Guildford

Newark Priory, Ripley

Analytical survey by J Hicks and J English of SyAS during the winters of 2005–6 and 2006–7 of land surrounding Newark Priory, which was dissolved in 1538. The survey included recording the standing buildings and encompassed earthworks within part of the assumed area of the precinct although the fenced area around the standing buildings was not surveyed. (410)

Land at Epsom Road, Merrow

Evaluation by N Shaikhley of SCAU prior to the creation of a golf course. Only the areas of proposed holes 1–9 were examined, with a second phase planned for the remainder of the site. A large number of trenches were negative. However, evidence for possible Neolithic flint-mining activity was recorded in one area, in the form of sinuous conjoined irregular pits that appeared to be following flint seams within the chalk natural. Further features, some perhaps indicative of in-situ flint knapping, were also revealed.

Land at Epsom Road, Merrow

Evaluation by J Robertson of SCAU prior to the construction of a park and ride facility. A series of pits was revealed, including two very large intercutting pit complexes. A prehistoric date for the features was suspected, as both Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery were present, although intrusive Roman and medieval/post-medieval pottery and tile was also recovered. Further work is planned.

Christ’s College School, Larch Avenue, Guildford

Evaluation by R Lambert of SCAU prior to the construction of a series of new school buildings revealed a number of features, including a concentrated in-situ scatter of Bronze Age pottery and struck and burnt flint of considerable interest. The wider area of the site revealed further Bronze Age features such as ditches and a number of undated features of a possibly similar date. Roman activity was also recorded in the form of ditches and pits, although the concentration of features was not dense, suggesting outlying activity related to an as yet unspecified site elsewhere in the vicinity.

Henley Fort, Guildford

Watching brief and photographic survey by N Shaikhley and G Pattison of SCAU during works to repair and consolidate the roof structure. Water ingress having proved to be problematic for some years, the decision was taken to almost completely remove the earth bank covering the fort and undertake comprehensive repairs, which gave access to the exterior of the fort structure for the first time since its initial construction

Manor Park, Guildford

Watching brief by A Weale of TVAS during works on the construction of new sports pitches for the University of Surrey. A small number of postholes and pits containing pottery of a Middle–Late Bronze Age date were revealed, together with environmental evidence and charcoal fragments, which radiocarbon dating indicated was deposited around 1416–1292 BC. A medieval ditch was also recorded, running through the centre of the site. See TVAS monograph 11

Cerne Cottage, East Horsley

Resistivity survey by P Stevens of SHAHT following the discovery of two inhumations on the site in 2004 found little evidence for disturbance to the site. This is as likely to be a consequence of the inconclusive nature of the geophysical results owing to the geological conditions, as it is to be indicative of a lack of activity.

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