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SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
The archaeological evidence for the route of Stane Street from Mickleham Downs to London Road, Ewell
ALAN HALL
Stane Street between Mickleham Downs and Thirty Acres Barn, Ashtead is a good example of a surviving Roman road. The visible remains are so well preserved that this whole section is a Scheduled Monument that has been the subject of attention by a number of researchers over the years. The author's work, while leading a team from Surrey Archaeological Society's Roman Studies Group, revealed that there was a body of archive material that had not been published and which contained much of interest. This paper incorporates photographs and details from past excavations, aerial photographs, evidence for the use of the plough in the construction of the road, evidence for side ditches, an analysis of alignments, a suggestion as to the survey procedure originally employed, a possible source for the metalling of the Pebble Lane section and conclusions concerning the width of the road. The very clear surviving remains of the road running north-eastwards cease entirely at Thirty Acres Barn, Ashtead and the ensuing route towards the Roman settlement at Ewell has been the subject of a good deal of speculation. Details are given of all known previous excavations of the road in Ewell and this information has been used as the basis for a successful campaign of excavation by the Roman Studies Group to discover the route.
