Surrey Archaeological Society

Watching brief by N Shaikhley of SCAU during the creation of a new access road did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by T Munnery and S Hind of SCAU revealed that the original ground level of the site had been reduced, removing the archaeology-bearing horizons.

Watching brief by D Hartley of SyAS during residential redevelopment recovered a Roman amphora handle.

Excavation by A Hall of SyAS of a series of test pits on and near the alignment of Stane Street proposed by I D Margary revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest. (395)

Evaluation by J Perry of SutAS in advance of redevelopment revealed extensive disturbance and three fragments of struck flint, but no features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by J Perry of SutAS in advance of redevelopment revealed extensive disturbance and four fragments of burnt flint, but no features of archaeological interest

Excavation by A Hall of SyAS of a number of trenches and test pits on and near the alignment of Stane Street proposed by I D Margary. One of the trenches was located on an anomaly identified during a resistivity survey by A and D Graham of SyAS. No evidence of the road was revealed, but a post-medieval surface possibly associated with an old tollgate at ‘Gyles Green’ was exposed. (395)

Evaluation by H Moore of TVAS in advance of redevelopment revealed no features of archaeological interest, and the only finds – two struck flints, a sherd of medieval pot, and a fragment of medieval or post-medieval brick or tile – were recovered from colluvial deposits and the spoilheap.

Excavation and further evaluation by J Stevenson of ASE following evaluation of the site in 2003. The excavation revealed seven large pits, two smaller pits, two postholes and a probable ring gully – all likely to be part of the Middle Iron Age settlement on the site. Elements of the settlement are very similar in nature to that excavated in the early 1960s by F A Hastings a short distance to the west, and to remains revealed during explorations in the grounds of Hawk’s Hill House in 1900.

Evaluation by R Lambert of SCAU revealed no features of archaeological interest, but did recover a number of Neolithic/Bronze Age struck flints from the topsoil across the site, and a discrete flint scatter between the topsoil and natural in one of the trenches. A watching brief by J Robertson of SCAU during the excavation of a pipe trench in front of the main doorway of the house revealed the edge of a possible Victorian manhole.