Land at Brassey Road, Limpsfield

Evaluation by R James of ASE for Wates Built Homes of land proposed for residential development. Despite a programme of test pitting, in addition to trial trenching, very little artefactual material was recovered, the majority of which was post-medieval. A lynchet crossing the site was sectioned and found to have 18th century pottery at its base. The site is therefore likely to have been enclosed for agricultural purposes quite late. Two geological trial pits were excavated to assess the likelihood of Palaeolithic material being present; no artefactual evidence was recovered and the deposits revealed were considered unlikely to support in situ Palaeolithic remains. Pockets of charcoal flecking, increasing towards the base of the brickearth deposits, were noted in one trial pit.