Surrey Archaeological Society

Aerial photography by K D Graham revealed the existence of a sub-rectangular double ditched enclosure of approximately 1.6ha. Possible IA date suggested by supposed finds by metal detector users of IA and Roman Republican coins in this area. Fieldwaiking of field immediately to west revealed a late 1st to early 2nd century RB site. (194; see note in this volume by David Graham and R A Merson)

Observation of topsoil stripping for first phase of extension of sandpit, by R J Poulton for SCC and Titsey Estate. Nothing of interest noted.

Preliminary reassessment by .J F Cotton, D J Field and Pat Nicolaysen of major collection'of Palaeolithic material now in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. It-includes some 558 artefacts of which nearly 450 are complete or fragmentary handaxes. Most of the material came from on or near the surface of the Greensand or superficial deposts of brickearth, except for a group from a gravel pit.

Reported by Lesley Ketteringham that M Russell had observed work for a hospital extension, and recovered some RB and a little medieval pottery

Second season of excavation by R J Poulton for SCC and British Industrial Sand. Further evidence for the medieval building was found, together with traces of a substantial early post-medieval building.

Second season of excavation by G H Cole for Surrey Heath Group of SyAS allowed examination of 13th and 14th century timber and stone structures. These included a large buttressed stone wall with associated 14th century occupation levels, flint cobbled floor and tile roof. (197)

Sample excavations by G H Cole for the Surrey Heath Group of SyAS produced evidence for a possible late medieval house platform with a robbed sandstone wall footing. The platform was cut by early 17th century and later pits, gullies and post holes. A backfiiled waterlogged area was interpreted, with the aid of documentary evidence, as possibly being 16th century fish ponds. (193)

Site watching and sample excavation by D G Bird for SCC of a buried watercourse feature revealed in gravel extraction. Three radiocarbon dates were obtained from waterlogged timbers in a section across the channel: 5230±95; 5210±80; 5220±90, all before present. An earlier and deeper buried channel was also noted briefly. (199)

Large-scale excavation by M G O'Connell for SCC, Hall Aggregates (Thames Valley) Ltd, HBMC, and the Community Task Force. Neolithic cursus ditches recorded in detail in several places, also probably LBA field boundaries and large pits (7 wells), some with waterlogged wood remains. The supposed `henge', tentatively identified on aerial photographs, was found to be an ill-defined probably Saxon feature.

Small-scale excavation by R.J Poulton for SCC arid Runnymede BC to check a newly uncovered section probably of the precinct wall. It proved to overlie levels with Saxo-Norman pottery below 1.5m in depth. Human remains were recovered by P Larkin of Chertsey Museum in observation of small-scale work in the Abbey cemetery area.