A watching brief by M Dover of SCAU for McAlpine Homes, on residential development works, recovered a number of possible Bronze Age flints from a deposit, probably colluvium, in the southern area of the site.

A watching brief was kept by R Poulton of SCAU for Crown Hall Estates Ltd, on the construction of a new house. Although the site had been disturbed in the recent past and therefore no features survived, a number of sherds of pottery from the 11th/12th centuries down to the 19th century were recovered, including the rim of an 11th/12th century cooking pot.

Survey of the estate by S Dyer of SCAU, with volunteers from SyAS, for SCC’s Countryside Management Division. A variety of earthwork features, including possible lynchets, hollow ways, boundary banks, quarries and a limekiln were recorded, most indicating agricultural activity from the medieval period onwards, with a number of chalk quarries apparently having been excavated as fields went out of use in the post-medieval period.

Evaluation by Tony Champion of SCAU for Albury Estates, of an area proposed for a new lake, revealed a layer of waterlogged silt containing a large number of small pieces of wood, some of which had clearly been cut or worked. Two pieces of struck flint were also recovered. The silt is presumed to represent a former channel of the Tillingbourne, which currently runs to the south of this site.

Excavation by R Poulton of SCAU for English Heritage on the site of the Roman temple, to establish how much damage was being caused following repeated disturbance by metal detectorists. An initial resistivity survey by the archaeometry branch of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory located the southern boundary of the temenos and part of the northern boundary. Excavation revealed that the upper levels of the temple site had been extensively disturbed in the past by previous excavators.

A watching brief was kept by R Poulton of SCAU, for Crest Homes, on redevelopment of the hospital site. This revealed that the scale of the development during the later 19th and, more especially, the 20th centuries had destroyed any earlier deposits.

A watching brief by R Poulton of SCAU for SCC’s Highways and Transport Dept, on road widening works within the centre of Shalford, recorded an undisturbed soil profile, but no features or finds of archaeological interest.

An evaluation by G Hayman of SCAU for SCC’s Resources Dept, of land proposed for redevelopment near the site of a known Roman villa, produced extensive remains of Roman date. Features recorded included walls, ditches, postholes and pits, and are thought to indicate the remains of ancillary buildings to the main villa (which was excavated in the 19th century).The pottery recovered was largely of 3rd and 4th century date, although significant quantities of material from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (including coarsewares) indicate settlement from at least that date.

Evaluation by J Robertson for SCAU, for Mr & Mrs McDougall, within and adjacent to a 17th century barn outside the moated manor site. Trial trenching within the barn revealed a low brick wall and two postholes beneath it, but no dating evidence was recovered. (301)

Two profiles across the motte of Guildford Castle were surveyed by S Dyer on behalf of Guildford Borough Council.