During the 1950s an excavation was carried out by Brian Hope-Taylor on the area that is now the Preston Estate in Tadworth. These excavations unearthed a fantastic medieval moated site in the area separated to the north and south by Preston Lane, and east by Marbles Way. The site was never published, and the archive left in boxes in Guildford and Scotland, with many plans and notes being scribbled on the back of shopping lists and site photographs mixed up with holiday photos.
Between 2008 and 2016, a group of local reside