Surrey Archaeological Society

Watching brief by J Lowe of TVAS during the excavations for a haul road and soil storage area did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological significance. See TVAS monograph 11

Watching brief by J McNicoll-Norbury of TVAS during stripping for a soil storage area. The truncated remains of a Bronze Age pottery vessel – possibly a placed deposit – were revealed, together with a small ditch that contained medieval pottery. See TVAS monograph 11

Watching brief by G Rapson of MOLA during underground cabling works. An area of Bronze Age activity in the form of a layer containing pottery and worked flints was revealed, as well as four undated field ditches and an apparent flint structure – also undated. A limited programme of fieldwork carried out concurrently nearby provided further evidence for prehistoric activity, as well as occasional Roman pottery.

Evaluation by P Harris of AOC prior to the construction of a noise abatement bund did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Geophysical survey by D and A Graham of SyAS on the site of an aerial photograph anomaly. Evidence for a possible field system and droveway heading in the direction of the Roman site to the south-east was revealed. Subsequent fieldwalking of the site produced some Mesolithic flakes, but no firm evidence by which the apparent features could be dated.

Survey of the limekiln beside Hambledon church by R Williams of SyAS during repair works. The feature was measured and photographed, and a small investigation revealed the floor of the kiln to be 0.75m below the current ground surface, indicating a significant build-up of material since the kiln ceased operation. (411)

Fieldwalking by SyAS and EEHAS, under the direction of N Cowlard, of a number of fields in the area as part of the Ewell Hinterland Project. Two coins and one small pottery sherd of possible Roman date were recovered together with a little post-medieval pottery. (423)

Watching brief by N Cowlard of EEHAS did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by S Holden of PCA recovered residual prehistoric flints and Bronze Age and Roman pottery, but later post-medieval deposits immediately overlying the natural horizon suggests the site was subject to landscaping in the 19th century.

Third and fourth seasons of excavation led by H Sheldon of BC and J Cotton of EEHAS, on an area of higher ground overlooking the Roman settlement of Ewell and Stane Street and where traces of Roman activity were located in the 1970s. The aim of both seasons of work was to build on investigation of areas examined during previous seasons, and define more clearly the areas dug in the 1970s; both revealed further prehistoric, Roman, and later deposits. (409, 414, 422)