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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000221
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SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
Prehistoric and Medieval Occupation near Flanchford Mill, Reigate
R L ELLABY
Fieldwalking by the writer in 1974 disclosed a dense scatter of prehistoric flintwork in ploughsoil abutting the northern side of the mill pond at Flanchford, Reigate (TQ 235 480). Exploratory excavations in the winter of 1975/6 indicated that the bulk of this material had been redeposited, arguably as a result of possible mill pond extensions c1700 AD. An excavated area to the north-west of the mill itself produced late 12th/early 13th century pottery sherds and contemporary rubbish pits containing fragments of millstone, testifying to the presence of a watermill three centuries before the earliest documentary evidence.
