Surrey Archaeological Society

Trial excavation and site watching by S Nelson for NAS [now EEHAS] in advance of redevelopment revealed no RB features and only a few RB sherds. (187)

Animal bones, including several of horse and cattle, and two fragments of 1st century AD pottery from a buried watercourse noted in gravel extraction and reported by J J Chapman. Map ref centered

Neolithic/EBA flint concentration noted by Ann Watson in tree clearance in advance of motorway construction.

Work on the follies continued under the direction of Lesley Howes for the Painshill Park Trust. The site of the Turkish Tent was located and the temple of Bacchus and the Grotto were excavated.

Excavation in advance of redevelopment, by R J Poulton and M G O’Connell for SCC and DoE, revealed (May) a wall foundation and traces of another robbed out in the outer court (south), and (August) a probable wall of the stable block and half of the outer gatehouse.

Seventh season of excavation by D G Bird for SC and SyAS studied further a probable medieval building with a sequence of three hearths, a length of medieval ditch and a later building. (196)

Fieldwork and documentary research over several years by Judie English identified the once moated site of Pollingfold Mansion. Pottery indicates major occupation from the 13th to 15th centuries and abandonment at some time between 1700 and 1750. (191)

Fieldwalking by SRVSG near the site of several RB pits recovered a fragment of RB roof tile. (198)

Two metre length of substantial wall foundation exposed by site owner and examined by Haslemere Group of SyAS and reported by I R Turner. Possibly part of a later (at least postmid-17th century) extension to the medieval farmhouse. Pottery ranging from 13th to 19th century was noted. (197)

Fragment of Neolithic polished chert axe found in fieldwalking by Haslemere Group of SyAS and reported by I R Turner. (197). Nine other possible Neolithic flints were found in the same general area.