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Earthworks to the south of the forge at Abinger Hammer in the Tillingbourne valley superficially resemble those of a deserted medieval village with apparent hollow ways, mounds and scoops some of which can be mistaken for building platforms. The name of the field, Hammer Meadow, in which they are enclosed however offers a clue to their real nature and when plotted the confused remains resolve into a series of remnants of water-based industry from an era when the Tillingbourne and its tributaries were more heavily utilized than they are at the present day.