T H A M E S V A L L E Y ARCHAEOLOGICAL S E R V I C E S

17 Gardens, ,

Archaeological Watching Brief

by David Platt

Site Code: AGC14/171

(TQ 0450 6714)

  

   

    

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Egham Chertsey

Woking

Reigate Redhill Aldershot Guildford

Godalming Farnham

68000

SITE

67000

66000

TQ04000 05000 AGC 14/171 17 Abbey Gardens, Chertsey, Surrey, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief

Figure 1. Location of site within Chertsey and Surrey.

Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Explorer 160 at 1:12500 Ordnance Survey Licence 100025880 67200

SITE

67100

Scheduled Ancient Monument

TQ04500 04600

AGC 14/171 N 17 Abbey Gardens, Chertsey, Surrey, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief

Figure 2. Detailed location of site.

Reproduced from Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping under licence. Crown copyright reserved. Scale 1:1250 demolished garage 67150 slab removed

drive broken out see Fig.4

new footings

No. 17

No.16

67100

TQ04500 AGC 14/171

N 17 Abbey Gardens, Chertsey, Surrey, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief

Figure 3. Location of observed areas.

0 25m SW NE XX.XmaOD

no level Topsoil

Brown grey clayey silt

Dark brown grey clayey silt (possible subsoil)

Pale yellow clay (alluvium)

Dark grey brown clay (allluvium)

Base of trench

AGC 14/171 17 Abbey Gardens, Chertsey, Surrey, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief

Figure 4. Representative section.

0 1m Plate 1. Representative section (east footing), looking west, Scale: 2m.

Plate 2. Representative section (north footing), looking south, Scale: 1m. AGC 14/171 17 Abbey Gardens, Chertsey, Surrey, 2014 Archaeological Watching Brief

Plates 1 - 2. TIME CHART

Calendar Years

Modern AD 1901

Victorian AD 1837

Post Medieval AD 1500

Medieval AD 1066

Saxon AD 410

Roman AD 43 BC/AD Iron Age 750 BC

Bronze Age: Late 1300 BC

Bronze Age: Middle 1700 BC

Bronze Age: Early 2100 BC

Neolithic: Late 3300 BC

Neolithic: Early 4300 BC

Mesolithic: Late 6000 BC

Mesolithic: Early 10000 BC

Palaeolithic: Upper 30000 BC

Palaeolithic: Middle 70000 BC

Palaeolithic: Lower 2,000,000 BC Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd, 47-49 De Beauvoir Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5NR

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