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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000221
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SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
Excavations at a medieval and early post-medieval site at Sutton Park, near Guildford, 1978-86
DAVID BIRD
An annual training excavation was carried out at Sutton Park over the nine years 1978-86. It produced a small amount of evidence for prehistoric activity across a number of periods, especially the Bronze Age, but no certain early features. The site was probably that of the medieval manor of Sutton and early to mid-Saxon and Saxo-Norman pottery was found, but again with no certainly related features. A 13th century or earlier ditch complex was discovered, succeeded by three buildings, two probably 14th century in origin (one with a sequence of at least three tile-on-edge hearths) and one early 16th century. The latter may have been a small tower constructed as part of landscape gardening associated with the great house at Sutton Place.
