71-73 High Street, Guildford

Excavation and a watching brief during piling by J Pine of TVAS, following on from evaluation last year, revealed some truncation but also pits probably of early Medieval date, a later Medieval wood-lined well, and a chalk-lined latrine or cess pit of similar date. This was filled with dump deposits including pottery, bone, metalwork of both iron and copper alloy, and glass. In the base of one of the lift pits the top of chalk walls of similar dimensions were revealed, and it is probable that this was also a latrine or cess pit. Post-Medieval features included a large rectangular pit, a backfilled well, and a brick structure identified as a probable blacksmith’s forge.