Headley Court, Headley
Recording of foundations by Chris Daniell of DE revealed during groundworks involved in redeveloping the Military Hospital facilities. The foundations are likely to relate to greenhouses present on a 1940/1950s map.
High Ashurst Outdoor Education Centre, Mickleham
HLF Community Archaeology Project, under the guidance of A Guinness of Heritage Enterprise, involving the excavation of the footprint of a demolished estate house present on the site since at least the early 18th century and which was demolished between 1961 and 1973. The project, run in conjunction with Surrey Youth Development and Surrey Youth Justice, uncovered the entire entrance hall mosaic, the remains of the front steps and part of the gallery floor.
Betchworth
Excavation by D Williams of SCC of a group of ingot fragments contained within a pottery vessel. The eight ‘bun’ ingot fragments were located during metal detecting, and the pot is of a type that dates the find to about 800 BC. (410)
Parsons Mead School, Ottway’s Lane, Ashtead
Report by A Weale published in SyAC 96, 215–225.
St Andrew’s Roman Catholic School, Grange Road, Leatherhead
Evaluation by S Cass of TVAS did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.
St Michael and All Angels’ church, Old London Road, Mickleham
A programme of investigation comprising historic building recording and excavation of inhumations by S Watson of PCA, was undertaken after partial demolition of the current vestry, and the subsequent ground reduction of the site prior to the construction of a new enlarged vestry and during associated drainage works. After the demolition of the vestry (presumed to have been constructed in 1823 with later alterations), the lower part of the northern exterior wall of the chancel was exposed.
Leatherhead Leisure Centre, Leatherhead
Soil stripping, mapping and sampling by D King of FA of a site close to the river Mole proposed for a new games area. The work revealed three linear features and a possible pit cut into the top of an alluvial layer present across the site. The dominating linear feature was up to 9m wide and possibly represented a trackway of medieval or post-medieval date. A stony layer running along its edge pre-dated the feature, and the Saxon pottery sherd contained within this layer may be either residual or date it to that period.
Tyrwhitt House, Oaklawn Road, Leatherhead
Watching brief by R Poulton of SCAU revealed evidence of past disturbance, but no finds or features of archaeological interest.
Cobham Road, Fetcham
Watching brief undertaken by T Munnery of SCAU, and involving C Green of QUEST, during the installation of a pipeline, revealed an area of Late Upper Palaeolithic/Early Mesolithic and Late Mesolithic flintworking and the foundations of a Roman building. A subsequent excavation discovered that the Late Upper Palaeolithic/Early Mesolithic material was found to be an in-situ scatter of lithics with an eastern and western boundary and two areas with a low lithic density that could infer the positions of two knappers.
High Beeches, Hawk’s Hill, Leatherhead
Evaluation by N Randall of SCAU revealed two pits. Finds including struck and burnt flints and a pottery sherd of possible Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age date were present in and above the fills of the pits, but the recovery of brick, tile and slate from the fills suggests that the pits are of recent origin. Further finds of struck flint were recovered within a layer of redeposited soil used to level the site for the tennis court, but it is not clear whether this material originated from the site or was introduced from elsewhere.
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