Surrey Archaeological Society

Watching brief by S Nelson of EEHAS during the alterations to the building and during demolition of a rear, presumed 19th century, extension. The building is a late 17th century timber-framed structure, with 18th and 19th century alterations and additions. Stripping of all internal plaster surfaces allowed details of the timber framing and sequence of development to be recorded and a previous programme of building recording be augmented.

Watching brief by N Cowlard of EEHAS revealed evidence of a corrugated asbestos-lined bomb shelter, a sherd of Roman pottery within the spoil, and extensive modern disturbance. A circular brick-built well uncovered on the boundary between numbers 38 and 40 is likely to have been built before the property was divided in the late 19th century.

Watching brief by N Cowlard of EEHAS during the building of an extension revealed only evidence of modern disturbance.

Excavation by F Pemberton of EEHAS of two trenches in advance of the construction of a new extension revealed a cambered flint surface, likely to be the remains of Stane Street. The feature is in alignment with the route of the road recently proposed by A Hall (SyAC 94), and its composition is similar to that recorded elsewhere by Hall and at Mongers Lane by A W G Lowther.

Watching brief by N Cowlard of EEHAS revealed no features of archaeological interest and only finds of 19th and 20th century date.

Watching brief by N Cowlard of EEHAS did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by S Nelson of EEHAS did not reveal any finds or features of archaeological interest.

Watching brief by N Cowlard and S Nelson of EEHAS revealed a chalk layer that appeared to have been a levelling for a previous outbuilding, but no finds of archaeological interest.

Fieldwalking by SyAS and EEHAS, under the direction of N Cowlard, of a number of fields in the area as part of the Ewell Hinterland Project. (423)

Assessment by J Lowe of CgMs principally to establish the validity of claims for buried Second World War bunkers, thought to be a command centre, and comprising a series of rooms, possibly oak panelled and retaining furniture, fixtures and fittings. Sources indicated that the original development, dating from 1941, had included the structures, but the fieldwork aspect of the Assessment (comprising an on-site walkover and the excavation of a number of trenches) did not reveal any remains of the bunkers.