| Title: |
A Preliminary Archaeological Assessment of the Proposed Development of Land Off Angel Court, Godalming, Surrey |
| Number of Pages: |
18 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An archaeological desk-based assessment was undertaken in response to a condition upon planning permission for the construction of a block of flats. The SMR indicated that the potential for identifying material relating to the urban development of Godalming, from the early medieval period onwards, was moderate to good. Although no archaeological material had been found specifically from this site, this was as likely to have been due to a lack of development, and hence lack of archaeological survey, as to an absence of deposits. Excavations carried out in similar plots to the rear of these street frontage properties had generally produced medieval or post-medieval features; and in several instances a layer of loam with pottery dating from the 13th to 19th century had been revealed, for example at 77 High Street, and to the rear of the Old Jaeger factory close to the route of the relief road, and the more substantial quantities of Mesolithic flint at the Mint Street and Co-operative sites. Evidence relating to prehistoric activity within Godalming was scarce, with evidence generally taking the form of worked flint, for example a prehistoric flint scraper and flakes were recovered during an investigation of medieval and post-medieval features in the garden to the rear of Angel Court. The early cartographic evidence revealed that the site lay within the bounds of the early town plan, although it may have been at too great a distance from the street frontage to provide any particularly strong or coherent evidence relating to the structural development of this section of the High Street. A reading of the Rocque map suggested it clearly lay within the limits of plots associated with the High Street, but on the Tithe map the narrow linear 'burgage' plots, often a sign of medieval town development, stopped short of the present site. Nevertheless, material may have survived relating to the use of the 'backlands' (the land utilised to the rear of the High Street properties). The site lay within both Godalming's Conservation Area, and the Area of High Archaeological Potential designated by Surrey County Council's Principal Archaeological Office. It was thought that a large percentage of the site was likely to have escaped development to an extent where any archaeological evidence that may have existed had been destroyed. It was suggested that further testing and clarification of the area's archaeological potential should take place prior to destruction by development. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
Nowal Shaikhley
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| Publisher: |
Surrey County Archaeological Unit
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| Year of Publication: |
2001
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Godalming |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
High Street |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Angel Court |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Old Jaeger |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Mint Street |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| 13th To 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2001
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LAND OFF ANGEL COURT, GODALMING
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Waverley
Monument:
Ngr: SU96894387
Parish: Godalming
Postcode: GU7 1EA
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
