Watching brief by A Weale of TVAS during works on the construction of new sports pitches for the University of Surrey. A small number of postholes and pits containing pottery of a Middle–Late Bronze Age date were revealed, together with environmental evidence and charcoal fragments, which radiocarbon dating indicated was deposited around 1416–1292 BC. A medieval ditch was also recorded, running through the centre of the site. See TVAS monograph 11

The first phase of an evaluation by R Oram of TVAS in advance of residential redevelopment did not reveal any features or finds of archaeological interest. The second phase, undertaken by A Taylor of TVAS the following year, revealed evidence of truncation, from both the construction of earlier farm buildings and the removal of contaminated ground, but again no features or finds of archaeological interest. An Anti-Aircraft Defence Tower on the site underwent a programme of building recording by C Challis of TVAS prior to its demolition.

Excavation by S Hammond of TVAS of six lengths of a pipeline trench between the quarries revealed a series of prehistoric pits, postholes and linear features, many datable by the struck flint within them to the Mesolithic. A localised area of buried soil beneath colluvium may pre-date the Bronze Age, although it did not contain any datable artefacts. A medieval ditch and two post-medieval features, consisting of a pit cut by a substantial rubble wall foundation, were also revealed.

Evaluation by A Taylor of TVAS revealed no features or finds of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by S Ford and S Wallis of TVAS revealed no finds or features of archaeological interest. An extensive deposit of peat was, however, discovered on the southern part of the site. This was sampled for its environmental potential, with results on its analysis expected in 2007.

Watching brief by S Coles of TVAS observed a single modern (19th or 20th century) pit.

Watching brief by P Jenkins of TVAS during excavation works. A single (possibly prehistoric) posthole containing a broken flint flake was recorded, as well as two more obviously post-medieval gullies

Evaluation by H Moore of TVAS in advance of redevelopment revealed no features of archaeological interest, and the only finds – two struck flints, a sherd of medieval pot, and a fragment of medieval or post-medieval brick or tile – were recovered from colluvial deposits and the spoilheap.

Evaluation by J Pine of TVAS revealed evidence for 13th–15th century layers, with the possibility of a cut feature of medieval date also being discovered, although this could not be confirmed. Evidence of 17th–18th century pitting activity was also revealed, followed by 19th–20th century disturbance in a relatively deep sequence that suggested continuous activity on the site for some considerable time.

Excavation by J Pine of TVAS following evaluation in 2004. The earliest features recorded were a series of 13th–14th century pits containing an array of domestic rubbish. There appeared to be a hiatus in activity following this, with little further activity noted until a 17th century soil/rubbish horizon was revealed. Pitting then continued into the 18th and 19th centuries in a sequence of fairly typical urban backlands activity. A subsequent watching brief was undertaken during the underpinning of a boundary wall.