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63--64 Dene Street, Dorking

Watching brief by T Howe and S Hemley of SCC during demolition and excavation works recorded the remains of two brick-built ovens (of probable 19th century date) and the remnants of a demolished and backfilled cellar. All features appear to relate to the former use of the building as a bakery.

Hammonds Coppice, near Newdigate

Landscape assessment by N Bannister for the Woodlands Trust. The shape of the wood was found to have remained unaltered for over 200 years, with the perimeter bounded by substantial banks. A sawpit, holloway and a former embanked pond were identified within the wood, as well as numerous wood banks. A rounded bank and accompanying ditch, which appear to bear no relationship to the woodland and wood banks, may represent the remains of a territorial boundary, possibly part of the medieval park of Ewood. (356)

Marden Park and Great Church Woods, Woldingham

Landscape assessment by N Bannister for the Woodlands Trust, involving the recording both of features identified from maps and documents, and previously unknown earthworks. The most frequent features recorded were banks and ditches associated with former land divisions, and chalk and flint quarries the next most common features. Other features present included a possible prehistoric field system surviving in Great Church Wood, and the earthworks for a complete 19th century rifle range in Marden Park Woods.

Land off Drill Hall Road, Chertsey

Watching brief by T Howe of SCC during the excavation of foundations for a new house. A roughly constructed 19th century garden wall was revealed running east-west through the plot. The feature was of considerable interest however, as it was constructed from sandstone blocks, apparently re-used following the demolition of nearby Chertsey Abbey.

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