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The excavation of two pits surviving on a terrace within the Old Quarry at Ashtead yielded struck flints, prehistoric pottery, animal bone and clay tobacco pipe stems. The evidence discovered does not support the contention that the Ashtead pits or shafts are âritualâ, the more probable use being that of chalk wells.