| Title: |
Proposed Nursing Home at Pound Lane, Godalming. Informal Archaeological Desk Based Assessment |
| Number of Pages: |
11 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
Desk-based assessment of the proposed site of a nursing home in Godalming identified that several prehistoric artefacts had been found within the town, including Mesolithic worked flints, two Bronze Age axes, Bronze Age and Early Iron Age pottery and five Iron Age coins. The exact locations of some of the findspots were unknown. Little evidence of Roman activity had been recorded in the area. Only one artefact of this date, a coin, had been found, although evidence of a possible Roman/Saxon or medieval waterfront had been discovered to the north-east of the site. Godalming had first been referred to in c. 880, in the will of King Alfred. It had developed as a market centre after receiving a grant of a market and annual fair in 1330. Much evidence of medieval occupation had been excavated in the area, often in the form of cess pits and rubbish pits in the gardens or backyards of what would have been street front properties. It was concluded that the site had an uncertain potential for archaeological remains of prehistoric and Saxon date, a low potential for Roman remains and a moderate potential for medieval remains. The potential for post-medieval evidence was high, as an 18th century map indicated that a building had lain on or near the site, and the foundations of buildings shown on early 19th century maps could have survived. [AIP] |
| Author: |
J Chandler
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| Publisher: |
Oxford Archaeology
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| Year of Publication: |
1998
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Godalming |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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PREHISTORIC
(Historic England Periods)
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EARLY IRON AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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| 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Bronze Age Axes Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| 1330 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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EARLY MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Postmedieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
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| Early 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1998
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: PROPOSED NURSING HOME AT POUND LANE, GODALMING
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Waverley
Monument:
Ngr: SU97134375
Parish: Godalming
Postcode: GU7 1BU
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
