Lisa Creaye reports that rebuilding of a stretch of flint wall revealed a shaped coping brick, set into the first course of bricks below the coping, which is inscribed with the initials GM and HM and the date 1785. (SIHG 77)

Fieldwalking by D Montgomery recovered 235 pieces of struck flint across an area of 6 ha. A concentration was noted at TQ 063 474. The flint included 72 unused secondary flakes, 3 flake cores, 23 blades or blade parts, 10 microlith blades, 1 scraper and part of a Neolithic polished axe reused as a scraper. (275)

Observation of levelling of ground in allotments and fieldwalking nearby by D Montgomery recovered over 200 pieces of crudely struck flint with thick patination, including one heavy scraper. The material is mostly primary and secondary flakes and may be largely accidental. (275)

Report of study by Helen Davies of the trackway between The Mount and the A31 Guildford-Farnham road. Cross-sections of the trackway are given, showing it to vary from 14m to as much as 62m, measuring from the centre of the banks on either side. The banks were also studied. (282)

Report by I Devine and C Bartlett of a well within land proposed for redevelopment. The well appears to have been sunk into water-bearing sands, using the cast iron caisson principle. The date of construction is not known, but is likely to relate to the nearby hospital farm, Brookwood Farm, built in the late 19th century. (SIHG 85)

A watching brief by J English on building works at the church recorded a well-built wall of greensand blocks, incorporating pieces of moulding, below the present west wall, which probably represents a phase of rebuilding carried out in 1793/4. Below this was a row of chalk or clunch blocks, that appeared only for the width of the nave, and may relate to the Saxo-Norman church. (300)

Evaluation by S Dyer of SCAU (with volunteers from the SyAS) for Waverley Borough Council and the National Trust, to investigate the survival of features relating to the use of the wharf, which fell out of use in the early 20th century. The foundations of the Bark House shown on a plan of 1830 were found; the building had been destroyed by fire. The wharf structure itself was found to consist of chalk deposits with timber supports, covered by rammed gravel surfaces.

Evaluation by D Graham of the westernmost of the mounds on the common, which J Corcoran examined in 1959 and decided were natural mounds of windblown sand. A rectangular pit was located at the centre of the mound and an unusually deep ditch was found to circle the mound, there is therefore little doubt that the mound is artificial. Samples of the mound’s core were taken for palaeo-environmental assessment. (298; see report in SyAC 91, 151-166)

Report by G Turner on the completion of restoration work on the moat. Geophysical survey indicates structures on the western half of the island, probably the remains of the hall and ancillary structures, such as the kitchen; farm buildings, such as barns and granaries, were probably sited outside the island. Finds suggest the moat was occupied in the early 14th century. Documentary evidence suggests the site is that of the manor of Ashurst, which perhaps later declined to become the keeper’s lodge of Ashurst Park. (297; see report in SyAC 87, 127-145)

A watching brief by A and D Graham on works for a new garage, within an area where Bronze Age flints have previously been recovered, recorded no features or finds of archaeological interest