Surrey Archaeological Society

Watching brief carried out by E Whitbourn of SyAS during work on improving the churchyard path, and resoration work on the lych gate and coffin rest. Work on the footpath revealed three brick tombs, and one tomb was opened to reveal two 18th coffins. (344)

Evaluation by J Robertson of SCAU on the site of a new residential block at the hotel illustrated that the area had been disturbed by modern rubbish disposal.

Watching brief carried out by N Shaikhley of SCAU following on from evaluation of the site in 1999. No finds or features of archaeological interest were revealed, possibly due to the advanced state of the development when the archaeological monitoring commenced.

Historic building recording by C Currie and E Roberts for CKCA assessing the impact of proposed alterations. The earliest surviving fabric shows that the building evolved from a late medieval hall house, and the construction details suggest a building of pre-1500 date, which could possibly be as early as the late 14th century.

A watching brief carried out during stripping of the site in advance of mineral extraction was followed by an excavation by G Hayman of SCAU later in the year. This extended considerably the area of excavation carried out the previous year. The archaeological work has revealed a variety of features of Late Iron Age and Early Roman origin. These features include numerous ditches, which form parts of field systems and settlement enclosures, with evidence for trackways with ditches to either side.

Survey by N Shaikhley and G Pattison of SCAU of the fabric of the medieval and later bailey bridges, prior to proposed repairs.

Evaluation by B Barber of MoLAS on the site of an extension to the existing superstore. This revealed truncation to a uniform level across the site, probably during construction of the existing superstore, and any archaeology that might have been present will have already been destroyed.

Watching brief by D Graham of SyAS on foundation and service trench excavations proved inconclusive due to site conditions, although a small quantity of pottery of probable Saxo-Norman date was recovered from the removed spoil.

Test trenching by D Graham of SyAS confirmed that the low platform visible just outside and slightly to the north of the postern gate of Farnham Castle is in fact a laid gravel surface. The feature was first noted during a landscape survey in 1998 and appears to lie at the western end of a slight flattened bank that runs through the Park

Recovery by D and A Graham of 455 coins ranging in date from Roman 1st