Reigate & Banstead

Noke Farm, Chipstead

Watching brief by C Currie of CKCA during conversion of farm buildings to residential use, following on from a standing building survey in 2001. No finds or features of archaeological interest were revealed. A possible moated site appears on the Sites and Monuments Record just to the north-east of the farm. A number of water-filled hollows indicative of quarrying were noted in this area, but no evidence for a moat was forthcoming, suggesting the feature may be a result of antiquarian conjecture.

Tower Wood Quarry, Gatton

Report by P Sowan of a survey by the WCMS and Subterranea Britannica for the Historic Royal Palaces Agency of the underground quarry, following its opening up to remove samples for the Reigate Stone Research Project. The Agency has the care of a number of properties with large quantities of Reigate Stone from the east Surrey quarries, and much is now badly weathered and in need of repair or replacement. (362)

19 High Street, Reigate

Evaluation by E Wragg of PCA prior to development revealed a sequence of mid 17th and 18th century layers and pits, associated with domestic and possibly small-scale industrial activities. Sealed by these deposits was an apparent 13th century horizon of mixed redeposited natural sand and silt. No features were observed in this layer, although only a small area could be examined in the confines of the evaluation trench. Subsequent excavations by H Clough of PCA revealed a large, hitherto unsuspected Medieval water feature, which greatly exceeded the extent of the excavation area.

Canons Farm, Banstead

Fieldwalking by P Harp of Plateau recovered further Lower Palaeolithic pieces of struck flint, including two complete or nearly complete small pointed bifaces (bringing the total number of Palaeolithic flints found recently at this site to 26). These finds are in addition to Palaeolithic pieces (including 1 fragmentary biface) found in the c1970s by T Walls, but not previously recognised as Palaeolithic.

Rookery Farm, Lower Kingswood

Excavation by P Harp of Plateau and J Scott-Jackson of Oxford University of five test pits recovered 25 pieces of Lower Palaeolithic struck flint, and a moderate quantity of post-glacial struck flint. The Palaeolithic flint was mainly debitage and mostly from ploughsoil, but also from the underlying clay-with-flints, and had no obvious clast orientation. Soil samples were taken for analysis.

Pebblecombe, Walton-on-the-Hill

Fieldwalking by J Ede of Plateau recovered a Palaeolithic flake, and a Neolithic or Bronze Age small flaked axe. A general spread of post-glacial lithics, mainly Neolithic or Bronze Age, occurs across the field on the crest of the scarp slope, while there is more Mesolithic struck flint present on the sandier west of the field.

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