This is an old revision of DiscoverHighAshurst from 2010-03-30
11:56:50.Discover High Ashurst Discovering High Ashurst At the
beginning of 2007, Heritage Enterprise was approached by
Surrey's Youth Development Service with a request: could we act
as advisors to a very excitable bunch of enthusiastic young
people whilst they undertook an archaeological project of their
own? We were happy to, and so started months of project planning
and preparation. As this was to be their own project, the young
people had to find a suitable site, carry out a desk-based
assessment and plan the aims of the project. The group already
had a site in mind, the High Ashurst Outdoor Education Centre
near Mickleham. It is well known that a house once stood close
to the now converted coach house, but the group wanted to
discover what was now left of it, and more about the history of
the site. A week of fieldwork began on 3 September 2007. Using
plans of the house located during their research, the young
people chose areas to investigat