The Gatehouse website record for Preston Hawe

In the civil parish of Banstead. In the historic county of Surrey (Modern Authority of Surrey, 1974 county of Surrey).

A complex of earthworks at Preston Hawe, representing the Medieval Manor of Preston was excavated by B H Taylor during 1952-4. Five manorial buildings, including two successive halls antedated by a chapel, two guard-points, cattle compounds, seven courtyards, a fish pond, drove-roads, a pit (probably a catchment well) and a probable bakehouse were uncovered. Finds included late 12th to 14th century pottery. The sole remaining features are a tree-covered mound at TQ 2365 5723, encircled by a weak ditch, and with a hollow way south of it, both within an area of rough pasture and a mutilated mound at TQ 2366 5718 situated within a private garden. The landowner stated that the mound was dug into in 1954, but nothing was found. Hope-Taylor interpreted this mound as a type of mini-motte representing the guard-points. The site is now mainly covered by a new housing estate. (SHHER)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ23585724

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 400202
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 922 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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