Surrey Archaeological Society

Lisa Creaye reports that rebuilding of a stretch of flint wall revealed a shaped coping brick, set into the first course of bricks below the coping, which is inscribed with the initials GM and HM and the date 1785. (SIHG 77)

Resistivity survey and site watching by S P Dyer for SCAU and SCC of car park and access road construction in an area where the SyAS historic landscape survey had recorded RB pottery and evidence for medieval or later cultivation. Nothing of archaeological interest was noted. (278)

Evaluation by trial trenching of an area proposed for the fish farm, by Rob Poulton of SCAU for Mr A Verber. The area is low lying and has latterly been used for watercress beds; no archaeological features were recorded.

Fieldwalking by D Montgomery recovered 235 pieces of struck flint across an area of 6 ha. A concentration was noted at TQ 063 474. The flint included 72 unused secondary flakes, 3 flake cores, 23 blades or blade parts, 10 microlith blades, 1 scraper and part of a Neolithic polished axe reused as a scraper. (275)

A watching brief on groundworks for a new golf course, by Rob Poulton of SCAU for Barrelfield Golf Network, revealed no features of archaeological interest.

Observation by S P Dyer for SCAU and SCC of earthmoving for bridge replacement did not locate anything of archaeological interest. (282)

Observation of building works (in 1991) by J Boas for Guildford Museum revealed a chalk block wall and a floor of crushed chalk. The wall may relate to late 18th century farm buildings. (284)

Observation of building works by GMVEU located evidence for a deep quarry, probably predating the mid-19th century Stoke Brewery known on the site, and 17th to 19th century pottery. Many stamped bottles associated with the brewery were stolen from the site. (282)

Barrel-vaulted structure identified as the remains of a medieval undercroft by GMVEU. (282)

A number of small 17th century and later finds recovered from beneath the floorboards by GMVEU. (282)