Ice house which served Painshill Park noted by GB Greenwood. In good condition. (176)

Ice house noted on OS 6" map of 1866 by GB Greenwood. Now demolished. (176)

Rapid walkover by Mouchel Heritage along the 28km route of a proposed replacement pipeline between Godstone and Tonbridge in Kent, undertaken to contribute to the assessment of the archaeological implications of the proposed pipeline. Monitoring of test pits by M Collings to examine the impact caused by the laying of the existing pipeline revealed that it is likely there was minimal impact outside the cut of the pipe trench.

Further evaluation (SyAC 94, 365) by A Boucher of AI. Investigation of a palaeochannel identified in the first phase revealed deposits suitable for radiocarbon dating, providing dates between 1800 and 2000 BC. A rapid survey of the standing buildings on the site was also undertaken prior to their demolition.

Recording of foundations by Chris Daniell of DE revealed during groundworks involved in redeveloping the Military Hospital facilities. The foundations are likely to relate to greenhouses present on a 1940/1950s map.

Watching brief maintained by K Butler of ChBA during the excavation of a narrow electricity cable trench that may have crossed the route of Stane Street. No evidence of the Roman road was detected, although the construction of the lane during the post-medieval period may have removed this, and only finds of post-medieval date were recovered.

Metal detector survey by P Phillipson on the site of a USAAF Douglas C47 Skytrain aircraft that crashed on 25 October 1944. Contemporary photographs show most of the wreckage on the surface of the field. A few items probably related to the incident were recovered although nothing firmly associated with this type of aircraft, which supports a suggestion that the site was comprehensively cleared at the time.

Evaluation by P Cox of AC Archaeology revealed a single undated gully and an ill-defined feature, possibly a tree-throw hollow, containing charcoal fragments and a possible late Mesolithic blade. A subsequent watching brief during the creation of an access track revealed two undated features: one observed in section and possibly representing a former ditch, and the other a short linear feature comprised almost solely of charcoal. No evidence was present to assist with dating or identifying the function of the earthwork located in the nearby Birchen Coppice.

Dendrochronology assessment by M Bridge of ODL, undertaken as part of an historic buildings assessment prior to conservation and redevelopment. Seven roof timbers were sampled and analysed, six of which cross-matched with two coming from the same tree. The resulting site master chronology suggested a likely felling date for the timbers as 1580–97, with the supposition being that the probable date of construction was towards the lower end of the sequence, probably in the early 1580s.

Ground penetrating radar survey by T Archer of Arrow Geophysics as part of the park regeneration project. The area of the former tennis courts was examined during the trial trench evaluation to examine the extent of the structural archaeological remains that work had revealed. Despite the apparent suitability of the technique for this purpose and the known shallow depth of the remains, the results were disappointingly inconclusive, probably due to a number of factors including the uneven nature of parts of the area and buried building debris.