Surrey Archaeological Society

Observation by D G Bird for SCC of refurbishment of medieval undercroft as tourist centre. The floor and steps from the street were carefully cleaned with the assistance of the Guildford Group of SyAS. The steps were shown to be much repaired but with an apparently original core; they survived best through the entrance where unfortunately they had to be removed except for a few centimetres to mark the original line. The floor was apparently of brick (probably to be dated to the 17th century) over the natural chalk; there was no sign of a medieval floor.

Observation of building work by Julia Arthur revealed nothing of interest; archaeological levels may have been too deep to judge by earlier work in this area.

Report by K D Graham of fieldwork on the A3 improvement scheme. Little material was recovered, even near the known RB villa at Compton. A handful of RB tile was found at the southern end of this part of the road scheme, and a few struck flint flakes and sherds of medieval pottery were also recovered generally along the route. (229)

Location of Armada beacon suggested by M J Alexander in contrast to location proposed in SyAC 78, 1987, 103-8 by F Kitchen. (231). Supported by G Robinson. (232)

Brick shaft and culvert of the former Vanbrugh house recorded by M Curtis for WARG (235). Geophysical survey to locate the former house site accurately also planned.

Observation of gravel extraction by R J Poulton and S P Dyer for SCC and Redland located a buried former river channel about 30m wide and parallel to the Thames.

Excavation by M Curtis for WARG in advance of proposed redevelopment uncovered early post-medieval to 19th century deposits. (235, 239

Trial excavation and survey by R J Poulton for SCC and J Sainsbury revealed only scattered artefacts including probable Mesolithic flints and prehistoric, RB and medieval pottery. It appeared that medieval ploughing had destroyed all ancient levels which may have existed. (235)

Site watching by M Curtis for WARG close to Mount Felix failed to produce any further prehistoric or Saxon material.

Small-scale excavation by M Curtis for WARG located flints thought to be Neolithic.