Recovery by G Rapson of SyAS of 26 pieces of Mesolithic flintwork from an area of disturbed land surface close to the Scheduled bowl barrow.

Fieldwalking by G Rapson of SyAS following ploughing of the field revealed Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age flint, and prehistoric, Roman and post-medieval pottery.

Evaluation and excavation by S Deeves of PCA revealed significant disturbance to the site and little of interest remained, except that in one small area flood plain deposits were found to have survived. Excavation of these deposits revealed evidence for an important occupation site datable to the later Mesolithic period, and involved the recovery of c 100,000–150,000 pieces of struck flint.

Evaluation by Bryan Matthews of OA in advance of residential redevelopment exposed a number of features of Roman and prehistoric date, together with a 19th/20th century horse burial. The subsequent excavation is reported on elsewhere (SyAC 91, 187–216).

Watching brief by T Munnery of SCAU during the installation of a rising water main pipeline revealed a single ditch that could not be assigned a date. A number of unstratified finds were recovered, however, ranging from Mesolithic flints to post-medieval pottery.

Historic landscape survey by P Jones of SCAU, undertaken as part of the SCC/SyAS ASHLV assessment project. A number of features and potential areas of interest were recorded, including a possible Mesolithic flint-knapping scatter, a number of lime kilns and pond bays. Accompanying assessment of the tithe maps also provided place-name evidence for a number of potential kiln sites

Watching brief by T Munnery of SCAU during the construction of a new gallop at the stables. Two ditches and two pits of probable post-medieval date were revealed. A single Palaeolithic or Mesolithic flint flake was also recovered, although this was unstratified and may have been intrusive.

Landscape survey by Philip Masters of ACTA as part of the SCC and SyAS ASHLV study programme. In total, 150 features were recorded across the common. Predominantly, these were a series of boundary earthworks, hollow-ways and tracks. Many of these probably date from the use of the common during the Second World War by the Canadian Army, although the vast majority are probably medieval or post-medieval, and many can be identified on historic maps.

Report by G Hayman in SyAC 94, 251–292