Abbey Barn, Abbey Green, Chertsey
Note by J Lander, acting on behalf of EH, on observations made during the excavation of two fence postholes in the area of the Scheduled Abbey reports that the holes cut into redeposited material.
95–133 Eastworth Road, Chertsey
Evaluation by I Williamson of AS preceding residential development revealed no archaeological finds or features. However, peat deposits were encountered. Pollen and diatom analysis of samples indicated a changing landscape during the Mesolithic period in the area, beginning with an open ground grass-dominated landscape with areas of standing water, progressing through differing woodland types until the sequence ended at around 7000 BP, with alder carr woodland becoming the dominant vegetation.
Land at Painsfield allotments, Eastworth Road, Chertsey
Evaluation and excavation by J Robertson of SCAU, prior to residential development. The evaluation revealed five pits at the centre of the site, containing pottery of largely a Middle Bronze Age date, while towards the south of the site a further pit was dated to the Iron Age. Residual Neolithic pottery was also recovered, suggesting that the area had been a focus for prehistoric activity for a considerable period. Further excavation at the centre of the site revealed additional Middle Bronze Age pits, ditches and a waterhole, but no indication of structures.
Land to the rear of 21–35 Marsh Lane, Addlestone
Evaluation by P Jones of SCAU prior to residential development revealed no finds or features of archaeological significance.
Savill Gardens, Windsor Great Park
Geotechnical investigation by C Green and G Swindle of ArchaeoScape, in collaboration with SCAU, recorded Bagshot Beds overlain by Plateau Gravels, but no finds or features of archaeological interest
MoD site, Chobham Lane, Chertsey
Gazetteer of the buildings on the former tank testing, research and development establishment, and building recording of four of these – the parabolic blister hangar, the office block with two passive air-defence shelters, the laboratory with facilities for the televisual testing of turrets in action, and the climatic altitude chamber of the Climatic Laboratory – by R Burton, F Martin and A Richmond of Phoenix Consulting.
Land at Croydon Lane, Banstead
Excavation and watching brief by P Thrale of MoLAS following evaluation work in 2003. Natural chalk solution hollows and a single irregular pit were recorded during the excavation, sealed by a layer of possible agricultural soil, which contained prehistoric flintwork and medieval and post-medieval pottery. No finds or features were observed during the subsequent watching brief.
93–101 London Road, Redhill
Evaluation by A Haslam of PCA in advance of an Assisted Living development. No evidence of human activity on the site was revealed prior to the construction of the five 20th century houses then standing on the site.
Caberfeigh, Hatchlands Road, Redhill
Evaluation by J Perry of SutAS prior to residential development recovered no material pre-dating the 19th century.
Rosehill, Reigate
Excavation by P Jones of SCAU prior to residential development. The substructure of a substantial Roman tile kiln and associated features were discovered in an area where evidence of tile production had been found previously, but no standing kiln had previously been recorded archaeologically. The surviving remains were of a rectangular updraught structure, including stokehole, fire tunnel, combustion chamber and drainage system.
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