Archaeological Walkover Survey for South East Water concerning Coggins Hill to Cottage Hill Strategic Mains Scheme Mayfield East Sussex

This Report details the results of an Archaeological Walkover Survey undertaken by Border Archaeology Ltd on behalf of South East Water for the route of the Coggins Hill to Cottage Hill Strategic Mains Scheme, extending for about 5.1km between Mayfield and Rotherfield (East Sussex). A small number of features of archaeological interest were noted in the immediate vicinity of the pipeline route, mostly consisting of relict field boundaries and landscape features of medieval/post-medieval date and the line of the late 19th century Cuckoo Line railway. However, evidence of prehistoric activity, Romano-British and post-medieval ironworking sites and medieval settlement has been recorded in the wider vicinity of the route, with particular reference to the sections of the route 1/ extending northwest of Mayfield to Argos Hill and 2/running west-southwest from the Coggins Mill Water Treatment Works across fields and woodland north of Mayfield towards the Tunbridge Wells Road.