Surrey Archaeological Society

Fieldwork and excavation by Ann Watson and D G Bird for SCC and SyAS examined a number of parallel ridges; one was, sectioned where it had previously been cut by a sand pit. There was no evidence for iron-winning as has been suggested in the past, but a series of parallel grooves in the ditch between the ridges might have been made by cart ruts or plough marks. (177)

Excavation by Barbara Blatchford for Guildford Group of SyAS produced an early medieval arrowhead, a great deal of pottery, mostly 13th century, and various features including a levelled surface.

Roman and medieval pottery found in fieldwalking by the Guildford Group of SyAS.

Site watching by S Nelson for NAS and Bourne Hall Museum recovered 17th to 19th century pottery groups; one in a cesspit made of reused Merton Priory stone included some 200 clay pipes

Ice house which served Painshill Park noted by GB Greenwood. In good condition. (176)

Two trenches excavated by RJ Poulton and MG O'Connell for SCC and Berkley Homes Ltd in advance of proposed redevelopment. No finds or features in the interior and no finds in a section of the inner rampart, but two phases noted, perhaps to be equated with previous finds of early and late IA pottery from the site.

Ice house noted on OS 6" map of 1866 by GB Greenwood. Now demolished. (176)

Monitoring by J Powell of WA during geotechnical works revealed the limits to a former landfill site, and burnt flint and post-medieval artefacts within topsoil. …………………………..

Community excavation by SyAS and SCAU, under the direction of R Poulton, of the Scheduled moated site. Foundations belonging to the medieval manor, including part of the great hall, were uncovered, and coins recovered indicate that the site was established by the early 13th century. The property was later occupied by Lady Margaret Beaufort before her son, Henry VII, decided in 1503 to develop the site into a palace. Evidence of this period was revealed in the form of foundations of an oriel window of the new great hall, begun in 1508.

A magnetometry survey carried out in September 2009 by members of SyAS in a paddock referred to in the 18th and 19th centuries as Brickhill and Brick Kiln Field revealed strong, largely rectangular, anomalies. An initial test-pit down to the top of surviving archaeological layers suggested that the anomalies were due to areas much affected by heat. Later work in the following year suggested these were the remains of substantial rectangular brick clamps of probably medieval date.