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HER 3687 - Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit

Scheduled Monument
Motor racing circuit, Brooklands. Remains of the first banked track in the world, created in 1907 by Hugh Locke King, using mass concrete. The clubhouse, with copper dome and other features, still remains. The world's first banked motor racing circuit, originally envisaged as a track for testing production cars when roads had a 20mph speed limit. It became a focus for national and international racing and test driving up to the Second World War, when the concrete track was camouflaged with earth and trees. Brooklands also became a pioneer aviation centre when A V Roe succeeded in becoming airborne over the finishing straight in 1908. It was associated with the Sopwith, Avro, Vickers and Martinsyde aircraft companies, became the manufacturing base of Vickers-Armstrong before and after the Second World War and later became the headquarters of the British Aircraft Co. In 1984 Gallaghers purchased 40 acres at Brooklands and set aside 30 acres for a museum.

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Archaeological History

Activity	Person & Organisation	Dates
trial trench	Score, D OAU	2003-08-18
Description Oxford Archaeology carried out a field evaluation at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, on behalf of Daimler Chrysler UK Limited. The evaluation revealed that the present day landsurface had been made-up with dumps of redeposited natural silt, sand and debris over much of the area explored by the evaluation. This had taken place subsequent to the substantial truncation of the natural geological deposits and as a result the potential for the survival of archaeological deposits is very low across most of evaluated area. Where the geology was relatively untruncated, only one potential feature was found and one find retrieved. As the feature was undated and the find (a Mesolithic worked flint projectile point) was residual and not in situ the archaeological potential of these areas remain low. Location Surrey, Elmbridge, Weybridge, Grid Reference TQ 067 624 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Oxford Archaeology Score, D document more... Reference Mercedes Benz Heritage & Technology Centre Brooklands Weybridge Surrey Archaeological Evaluation Report Phase 1 Reference 05/09/03 Reference Oxford Archaeology carried out a field evaluation at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, on behalf of Daimler Chrysler UK Limited. The evaluation revealed that the present day landsurface had been made-up with dumps of redeposited natural silt, sand and debris over much of the area explored by the evaluation. This had taken place subsequent to the substantial truncation of the natural geological deposits and as a result the potential for the survival of archaeological deposits is very low across most of evaluated area. Where the geology was relatively untruncated, only one potential feature was found and one find retrieved. As the feature was undated and the find (a Mesolithic worked flint projectile point) was residual and not in situ the archaeological potential of these areas remain low. Reference OA Job no: 1948 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
Ref: Surrey Industrial Archaeology Ref: 31/12/77 Ref: 64pp b/w pls card ISBN: 085033277X		Surrey HER1 part		11, 9
Ref: A Guide to the Industrial History of Surrey Ref: 31/12/90 Ref: General editor G Crocker ISBN 0950844845		Surrey HER1 part		11, 9
Ref: Mercedes Benz Heritage & Technology Centre Brooklands Weybridge Surrey Archaeological Evaluation Report Phase 1 Ref: 05/09/03 Ref: Oxford Archaeology carried out a field evaluation at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, on behalf of Daimler Chrysler UK Limited. The evaluation revealed that the present day landsurface had been made-up with dumps of redeposited natural silt, sand and debris over much of the area explored by the evaluation. This had taken place subsequent to the substantial truncation of the natural geological deposits and as a result the potential for the survival of archaeological deposits is very low across most of evaluated area. Where the geology was relatively untruncated, only one potential feature was found and one find retrieved. As the feature was undated and the find (a Mesolithic worked flint projectile point) was residual and not in situ the archaeological potential of these areas remain low. Ref: OA Job no: 1948		Surrey HER1 part		11, 9

Source

Details	Volume	Holding Information	Publisher Information	Pages
trial trench	Score, D OAU	2003-08-18
Description Oxford Archaeology carried out a field evaluation at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, on behalf of Daimler Chrysler UK Limited. The evaluation revealed that the present day landsurface had been made-up with dumps of redeposited natural silt, sand and debris over much of the area explored by the evaluation. This had taken place subsequent to the substantial truncation of the natural geological deposits and as a result the potential for the survival of archaeological deposits is very low across most of evaluated area. Where the geology was relatively untruncated, only one potential feature was found and one find retrieved. As the feature was undated and the find (a Mesolithic worked flint projectile point) was residual and not in situ the archaeological potential of these areas remain low. Location Surrey, Elmbridge, Weybridge, Grid Reference TQ 067 624 Associated Sources Title Author Type More info Produced by Oxford Archaeology Score, D document more... Reference Mercedes Benz Heritage & Technology Centre Brooklands Weybridge Surrey Archaeological Evaluation Report Phase 1 Reference 05/09/03 Reference Oxford Archaeology carried out a field evaluation at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, on behalf of Daimler Chrysler UK Limited. The evaluation revealed that the present day landsurface had been made-up with dumps of redeposited natural silt, sand and debris over much of the area explored by the evaluation. This had taken place subsequent to the substantial truncation of the natural geological deposits and as a result the potential for the survival of archaeological deposits is very low across most of evaluated area. Where the geology was relatively untruncated, only one potential feature was found and one find retrieved. As the feature was undated and the find (a Mesolithic worked flint projectile point) was residual and not in situ the archaeological potential of these areas remain low. Reference OA Job no: 1948 Holding Location Surrey HER 1 part
Ref: Surrey Industrial Archaeology Ref: 31/12/77 Ref: 64pp b/w pls card ISBN: 085033277X		Surrey HER1 part		11, 9
Ref: A Guide to the Industrial History of Surrey Ref: 31/12/90 Ref: General editor G Crocker ISBN 0950844845		Surrey HER1 part		11, 9
Ref: Mercedes Benz Heritage & Technology Centre Brooklands Weybridge Surrey Archaeological Evaluation Report Phase 1 Ref: 05/09/03 Ref: Oxford Archaeology carried out a field evaluation at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, on behalf of Daimler Chrysler UK Limited. The evaluation revealed that the present day landsurface had been made-up with dumps of redeposited natural silt, sand and debris over much of the area explored by the evaluation. This had taken place subsequent to the substantial truncation of the natural geological deposits and as a result the potential for the survival of archaeological deposits is very low across most of evaluated area. Where the geology was relatively untruncated, only one potential feature was found and one find retrieved. As the feature was undated and the find (a Mesolithic worked flint projectile point) was residual and not in situ the archaeological potential of these areas remain low. Ref: OA Job no: 1948		Surrey HER1 part		11, 9

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