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What is test-pitting? Surrey Archaeological Test-pitting involves small-scale excavations Test Pitting Programme which are carefully targeted and aim to characterize settlement activity over time Leatherhead “Promoting the study of archaeology and antiquities…and any other Quick, minimal unbiased sampling matters or things relating to the pre- The CORS (Currently Occupied Rural Settle- history and history of the County. ” ment) methodology employs 1×1 metre test- - Articles of Association pits, which allows for quick excavation with Surrey Archaeological Society minimal disturbance Because focus is on currently inhabited settle- Abinger Hammer Village School, Hackhurst ment, available land is often under intensive Lane, Abinger Hammer, Dorking RH5 6SE use (e.g. gardens) and not large open space Tel: 01483 532454 Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk Explore your local heritage and Follow us on help investigate the origins and Registered Charity 272098 growth of Surrey’s settlements Leatherhead & District Local History Society How we dig Located on the banks of the The site of Rowhurst has All pits are the same size (1x1m) and follow N River Mole and at the north been documented as far the same procedure end of the Mole Gap, the back as at least the 15th Each pit is excavated in a series of 10cm spits town of Leatherhead has century, from its mention Saxon origins and would in manorial court rolls, have been part of a larger and the oldest timber- division of land known as a framed section of the Copthorne Hundred Hundred (of which there were Grade II* listed house has been dendro-dated to 1346. Its fourteen in Surrey, each with its own court and special foundations (a large square-shaped stone-built basement) meeting place). Up until the 13th century, when Henry III are of uncertain date but likely earlier than the house itself. removed it to Guildford, the County Court was held here. Stray finds from the site and nearby vicinity indicate a long The settlement was one of Surrey’s five royal vills to be history of activity even before the medieval period, from mentioned in King Alfred’s will (drawn up in the 9th the Bronze Age through to the Roman. Although Teazle century). A vill (or villa regalis) was the administrative Wood includes The soil is sieved for finds, centre for the region and would have provided the royal ancient woodland, it which are washed and recorded household with food rent. expanded in the last century to include separately former fields and the site of 19th century Rowhurst brickworks. When the pit is Teazle Wood completed, the What next? sections are drawn, Targeted geophysics, survey and N as well as any features 1871 test-pitting to search for: Ordnance It is then backfilled Survey Possible evidence of Saxon map Patsom activity in the nearby area and the turf restored Green Details of the development of Rowhurst over the centuries Leatherhead would also have had a minster church in the Features associated with the Saxon period (associated with the royal manor of Ewell Teazle Wood brickworks and one of twelve in Surrey). Though the precise location is no longer known, placename and other evidence have How can you be involved? led to the manor of Pachenesham Magna in the north- Interested? west of the parish being a likely candidate. More than one Join the volunteers in Anyone who is interested in getting involved, working location has been proposed for Pachenesham, including surveying, digging and with us on an event, wants more information or processing finds land by the former hamlet of Patsom Green, and at would like to be added to the mailing list, please email Rowhurst, next to Teazle Wood. [email protected] [email protected] .

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