Surrey Archaeological Society

Observation of redevelopment by Julia Arthur for Guildford Museum. A medieval pit was recorded but two chalk-lined wells and chalk cellars with medieval pottery could only be noted.

First reports of discovery of late IA and Roman Republican coins by metal detector users, followed by the first looting raids.

Excavation by R J Poulton for SCC, HBMC and E & D; Simmons. The stables area and the outside of the northern inner courtyard wall (with garderobe pits and chimney breasts) were recorded early in the year. Later on a new building with two polygonal and two rectangular rooms was discovered. It may have been a Henrician period banqueting house. Trial trenching and observation of contractors' work in the kitchen court area was also carried out (pl 1)..

8th and 9th seasons of excavation by D G Bird for SCC and SyAS. In the 8th, work concentrated on the probably early post-medieval building previously identified. Three sides only could be located, marked by rubble and clay foundations. It overlay a ditch full of medieval pottery. A magnetic date for the earliest hearth associated with the medieval building previously identified was received from A Clark: approximately AD 1270-1310. A few sherds of Neolithic or LBA pottery were found, not in context, (206)

Nancy Hawkins reported fieldwalking before and during construction which revealed nothing of interest near the known RB site. (212)

Excavation by Judie English for SyAS in advance of redevelopment. A section to the NW of the present house showed that the moat had been recut recently, possibly in 1863 when the house was built. A trench on the island SE of the house produced evidence for a clay layer with associated pottery of the 12th to early 13th centuries. (206)

Site watching by D G Bird for SCC, of Conoco site topsoil removal. Nothing of interest noted apart from one probably Mesolithic flint core, a few burnt flints and two pieces of iron slag.

Site watching by D G Bird for SCC and by Haslemere Group of SyAS of topsoil removal by Conoco. No finds noted but many areas of disturbance were thought to be probably iron ore pits associated with a nearby furnace.

About 200 worked flints, probably mostly Mesolithic, were donated with fieldwork notes to Haslemere Group of SyAS by .1 Cresswell. The finds were made over the period 1968-71 by Cresswell, S Penney and A Penney. (200)-

Discovery in garden soil disturbed by house building of a 3rd/4th century Alice Holt rim sherd; reported by K D Graham. (206)