Surrey Archaeological Society

Excavation by M G O'Connell for SCC, DOE and Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd, in advance of gravel extraction, examined a large area of a crop mark complex including a prehistoric trackway and a hut probably of similar LBA/EIA date. (164)

Excavation and watching brief by K Crouch for Staines Archaeological Unit and DOE, in advance of redevelopment, located RB levels, in particular part of the massive flint and mortar foundation of a building of the 1st century AD, the rubble from whose demolition in the 4th century filled a nearby well. Evidence for buildings from the 12th century was also recorded. (London Archaeol 3, 389)

A watching brief by K Crouch, for SCC and DOE, on the construction of a new Day Centre recorded RB and later bridge foundations and associated wharfs. Finds include RB leather and timber. (London Archaeol forthcoming)

Trial excavation by M G O'Connell for SCC and DOE, before redevelopment, located only 18th and 19th century features cut into the natural subsoil. (164)

Excavation by D Barker for Egham by Runnymede Historical Society in advance of redevelopment located LBA features immediately below a gravel surface of c AD 1660. Large quantities of later 17th and early 19th century material were recovered from rubbish pits. (166)

Site watching by D Williams of redevelopment recovered medieval and later pottery, including one possibly Saxon rim sherd, but no related features. (157)

Excavation was carried out over the two years by D Williams for the Holmesdale Archaeological Group and SyAS, and in September-October 1974 by R J Poulton for SCC and DOE. The latter concentrated on the Saxo-Norman levels with several pits and some evidence for minor industry, suggesting that this area was the ‘backlands’ to a settlement closer to the parish church. A later trial trench on the Church Street frontage could not confirm this hypothesis because of late disturbance. A notable find was a probably Saxo-Norman bone skate.

watching of redevelopment by D Williams located several undated floor levels immediately over tilled soil with 13th and 14th century pottery. A nearly complete early 16th century Raeren mug was also recovered. (157)

A G Crocker reports that a layer of black soil, cinder and slag, a robber trench and several large waterlogged timbers have been revealed by developers erecting a new building on the site of the forge. Samples of timber have been taken for dendrochronology by the Ancient Monuments Laboratory. (SIHG 3)