St. George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club, Weybridge, Surrey. Archaeological Watching Brief (OASIS ID: heritage1-259848)

In response to a planning condition on the conversion of two existing grass tennis courts to hard courts at St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club, Weybridge, Surrey, the Heritage Network was commissioned to undertake a programme of archaeological monitoring of the groundworks. It was considered that the investigation on the present site had the potential to contribute to a greater understanding of the occupation and land use of the hill prior to the medieval period as Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon pottery sherds were recovered when the tennis courts were first established in the earlier half of the 20th century. The development area has clearly been subject to modern disturbance through extensive terracing and the insertion of services. These undoubtedly relate to the construction and maintenance of the previous grass courts. Two linear features, of probable late post-medieval date, were encountered during the course of the groundworks. These appear to represent former hedge lines, possibly relating to paths marked on late 19th and early 20th century OS mapping. No other features, deposits or artefacts of archaeological significance were observed during the course of this work.针对萨里郡韦布里奇圣乔治山草地网球俱乐部将两片现有草地网球场改造为硬地网球场的规划许可条件，遗产网络（Heritage Network）受委托开展场地施工的考古监测工作。鉴于20世纪上半叶该网球场初建时，现场曾出土铁器时代与盎格鲁-撒克逊时期的陶片，本次场地调查有望深化对中世纪前该山丘的人类活动与土地利用状况的认知。该开发区域明显受现代扰动影响，存在大量梯田改造与管线铺设痕迹，此类活动无疑与原有草地网球场的建设及维护相关。施工过程中发现两处疑似后中世纪晚期的线性遗迹，推测为昔日的树篱边界，或与19世纪末至20世纪初英国地形测量局（Ordnance Survey，OS）测绘图中标注的步道相关。本次工作未发现其他具有考古价值的遗迹、堆积或人工遗物。