| Title: |
An Archaeological Excavation at Fairyland Caravan Park, Riverway, Laleham, Surrey. Summary of Findings and Archive Index |
| Number of Pages: |
17 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
An excavation was carried out in advance of proposed residential development at the former site of a caravan park where an earlier evaluation had revealed ditches, pits and other features dating from the late pre-Roman Iron Age and the Roman period. Several periods of occupation were identified during the excavation. The earliest artefacts consisted of Bronze Age flints and Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age pottery. The Late Iron Age was represented by a scatter of features, many of which contained small amounts of pottery dating from between 300 and 0 BC. These were thought to have been associated with a small riverside farmstead and included pits, ditches and a curving gully which probably represented a roundhouse. Some of the ditches may have defined parts of enclosures, whilst another was probably a boundary ditch. Occupation of the postulated farmstead continued into the late pre-Roman Iron Age, with some re-defining of enclosures and the boundary ditch. Pits of this date were also recorded. A small number of Roman pits were revealed, and an enclosure ditch was found to have been remodelled several times between AD 43 and AD 200. It was redefined on two further occasions during the second half of the Roman period. Two pits of late Roman date were noted. A sherd of late medieval pottery was found, and a series of short linear trenches of 18th-19th ccentury date were recorded. It was considered likely that these had represented bedding trenches associated with horticultural or market gardening activity. A deep ditch represented the remains of a and boundary shown on a map of 1844. Numerous modern pits and post-holes were also observed across the site. [AIP] |
| Author: |
Robin R Taylor-Wilson
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| Publisher: |
Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited
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| Year of Publication: |
1997
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1997
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: FAIRYLAND CARAVAN PARK, RIVERWAY, LALEHAM
Study area:
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Spelthorne
Monument:
Ngr: TQ04516950
Parish:
Postcode: TW182SZ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
