Howe, T., Savage, P. and Savage, R. (2017). Downside Mill, Cobham: an evaluation with notes on observations at Coxes Lock Mill, Addlestone. Surrey Archaeological Collections 100. Vol 100, Guildford: Surrey Archaeological Society. pp. 31-53. https://doi.org/10.5284/1069425. Cite this via datacite
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Downside Mill, Cobham: an evaluation with notes on observations at Coxes Lock Mill, Addlestone | ||||
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Surrey Archaeological Collections 100 | ||||
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Between 30 July and 12 August 2008 a team from Surrey Archaeological Society undertook a training excavation in the form of an evaluation, on the site of one of the former iron- and copper-working mills at Downside, Cobham, operated by Alexander Raby between 1770 and 1806. Two trenches were opened to investigate the nature and survival of the mill structure, search for evidence of possible medieval utilisation of the site, and ascertain the precise location of the large dwelling house (set in pleasure grounds) shown on a plan of c 1798. The search for the house was unsuccessful and no evidence was recovered for medieval activity on the site. However, the work revealed remains of substantial exterior walls of the targeted former mill with some internal features, together with the filled-in courses of the former millraces that channelled water to the waterwheels. Significant concentrations of demolition material were recovered, particularly from one of the filled-in millraces, including large quantities of metallurgical industrial residues. Specialist analysis of the large pieces of slag in the demolition material from Downside Mill and of rectangular slag blocks from Coxes Lock has suggested these came from reverberatory furnaces used for reheating iron and recycling scrap iron for the manufacture of iron hoops, iron bar, iron plate and tinned iron plate. The slag masses lining the tail-race and river at Downside Mill were from chafery hearths. Documentary sources suggest that the copper foundry may have been used for the manufacture and recycling of copper sheet for sheathing naval ships. The site archive will be deposited at Elmbridge Museum under accession no 1.2017. | ||||
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