Identifier: surreyarchaeol43surr (find matches)
Title: Surrey archaeological collections
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Surrey Archaeological Society
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Publisher: Guildford (etc.)
Contributing Library: Surrey Archaeological Society
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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the end of October,when Mr. Hawley was able to make a start. Unfortunately,at the end of the first week he was taken seriously illand the task of supervision was undertaken by the Hon.Secretary with the help of Messrs. J. R. Warburtonand J. H. Walters, who also prepared the accompanyingplan. In all, two weeks work were carried out, but the resultsobtained were disappointing. In the soil removed fragmentsof mediaeval pottery were of frequent occurrence and a num-ber of small pieces of encaustic tile ; but except for the threetiles mentioned below, no whole specimens were recovered.Specially noticeable was the mass of broken roofing tileswhich were found throughout the excavations. The annexed plan shows the work done. The site is adjacentto a wall of mediaeval date which now forms the wall of thegarden. The kilns drawn in detail on the plan are thosefound in 1928. Facing them are two large stones, appar-ently in situ, which have been shown conjecturally in the s.a.c.—vol. xliii. 49 E
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5° EXCAVATIONS IN ABBEY HOUSE GROUNDS. 51 plan as the remains of a flight of steps leading to an entrancein the original wall now closed. The dotted portion at Cindicates a mass of chalk lumps in lime, of which the extentcould not be accurately ascertained as the edges were veryirregular and ended in a mixture of the chalk and lime withthe surrounding soil. The kilns themselves are built of thintiles, possibly roofing tiles, with squared stone at the open-ing. The floors are of stone. They are about 2 feet high,and the floor is about 4 feet from the present ground sur-face. This was the approximate floor level of all the mediaevalwork as indicated by the wall foundations discovered later.The paving of brick at E was on a considerably higher level.After clearing the ground round the kilns, a trench about 4feet deep was opened along the line A-B, starting from theback of the kilns. The ground was somewhat restricted bya walnut tree on one side and the garden sheds on the other.As shown

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