Perkins, W. (2020). 22 The Headway, Ewell, Surrey KT17 1UP: An Archaeological Watching Brief. Brockley: Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. https://doi.org/10.5284/1103033. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 22 The Headway, Ewell, Surrey KT17 1UP: An Archaeological Watching Brief
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Abstract:		 An archaeological watching brief undertaken by Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited between the 6th to 8th and the 13th August 2020 at The Headway, Ewell, Surrey KT17 1UP. The monitoring consisted of the observations made during ground reduction operations within the footprint of the proposed building. The natural drift geology of sandy clay was recorded at 28.32m OD. A Romano-British boundary ditch, which is likely to have delineated a land parcel, was recorded running across the site from north-west to south east. Although it varied in depth and width it was generally between 0.70m and 1m wide and c.0.26m deep, although it had obviously been truncated from above by later ploughing. No evidence was found for domestic or settlement activity of the same period, so it was concluded that the area would have been part of an agricultural hinterland outside of the main settlement area. The post-medieval period was represented by a cattle burial on the western L.O.E. of the site that had cut through the earlier ploughsoil. This was related to the period when the study site was an area of open agricultural land and its use passed to pasture. The cow skeleton was articulated so it was likely to have been a diseased animal that had been swiftly interred on - or close to - where it had expired to prevent further infection and/or disease. A later, modern boundary ditch (or gully), oriented south-west to north-east, was discovered directly below a modern brickwall boundary that delimited the southern limit of the property.
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Author:		 W Perkins
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Publisher:		 Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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County: Surrey
Parish: Epsom and Ewell, unparished area
District: Epsom and Ewell
Country: England
Grid Reference: 521619, 162611 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN DITCH (Tag)
BURNT FLINT (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC BURNT FLINT (Tag)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: preconst1-399296
OBIB: PCA Report Number: R14189
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Created Date:		 03 Feb 2023