A rapid survey of the quarries was undertaken by J Robertson of SCAU for SCC’s Planning Dept, as part of an ongoing project on Areas of Historic Landscape Value. A small quarry at TQ 203 512 may equate with one shown on Rocque’s map c.1768. The tracks ‘White Road’ and ‘Red Road’ that run past the quarries are holloways and may, therefore, have early origins. (314, 321)

Excavation by D W Williams, for SyAS and SCC’s Planning Dept, continued. The full extent of the prehistoric pit concentration was confirmed, with no sign of an encircling ditch or other defining boundary. A preliminary examination of the pottery recovered from these features indicates that conjoining pieces of Grooved Ware were deposited in different pits, although no vessel appears to be completely reconstructable. Examination of the pottery associated with the later enclosure to the south suggests usage from the very Late Iron Age through to the early 2nd century AD. (307)

Evaluation by J Robertson of SCAU, for Balfour Beatty, in advance of the construction of a bund adjacent to the M25 revealed a couple of post-hole like features which contained no finds and a pit containing burnt bone and flint. A subsequent watching brief on works in the vicinity recorded no further features. (314)

Evaluation by L Bashford of ASE, for Mr Renoir, to test the location of Stane Street, as part of an inquiry into the infilling of the Downs Road holloway. Any evidence for early use of Downs Road may have been removed during the construction of supporting brick walls alongside the track and erosion of the holloway itself. Very little dating evidence was recovered, but other features revealed are thought likely to represent post medieval landscaping. One gravel surface, presumed to represent a path or track, may be earlier.

Historic landscape survey by N Bannister, for the National Trust, of its Box Hill estate. The oldest boundaries on the estate are thought to be those bounding the old trackways, such as along Box Hill Road. The shaws dividing the woodland/downland from the fields are also probably medieval in origin. The present woodland reflects the change from traditional wood pasture mixed with sheep walks to amenity woodland in the 19th and 20th centuries. The oldest trees present on the estate are the large leafed limes at the bottom of the Whites, which have been coppiced.

A watching brief by D Dunkin of ASE, for Berkeley Homes, during the construction of three new buildings in the grounds of the Lodge found the areas had been heavily disturbed by the construction of 19th and 20th century out-buildings; no features or finds of archaeological interest were noted.

Evaluation by J Robertson of SCAU, for Brown & Root Ltd, in advance of redevelopment revealed no features or finds of archaeological interest, but the site was found to have been previously disturbed to some degree. (314)

A watching brief was undertaken by N Shaikhley of SCAU on behalf of the owners Mr and Mrs Scheller, during construction of an extension. No finds or features of archaeological interest were revealed. (321)