Medieval

1066-1600

Land at Whitehall Farm, Gatton Bottom

A watching brief by J Robertson of SCAU for Barrelfield Golf Network was carried out during golf course construction. A walkover of stripped areas revealed three Iron Age pits and a variety of scattered finds (including struck flints of predominantly Late Bronze Age or later date, calcined flints, medieval/post-medieval pottery sherds and medieval/post-medieval roof tile) in the northern part of the site, which overlies Greensand, but only a couple of pieces of post-medieval pottery were recovered from the southern area of the site, which overlies Gault Clay.

Castle Cottage, Reigate

A watching brief by D W Williams for SCAU and Reigate & Banstead Borough Council on limited groundworks within the southern edge of the bailey of Reigate Castle recorded well preserved stratigraphy of medieval through to post-medieval date. (294)

Castle Keep, Reigate

Evaluation by G Beresford for Broadway Malyan of the area around the 19th house, Castle Keep, within the bailey of Reigate Castle. Layers and features associated with outbuildings and subsidiary dwellings of 13th century date were recorded.

The Parish School Site, London Road, Reigate

Evaluation and watching brief by the South-East London Archaeological Unit of the former school site, for Rydon Construction Ltd. The site lies just outside the area of the medieval town of Reigate and adjacent to Reigate Castle. Two small gullies of 13th to 14th century date and a pit of similar date were recorded. The medieval features are suggested to relate to expansion of the town westward in the 13th and 14th centuries. The site was used subsequently as farmland. (305)

15-17 West Street, Reigate

Evaluation by S Dyer of SCAU for Owens Galliver Architects, of an area proposed for redevelopment, revealed a ditch containing 15th century pottery running at right angles to the street frontage. It seems likely that this represents the division between two formally laid out burgage plots, which were not actually built on until much later. A subsequent watching brief recorded more of the ditch but no further evidence for its date or purpose was found. (289)

Sheepleas, West and East Horsley

Survey of the estate by S Dyer of SCAU, with volunteers from the SyAS, for SCC’s Countryside Management Division. A variety of earthwork features, including lynchets, ridge-and-furrow, hollow ways, boundary banks, quarries, sawpits etc were recorded, indicating that the site was largely used for arable from the medieval period until the 19th century, when the land became increasingly used for grazing and plantations.

Combe Bottom, Shere

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.

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