Surrey archaeological collections . was successfully accomplished, the road beingdisclosed in the four trenches made to the north of the originaltrench, while a sewer trench exposed it beside the southernboundary of the field. The drawing (Fig. 14) shows the information obtained fromtwo of these trenches. The following is a list of the chief points concerning thislength of road. 1. The metalling rests directly on a chalk subsoil through-out this field. Any question of sinking (cf. Some NewMaterial for the Determination of Stane Street, by F. Bidder,,,in , XLII,p
Surrey archaeological collections . was successfully accomplished, the road beingdisclosed in the four trenches made to the north of the originaltrench, while a sewer trench exposed it beside the southernboundary of the field. The drawing (Fig. 14) shows the information obtained fromtwo of these trenches. The following is a list of the chief points concerning thislength of road. 1. The metalling rests directly on a chalk subsoil through-out this field. Any question of sinking (cf. Some NewMaterial for the Determination of Stane Street, by F. Bidder,,,in , XLII,p. 25),is thereforeruled out. 2. The maximum thickness of metalling which had survivedwas found in cut 1, where, at the centre of the road, it wasabout 2 feet thick. This was immediately overlaid by theplough-disturbed humus, so that the original thickness ofmetalling is quite indeterminate. Most probably the originalthickness was from 3 to 4 feet, so that the road would havebeen in the form of a raised causeway, as reported to have. •0 uj M^n^ o or 5 O / i I iW vv o a: o * t O lUllllllllli h 2>± i a T3 ooX 3 .a Q < ta o M H COO o. v ft,•Oo H 30 EXCAVATIONS AT EWELL IN 1934. 31 been observed in Sir John Rae Reids Field and as is tobe seen where it crosses Mickleham Downs. Scattered metal-ling was found, thinning out and spreading for some distanceon either side of the road (apparently due to this ploughingdown of its upper part) though its original width was indicatedby shallow trenches, cut into the chalk on either side. Thoughquite shallow, these were traceable in each of the cuts andgave the impression of being guide lines cut to mark outthe road when it was constructed and that the humus wasremoved from the surface between them before the road wasbuilt up. They were completely filled with metalling. 3. The metalling consisted of a very coarse gravel, mixedwith sand. (The sand and gravel appeared to have beenderived from separate sources and intentionally mix
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