Surrey Archaeological Society

Evaluation by P Riccoboni of ASE revealed a small number of features located in one section of the site, none of which could be dated.

Training excavation by T Howe of SCC and R Savage of SyAS. Two trenches were excavated in an attempt to both locate the former dwelling of Alexander Raby (who ran an iron and copper manufacturing business on the mill site between 1770 and 1809) and better characterise the oldest of the former mills shown on a detailed map of 1798 before it was demolished around 1820. Raby’s house could not be definitely located, but a number of features were revealed on the former mill site, including two filled-in millraces and evidence for internal structures.

Evaluation by J Payne of PCA revealed an undated linear cut and an irregular feature interpreted as a tree-throw hollow.

Evaluation by S Cass of TVAS did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by N Randall of SCAU of a further area of the site revealed a scattering of burnt flints and a sherd of a Bronze Age or earlier pot, and a modern pit.

Watching brief maintained by M Campbell of NA during work along selected sections of a replacement water main. Made-ground thought to result from either the original construction of the golf course between 1911 and 1913 or from phases of remodelling that followed was revealed in much of the area examined, but no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by D Milbank of TVAS within the Scheduled hillfort did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest

Watching brief by K Johnson of CA during groundworks for the construction of a tennis court located close to the site of a Bronze Age barrow discovered and destroyed during building work in the 19th century. No remains relating to the Bronze Age were observed, but the remains of a number of 19th and 20th century glasshouses were revealed and recorded.

Evaluation by C Pole of AOC revealed evidence of extensive truncation, but some features of interest survived. A series of postholes may represent a boundary dating to the use of the site by Brooklands Farm until Brooklands House was constructed in c1860. Two brick foundations are likely to be the footings for greenhouses erected when Brooklands House was built.

Historic building recording and watching brief by B Davis and S Beach of WA during alterations and conversion to Chatley Farmhouse and associated farm buildings. The building recording demonstrated that parts of the farmhouse date to the late 16th or early 17th centuries, and a two-bay timber-framed structure with brick chimney-stack remains fossilised within the present structure. The building was extended in the late 17th or early 18th century, and was given a major upgrade in the late 18th century, with several other farm buildings added at this time.