Fieldwork by C Currie and members of the Frensham Community Archaeology Project to determine if the pond had once been two ponds. No evidence of a bank or dam dividing the pond was revealed, although it is possible that recent dredging had removed any evidence that may once have existed. (364)

Watching brief by D Graham of SyAS during alterations to the western end of the nave, revealed elements of the development of the building, including possible evidence relating to a fire reputed to have occurred in the late 14th or early 15th century.

Note by M Saaler of identification by SyAS and Bourne Society Archaeological Group of a Medieval pottery kiln. (363)

Excavation following an evaluation by J Leary of PCA revealed a Bronze Age pit (and possibly contemporary features), and evidence of the early development of Stanwell in the form of a gully and two pits containing Saxo-Norman pottery, and slightly later field boundaries. These features were overlain by a ploughsoil containing 12th to 14th century pottery and daub, and point to the existence of a building nearby. A well and a series of rubbish pits containing 18th and 19th century pottery, some rare and non-local, were also excavated.

Watching brief by J Robertson of SCAU during construction of an extension to the public house. The depth and narrowness of the foundation trenches made it impossible to do more than record the rough sequence of deposits, but the recovery of unstratified finds (largely pottery of Roman and Medieval date) from the spoil does confirm that the site lies within the town ‘island’.

Evaluation by C Cowan of MoLAS, following a previous borehole survey that had concluded that much of the site was relatively untruncated, and that a good geoarchaeological sequence appeared across the site. The evaluation showed that a promontory of high gravel existed in the northern part of the site, with a surface dipping down to the south. Features containing four pottery sherds dated to the late Bronze Age or the early Iron Age were recorded in one trench beneath the alluvium.

Evaluation by E Wragg of PCA prior to development revealed a sequence of mid 17th and 18th century layers and pits, associated with domestic and possibly small-scale industrial activities. Sealed by these deposits was an apparent 13th century horizon of mixed redeposited natural sand and silt. No features were observed in this layer, although only a small area could be examined in the confines of the evaluation trench. Subsequent excavations by H Clough of PCA revealed a large, hitherto unsuspected Medieval water feature, which greatly exceeded the extent of the excavation area.

Recording by G Rapson of a large earthwork, which is possibly part of the remains of a fortified Norman manor house known from documentary evidence as Black Hawes Castle. A sherd from a 12th or 13th century cooking pot was recovered in the garden below the earthwork. (357)

Watching brief by J Stevenson of SCAU during the construction of facilities for the disabled revealed 19th century brick vaults, together with the foundations of the 15th century tower. A curious flint and greensand “spur” was found to have been built into the foundations. This did not support any known or previously demolished feature, and there is no satisfactory explanation for its function.

Excavation and a watching brief during piling by J Pine of TVAS, following on from evaluation last year, revealed some truncation but also pits probably of early Medieval date, a later Medieval wood-lined well, and a chalk-lined latrine or cess pit of similar date. This was filled with dump deposits including pottery, bone, metalwork of both iron and copper alloy, and glass. In the base of one of the lift pits the top of chalk walls of similar dimensions were revealed, and it is probable that this was also a latrine or cess pit.