Surrey Archaeological Society

Evaluation by J Robertson of SCAU did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by N Cowlard of EEHAS during development where most of the groundworks involved had already been completed did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest

Watching brief by N Cowlard of EEHAS in an area where the precise location of Stane Street was not known revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest. A subsequent excavation of four test pits by EEHAS and SyAS along the eastern property boundary did not reveal any evidence of the road or roadside features, but the lack of subsoil in three of the trenches (and its presence in the fourth trench only at a greater depth) suggests that the site had been scraped in the past.

Evaluation by J Langthorne, and a watching brief during geotechnical works by K Bower, both of PCA, revealed a gully, two small pits and one possible feature. Sherds of pottery found in one of the pits and the gully, dating from the 13th–16th centuries, suggest the features are medieval in date.

Evaluation by J Langthorne, and a watching brief during geotechnical works by K Bower, both of PCA, revealed a pit of unknown, but probable post-medieval/modern, date and evidence of extensive truncation.

Evaluation by J Robertson of SCAU revealed extensive modern disturbance, residual medieval pottery and fragments of burnt flint of possible prehistoric date, but no features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by P Guarino of AOC revealed some evidence of modern disturbance but no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Excavation by P Harp and members of SyAS next to Wayneflete’s Tower. The Tower was built by Bishop William of Wayneflete as a gatehouse, dated by dendrochronology to 1462, and is the last remaining standing structure associated with the palace of the bishops of Winchester that once existed here. The excavation revealed a series of brick walls, the bases of which were not reached at the 2.1m-deep extent of the excavation. The walls defined one complete and two partial walls, and the probable base of a slightly later staircase.

Resistivity survey by D and A Graham of SyAS undertaken to investigate the survival and location of the now-buried remains of Alexander Raby’s principal mill at the Downside industrial complex, with a view to locating an excavation trench on the site in 2008. The survey clearly illustrated the differences between what appeared to be the former mill structure and its associated watercourses, which corresponded with historic map information.

Evaluation by R and P Savage of SyAS led to the discovery of a short collapsed section of a post-medieval brick culvert running south-west from Cobham Lodge, probably built at the same time as Cobham Lodge in 1804. The collapse had occurred at a point where the culvert had been entered and altered during the early to mid-20th century, when two blocking walls had been inserted inside the culvert, one on each side of the section, which had now collapsed