Surrey Archaeological Society

Evaluation by R Poulton of SCAU, for Alfred McAlpine Homes Southern Ltd, in advance of residential development, revealed no archaeological features or finds.

Watching brief by S Mead of MoLAS, for Sandville Properties, following on from evaluation of the site in 1997. Both this evaluation and investigations at the adjacent Cargo Point development in 1997 had revealed a number of features of possible prehistoric and post-medieval date. The watching brief demonstrated that the majority of archaeological activity was concentrated at the northern end of the development site, where what appeared to be a series of boundary or roadside ditches were recorded. These ditches were also seen on the adjacent site and are thought to be of 18th century date.

A watching brief maintained by R Poulton of SCAU, for Hunting Gate Ltd, on the excavation of service trenches near the 17th century house, revealed no features or finds of archaeological interest.

Watching brief followed by excavation by J Stevenson and G Hayman of SCAU, on behalf of Henry Streeter (Sand and Ballast) Ltd, in advance of mineral extraction. An isolated Neolithic feature was revealed, together with a variety of waterholes, pits and postholes of the middle Bronze Age, and evidence for a field system of Roman or earlier date.

Evaluation by M Dover of SCAU, for Spelthorne Housing Association, in advance of residential development. A shallow gulley containing Late Bronze Age pottery was revealed in two of the trenches. A subsequent watching brief on the development revealed no further features or finds of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by G Hayman of SCAU, for Taylor Woodrow Property, in advance of the redevelopment. At the rear of the site, two intercutting ditches of possibly Roman date were revealed; at the front of the site, one medieval and one undated ditch were revealed. A few sherds of prehistoric pottery were also recovered.

Excavation by G Hayman of SCAU, for Tasman House Developments Ltd, in advance of redevelopment of a site that was partially evaluated in 1994.

Watching brief by G Hayman and J Stevenson of SCAU, for Greenham Construction Materials Ltd., during the construction of a lake. Athough no features were discovered, this barrenness is likely to be a result of repeated flooding scouring the landscape and effectively washing such evidence away. There was certainly past activity on the site, as evidenced by the number of finds, albeit redeposited, ranging from the Neolithic to medieval recovered during the watching brief.

Excavation and a subsequent limited watching brief by M Dover of SCAU, and geoarchaeological and palynological investigations by ArchaeoScape Consulting, for the Clerical and Medical Investment Group, in advance of office redevelopment. The earliest evidence recovered from the site was a collection of prehistoric flints. The earliest features identified were two human burials, one a double inhumation - possibly a parent and child. These burials are probably outliers from a more formal cemetery, outside the Roman town, that has not as yet been located.

Excavation by J Grove of Wessex, for MEPC UK Ltd, in advance of redevelopment. Earlier Roman activity (1st-2nd century) was found to be restricted to higher land at the southern end of the site. Here, a number of refuse pits and a series of gulleys and ditches were revealed, as well as two occupation surfaces and a possible oven. An episode of flooding separated these features from those of mid Roman date (2nd century), which were also concentrated on the higher ground.