Surrey Archaeological Society

Excavation by NEHHAS adjacent to the course of a Second World War anti-tank ditch. No report or details of the results have been submitted.

Archaeogeophysical surveys by A Bartlett of BCC with students of Birkbeck College. Magnetic anomalies were seen in both areas, with a higher concentration in the football field at Glyn House, and a ditch-like anomaly in Church Field.

Evaluation by Bryan Matthews of OA in advance of residential redevelopment exposed a number of features of Roman and prehistoric date, together with a 19th/20th century horse burial. The subsequent excavation is reported on elsewhere (SyAC 91, 187–216).

Watching brief by N Shaikhley and J Robertson of SCAU during both topsoil removal and the excavation of foundations for a new building revealed no finds or features

Monitoring of excavation of geotechnical pits by E Wragg of PCA revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Observation of the excavation of a series of test pits by R Poulton of SCAU in advance of proposals to create a road crossing over the Epsom to Waterloo railway revealed evidence of extensive modern development.

Evaluation and excavation by J Stevenson of ASE in advance of the construction of a new school. Detailed analysis is not yet complete, but preliminary results suggest that the truncated linear features revealed may represent field systems or other agricultural activity, provisionally of Bronze Age date. Postholes and a small number of pits probably represent temporary shelters/structures and associated activity rather than a main settlement.

Evaluation by J Stevenson of ASE in advance of residential redevelopment of the hospital revealed evidence of some modern truncation but no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by N Shaikhley of SCAU during easement stripping and excavation of a new pipe trench revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest.

Evaluation by G Hayman of SCAU in advance of the first phase of residential redevelopment revealed a small number of unstratified struck and burnt flints, unstratified fragments of medieval/post-medieval roof tile, and a Roman cremation burial contained within an Alice Holt plain jar of late 2nd/3rd century date. It is possible that further cremations and other forms of burial may survive within the redevelopment area, and further archaeological work is planned.