Shaikhley, N. (2000). An Archaeological Watching Brief on Walton Road, Walton Downs, Surrey. Surrey County Archaeological Unit.

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Title:		 An Archaeological Watching Brief on Walton Road, Walton Downs, Surrey
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Number of Pages:		 5
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on the groundworks carried out on 'Walton Road', a trackway leading across Walton Down, in response to the identification of 'a flint bed layer' by groundworkers during a series of preliminary test pits. There were a number of feasible reasons that may have explained the presence of the compacted flint layer at the base of the hill. These included the possibility that it was a flint trackway continuing up the slope but which failed to be identified during the field work or that the flints were deliberately placed at this locations as a drainage measure; or that the anomaly was the result of natural processes, such as hillwash, causing the formation of a cluster of flint nodules derived from the surrounding soil matrix. If the archaeological evidence was considered in combination with the cartographic material, one further theory was suggested. The presence of a flint layer lay at the base of the present trackway may well have represented the remnants of an earlier route that stared at Ebbisham Lane, but soon diverged from the existing course of the track, possibly following the more northwesterly line shown on Rocques map (1768). On balance, this seemed the most probable explanation of the observations. [Au(adp)]
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Author:		 Nowal Shaikhley
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Publisher:		 Surrey County Archaeological Unit
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Year of Publication:		 2000
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Location - Auto Detected: Walton Road
Location - Auto Detected: Walton Road Walton
Location - Auto Detected: Ebbisham Lane
Location - Auto Detected: Walton Down
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 2000 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: WALTON ROAD, WALTON DOWNS
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Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Epsom and Ewell
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Ngr: TQ21855761, TQ21885705
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Postcode: KT186HZ, KT205BS
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Created Date:		 18 Jan 2009