groundworks on the presumed route of Stane Street Roman road revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by N Randall of SCAU revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Two phases of evaluation by OAS on behalf of WSA revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by C Douglas of ASE. A probable tree-throw hollow containing two pieces of undiagnostic struck flint was revealed. An undated linear feature was possibly geological in origin.

Strip, map and sample by H Nicholls of ASE. A small assemblage of unstratified/residual Mesolithic to Early Neolithic flintwork, a single pit of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age date, and a medieval ditch were revealed. The pit contained three, possibly four, partially complete pottery vessels, which may have been deposited in semi-complete states.

Test pitting by C Hayward of SyAS. Nineteen test pits were excavated in a central band of the parish with two located in Little Bookham. Evidence of early medieval activity was recorded in Church Street with finds of medieval pottery clustered around the church. Sherds of Roman pottery were found in two areas to the east and north-east of the church and Bronze Age pottery and struck flint were recorded from a Little Bookham pit.

Historic building survey by J Morris of CgMs in 2008, unreported until 2013/14, revealed a complex of 17th–19th century farm buildings.

A small excavation by L Spencer of SyAS on the posited site of Bookham Courte revealed a flint and tile demolition layer overlaid by medieval pottery and chalk and greensand blocks, the latter with worked examples. (Bulletin 448)