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Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment

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Allocation Reference: 843 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Manor Farm, Bessacarr

Area (Ha): 71.85 NGR (centre): SE 6135 0000 Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area

Allocation Recommendations

Archaeological significance of site Regional

Historic landscape significance Uncertain

Suitability of site for allocation Major archaeological constraint

Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 4 records/4 events 3 records/4 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 843 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Manor Farm, Bessacarr


Site assessment Known assets/character:

The SMR records one findspot, three monuments and four events within the site. Roman pottery was found in the north-central part of the site, to the northeast of the location of a manor house shown in 1854, the foundations of which are likely to survive. Woodland survey indicated that an area of semi-natural woodland with evidence for woodland management is located in the eastern part of the site. Trial trench evaluation within the east side of site has revealed Romano-British enclosures, field systems and highly significant evidence for iron working. The northeast edge of the site and buffer fall into a wide area forming the focus of Roman pottery manufacture, with its height of production occurring in the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. Many pottery kilns have been found within this area, though none are currently recorded within the site itself. Two further archaeological events within the site include geophysical survey over the central and eastern parts of the site, identifying Iron Age to Roman field systems, and an augur survey to examine peat deposits in the central area, which recorded that peat appears to have formed slowly in this area and is unlikely to seal archaeological features.

One further monument is recorded at the southwest edge of the buffer, comprising evidence for a palaeochannel recorded following archaeological evaluation. A further event, geophysical survey and fieldwalking along the FARRS link road, crosses the southern tip of the buffer.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. A small area of ridge and furrow remains is recorded at the southwest edge of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the majority of the site and parts of the northwest and southeast buffer as drained wetland, an area of large fields bounded by drainage ditches probably created as part of Vermuyden's extensive drainage improvement programmes of the early 17th century, and formerly a wet common. Manor Farm is noted as having stood within the area in 1854. The eastern corner of the site is part of an area known as the Warren, currently a wooded area forming part of Doncaster Golf Club. The woodland was shown in 1854 and may have been a managed resource of Bessacarr Grange. Further character areas within the buffer include the main part of the golf course to the southeast of the site, agglomerated fields originating as drained wetland at the southern tip, and agglomerated fields and wet woodland at Potteric Carr in the western side. A modern private housing estate is located in the northern part of the buffer, with areas of 1930s-40s detached houses to the northeast. An area of ancient woodland extends into the northeast tip of the buffer, divided into two plots by the M18.

The site is currently around 14 fields, in rough pasture use, with two areas of woodland at the eastern side. A cycle path runs through the eastern part of the site.

Cartographic/historic land use assessment:

The 1854 OS map shows the site as a series of relatively small fields with boundaries defined mainly by drainage ditches, but some by hedges. Bessacarr Lane ran through the northeast edge of the site, with a Manor House shown just to the south of a bend in the lane. The eastern edge of the site was part of a large area of woodland called the Warren, with a smaller woodland called Back Wood to the southeast of (and possibly associated with) the manor house. A smaller plantation or copse called Green Busks was located to the southwest of the manor house. More buildings were shown at Manor House in 1930, possibly cottages or further barns. By 1930, the Warren is shown as part of a golf course, with few trees remaining in it, confined to belts along the edges. In 1956, the fields to the northwest of Green Busks were shown as heath, but this was not depicted in 1962. The Warren had been divided into two plots by the M18 by 1980, with the area falling within the site shown as a mixture of heath and woodland/scrub. Manor House had been demolished by 1993.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows the small historic core of Bessacarr at the northern edge, and the Great Northern Railway along the southwest boundary of the site. The majority of the remaining area comprised fields similar to those within the site, with woodland areas to the east and northeast at the Warren and Hitchen Wood.



By 1892, the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway had been built along the northern boundary of the site. Much of the Warren was shown as heath vegetation rather than wooded at that date and in 1903, and by 1930 it was shown as a golf course. The 1930 map also showed a new junction between the Great Northern and GN & GE Joint Railway, forming the western boundary of the site. By 1948, detached houses had been built along the Great North Road in the northeast part of the buffer, and a sand pit was shown to the southeast of Bessacarr, and this had expanded by 1956. It was disused by 1962. By 1980, the M18 had been constructed along the east and southeast boundary of the site, dividing the Warren into two areas. Further housing had been built to the north and northwest of the site, and this had been extended to cover most of the northern part of the buffer by 1993.

Survival:

The eastern part of the site has been developed, with archaeological fieldwork undertaken prior to this recording remains of Iron Age to Roman enclosures, field boundaries and a highly significant iron working site. The main area of the site does not appear to have been disturbed, and geophysical survey suggests that the field systems continue into this area. A possible former road of unknown date is visible as an earthwork within the Warren at the eastern tip of the site, and remains associated with Manor House are also thought likely to survive within the site. The Manor House was shown in 1854, but its date of origin is currently unknown. The potential for the survival of archaeological features within the undeveloped areas of the site is considered to be high.

Further investigations:

Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman iron working could be of Regional to National significance, whilst remains of the field systems and associated settlement could be of Local to Regional significance, depending on their extent, nature and condition. Depending on its date of origin and the nature of surviving remains, features associated with Manor House could be considered to be of Local to Regional significance.

Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary:

The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as rough pasture land, with most of the historic field boundaries still visible, though some were represented only by scattered lines of trees or partial hedges. Most of the boundaries are hedgerows, presumably associated with drainage ditches. Some possible building footings were visible on the site of Manor Farm. Back Wood and Green Busks were still depicted as woodland, and much of the Warren area within the site was also wooded, with a small area of rough grass close to the M18. In 2007, the southwest field within the site was shown as largely bare of grass, though the reason for this is not clear, and the field had grassed over again by 2008. Part of a track was shown at the southern end of the site in 2007, which by 2008 had extended northeast to join Bessacarr Lane. This is a cycle track. The 2015 image is largely obscured by cloud, but shows some probable development work within the eastern part of the site, east of the cycle track, with possible housing development to the northeast in the area between Bessacarr Lane and Warren Lane.

Lidar data covers most of the site, and shows the drainage ditches along the field boundaries, as well as trackways within Back Wood. The footprint of Manor House is visible in the northern part of the site, as well as a series of hollows within the Warren. It is unclear if these are related to the golf course or are of earlier origin; some are probably relatively recent, but a long linear feature aligned northwest to southeast appears to be the remains of a former trackway shown in 1854 as 'Site of Old Road', rather than the nearby Shooters Hill Riding route through the woodland. The feature continues through the golf course to the southeast. It leads roughly towards the Roman fort at Rossington, but it is unknown if the road had Roman origins or is a later feature.

Photograph/Lidar references:

Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar tiles SK6099, SK6199, SK6299, SE6000, SE6100 & SE6102 DTM 1m.

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project:

Ridge and furrow: RAF/CPE/UK/1880 2109 06-Dec-1946.



SMR Record/event Reference ID

Name Details Site? Buffer?

01277/01 Roman pottery south of the railway, Doncaster

Romano-British pottery from south of railway line. Y

03837/01 Semi-Natural Ancient Woodland, Cantley

Strip of semi-natural ancient woodland and open area adjacent to the M18. Some evidence of past woodland management e.g. coppicing. Current condition unmanaged, therefore little understorey. Some ground disturbance but nature of this unclear.

Y

04922 Palaeochannel, Potteric Carr, Doncaster (non archaeological site)

Two palaeochannels of the former Lake Humber were recorded during archaeological work at Potteric Carr. Assessment of the palaeoenvironmental remains suggests that the area around Potteric Carr was a mixture of wetland and fen-carr in the prehistoric period. Dendrochronological analysis from bog oak demonstrated that the tree died in the winter of 2858/2859BC.

Y

04930 The Doncaster Roman Pottery Production Area

An area where intensive pottery production has been recorded, to the east and south east of Doncaster, constituting the largest excavated regional kiln concentrations in Britain, and considered as a single industrial entity. The origins of pottery production in the Doncaster area are not yet clear, but was most likely stimulated by the foundation of the fort at Doncaster and the industry expanded enormously in the 2nd century AD, lasting until the mid- to late 4th century. Numerous kilns and kiln groups have been excavated in the area, particularly at Cantley and Rossington.

Y Y

05032 Former Manor House, Bessacarr

A manor house was depicted on the 1854 OS map. Foundations are thought to remain.

Y

05618 Romano-British enclosures, field systems and iron working site, Manor Farm, Bessacarr

A site initially recorded as cropmarks of enclosures and an associated field system. Geophysical survey and trial trenching in 2008-2010 encountered the remains of Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval field systems. A highly significant Roman period iron working site was also recorded, on a scale much larger than the domestic. The evidence consisted of a large amount of iron smelting slag and furnace lining.

Y

ESY633 Archaeological evaluation and watching brief, Potteric Carr, Doncaster

Archaeological works ahead of extension of a nature reserve at Potteric Carr revealed two linear features associated with a 19th-century plantation and two probable palaeochannels. Plant macroremains recovered from these indicated a mixture of wetland and fen carr existed on the site. Dendrochronological dating of oak from the palaeochannel demonstrated the tree from which the wood came died in the winter of 2858-9BC.

Y

ESY1384 Geophysical survey at Manor Farm, Bessacarr, Doncaster

Gradiometry survey identified linear and area anomalies across the site, indicating that Iron Age to Romano-British field systems extend into this area.

Y Y

ESY1385 Trial trenching at Manor Farm, Bessacarr

Evaluation of a large area recorded linear features associated with Romano-British, medieval and post-medieval field systems and a highly significant Romano-British iron working area.

Y

ESY1429 Woodland Survey, Warren Wood, Bessacarr

A level 1 woodland survey recorded a number of old paths and a road, previously identified on historic maps were recorded. Other remains included a quarry and an early 20th-century golf course.

Y



ESY1430 Auguring Survey, Manor Farm, Bessacarr

Auguring survey to investigate peat levels. It is believed that these built up over a long period and are unlikely to seal late prehistoric and later features. Rapidly filled palaeochannels may have a higher potential for containing archaeo-environmental material.

Y Y

ESY1464 Geophysical survey and fieldwalking, FARRRS, Doncaster

Fieldwalking and geophysical survey conducted along the route of a new road identified field boundaries and enclosures of probable Iron Age or Romano-British and recovered only two flints.

Y

SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference ID


HSY4641 Bessacarr Lane, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y

HSY4837 Warren Lane north, Rossington, Doncaster Golf Course Y Y

HSY4222 Loversall and Potteric Carr, Loversall, Doncaster

Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4231 Potteric and Loversal Carr, Loversall, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4639 The Warren, Rossington, Doncaster Golf Course Y

HSY4640 Potteric Carr, Doncaster Wet Wood Y

HSY4815 Stoops Lane, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4822 Hatchell Wood east, Bessacarr, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y

HSY4823 Hatchell Wood west, Bessacarr, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y

HSY4828 Bessacarr Lane, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4829 The Hollows, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4830 Grange Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y

HSY4836 Warrington Drive, Bessacarr, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y


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Allocation Reference: 844 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land adj. Balby St Junior & Infant School

Area (Ha): 0.76 NGR (centre): SK 5044 9935 Settlement: Denaby


Archaeological significance of site Negligible

Historic landscape significance Negligible

Suitability of site for allocation No archaeological constraint

Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - 1 record/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 844 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land adj. Balby St Junior & Infant School

Area (Ha): 0.76 NGR (centre): SK 5044 9935 Settlement: Denaby


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument and two events are recorded within the buffer. The monument is a set of stone sleeper blocks associated with a cable incline taking limestone from a quarry to lime kilns. The events comprised a geophysical survey which identified features possibly associated with former field systems, and a watching brief which did not identify any archaeological deposits.

No Scheduled Monument or listed buildings are within the site. One grade II listed building, St Alban’s Church, is within the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded 20th-century air raid shelters within both the site and the buffer. In the site, they are located at the southeast and southwest corners. These may have been impacted by recent development at the site. To the southeast of the site are several lynchets at North Cliff Hill, recorded as earthworks.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the character of the site and part of the buffer as schools, developed in the late 1940s. Further character zones within the buffer include unenclosed land at North Cliff Hill to the south, with allotment gardens and school playing fields at the southern edge, modern planned social housing estate to the north and northeast, and playing fields and allotment gardens to the west.

The most recent imagery of the site (2015) showed it as being under development. It was formerly occupied by a school.


The 1854 map shows the site as part of fields of irregular appearance, probably enclosed in a piecemeal fashion from medieval open field. This was unchanged in 1902, but by 1930 the central and eastern parts of the site were occupied by a school, with three separate buildings shown in a separate enclosure at the western side and a fourth in a further enclosure in the northwest corner. The 1962 map shows the school as Balby Street primary school, with two different buildings to the west and northwest. By 1990, the school had been demolished and site was shown as an enclosed vacant plot with a small building at the northwest corner.

The 1854 map shows irregular fields and unenclosed land across the whole of the buffer, with no development apart from a railway line along the northern edge. A sandstone quarry was shown at North Cliff Hill. By 1892, an inclined plane was shown to the west of the site, leading from North Cliff Quarry to limekilns close to Doncaster Road. Terraced housing had been built at the northwest edge of the buffer. By 1902, further terraced housing had been built up to the north edge of the site, with most of the remainder of the buffer being fields and unenclosed land. The 1930 map showed a Mission Room to the west of the site and allotment gardens to the east and further to the west and northwest. The limekilns and inclined plane were no longer shown, with further development having occurred along Doncaster Road. By 1975, the terraced housing to the north had been demolished, though the road layout was still shown and a new school had been built on the former allotments to the east. The former terraced housing site had been redeveloped with a new housing estate by 1994.

Survival:

The site has been developed in the 20th century, with school buildings covering most of the site in 1930. These were demolished in the late 20th century, and housing construction appeared to be underway at the site in 2015. The construction and demolition are likely to have disturbed sub-surface deposits across the site, and the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be negligible.


No further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development.



Significance:

Negligible.

Note: Site 844 covers the same area as Site 634.


The 2002 aerial photograph showed the site as rough grass on the western side and concrete or tarmac surfacing on the eastern side, around the remains of a possible structure comprising two towers and a wall, probably the remains of the former school building. By 2015, the site appears to be under redevelopment, having been stripped of topsoil with completed and under construction buildings in the centre and along the eastern and southern sides. These appear to be houses, though the image resolution of this photograph is very poor. There is no available Lidar data for this site.

Photograph references:

Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015.

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project:

Air raid shelters: RAF/CPE/UK/2011 5375 16-Apr-1947; Lynchets: MAL/67023 0024 31-Mar-1967.

Statutory Designations Reference ID

Name Designation/ Grade

Site? Buffer?

1192900 Church of St Alban with attached presbytery II Y



04584/01 North Cliff Quarry Stoneway

Double track of limestone blocks worked as cable incline from quarry to lime kilns

Y

ESY1440 Geophysical survey at De Warenne Academy, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire

Geophysical survey undertaken at the site of De Warenne Academy in Conisbrough. A number of linear anomalies, probably representing former field systems, were identified in the northern part of the survey area.

Y

ESY1441 Watching brief during geotechnical investigations, Conisbrough

Ten machine excavated trial pits and 12 hand excavated test pits were monitored. No archaeological remains were identified.

Y





HSY5420 St Albans RC and Balby Street Schools, Conisbrough / Denaby Main, Doncaster

School Y Y

HSY5324 Allotment Gardens north east of Conanby, Conisborough, Doncaster

Allotments Y

HSY5325 Northcliffe School playing fields, Conisborough, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5326 North Cliff Hill (Conisbrough Crags), Conisbrough, Doncaster

Commons and greens Y

HSY5363 Denaby Main East, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5367 Denaby Main Miners Welfare Recreation Grounds, Denaby Main, Doncaster

Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y

HSY5369 Allotment Gardens south of Denaby Main, Doncaster

Allotments Y

HSY5384 Former housing area around site of Providence Glassworks, Conisbrough, Doncaster

Regenerated Scrubland Y

HSY5386 North east of Kilner Bridge, Conisbrough, Doncaster

Commercial Core-Suburban Y

HSY5421 Crags Road, Denaby Main, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5423 Church Road, Denaby Main, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 848 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Club Impact, Finningley Estate, Hayfield Lane

Area (Ha): 0.28 NGR (centre): SK 6514 9975 Settlement: Auckley





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record 1 record/3 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 848 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Club Impact, Finningley Estate, Hayfield Lane



The SMR records one monument covering the site and extending across the northern half of the buffer: the site of the Doncaster Roman pottery production industry, an area where intensive pottery production has been recorded and numerous kilns excavated. Three events are recorded within the buffer, with geophysical survey and trial trenching undertaken at Hayfield Lane to the east of the site, in advance of development of Robin Hood Airport business park, with a ditch of unknown date recorded. A further geophysical survey was undertaken at Hurst Lane at the southern edge of the buffer, which recorded possible pits and a curvilinear ditch.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site or buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site or buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and northern part of the buffer as a planned social housing estate constructed as airmen's married quarters for RAF Finningley, with no legibility of the former fields enclosed by Parliamentary Award in 1778. Further character zones within the buffer comprise a former area of barrack blocks to the northeast, mid-20th-century schools to the northwest and southwest, housing built for married officers at the airfield to the south and further airmen's housing to the southwest. Areas of fields enclosed by Parliamentary Award extend into the western and southern edges of the buffer.

The most recent imagery of the site shows that it has been recently developed with low-rise flats, with a grassed verge to the south.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a field in an area called Two Moor Field. Hayfield Lane was shown along the southern boundary. No changes were shown by 1930. In 1948, a building was shown within the site, fronting onto Fir Tree Avenue by 1961. The building was large and clearly not housing. No further changes were shown by 1993.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed mainly fields, with regular boundaries largely indicative of Parliamentary Enclosure. Hayfield Lane and Hurst Road ran through the buffer. Housing development had begun to the west of the site by 1948, with a short crescent shown, and a building was also shown to the south. By 1862, the housing estate had been expanded to cover the area to the north and south of the site, with further housing under construction. A sports ground and barracks were shown at the eastern side of the buffer, and a primary school to the southwest. A comprehensive school had been built to the northwest by 1975. No substantial changes were shown by 1993.

Survival:

As the site has been developed since 2009, the potential for the survival of any buried archaeological remains is considered to be negligible.


No further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if further development is planned on this site.

Significance:

Negligible.




The club building was still shown on the 2002 Google Earth aerial view, with a row of garages to the north and grass verges around the building and along the Hayfield Lane frontage. The building appears to have a pitched roof, possibly covered with corrugated metal, and had a lower, narrower extension to the east. It was demolished between 2007 and 2008, when the foundations of a new development were shown on its site. This was still shown as foundations, on an overgrown building site, in 2009, suggesting that the development was halted. By 2015, a new building was shown on the site. Street View shows this as a three storey structure, presumably apartments. A separate one and a half-storey building was located to the east. Lidar data shows no features of archaeological interest within the site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2009, 2016. Lidar tile SK6599 DTM 1m.





Y Y

ESY284 Geophysical Survey at Robin Hood Airport Business Park

In 2006 a magnetometry survey identified a soil-filled feature, possibly a ditch or gully, which may reflect modern services and land drainage systems.

Y

ESY632 Archaeological Evaluation Robin Hood Airport Business Park, Rail Station and Access Route

A programme of archaeological field evaluation was undertaken at two sites, off Hurst Lane (Access Route) and Hayfield Lane (Rail and Business park site). A ditch of unknown date was recorded within the Hayfield Lane Site and some possible remnant furrows were recorded at the Hurst Lane Site.

Y

ESY1376 Geophysical survey, Hurst Lane, Hayfield Green

Geophysical survey on a plot of land at Hurst Lane identified possible archaeological features concentrated in the eastern part of the site, consisting of possible pits and a curvilinear ditch.

Y





HSY4646 West Barrier, Finningley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y

HSY4575 Mill Fields, Auckley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y

HSY4612 Hayfield Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y

HSY4645 Maple Avenue, Finningley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4647 Elm Road, Finningley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4653 Finningley Camp Primary School, Finningley, Doncaster

School Y

HSY4655 Hayfield School, Finningley, Doncaster School Y

HSY4657 Barrack Blocks, Finningley, Doncaster Barracks Y



Allocation Reference: 849 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 15 Avenue Road, Wheatley



Archaeological significance of site Unknown


Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint

Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - 2 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 849 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 15 Avenue Road, Wheatley



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two findspots are recorded within the eastern part of the buffer zone; however, both of these have limited location information and do not appear to have been found within the buffer. They comprise a Roman coin hoard of at least 30 denarii found at Rutland House, which is located outside the southern edge of the buffer, and a single Roman coin found at Wheatley Hall Road, which commences to the north of the buffer.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site. One grade II listed building is recorded in the southwest part of the buffer, the church of St Mary.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site or buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the eastern side of the buffer zone as detached and semi-detached villas with large gardens. The earliest housing development in this area was along Avenue Road, depicted on the 1894 OS map, with other villas in the character area mostly constructed by 1930. The site is within Doncaster Thorne Road conservation area. There is no legibility of the former character of strip fields consolidated over time from the furlongs of open fields. The remainder of the buffer zone is characterised as terraced housing, constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in a tightly packed grid-iron plan, with two schools and religious establishments, in each case grouped as a pair of church and school, to the north of the site and in the southwest part of the buffer.

The site is currently occupied by a large house, possibly in use as a school, with a garden and garage to the west.


The 1852 town plan and 1854 1:10,560 maps show the site as part of a field, with a footpath running along the northwest boundary. The footpath had become Beckett's Road by 1894, and Avenue Road had been established along the northeast site boundary. By 1906, the site had been developed, with one half of a pair of large semi-detached houses shown within the site. An outbuilding or garage was shown at the western end of the site by 1937. No further changes were shown within the site by 1992.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map shows mainly fields characteristic of enclosure from open field, and some possible allotments or market gardens. By 1894, development was encroaching into the buffer, with villa-style detached and semi-detached housing shown to the northeast of Avenue Road, and terraced housing in the southwest part of the buffer. A horticultural nursery and allotments were shown to the northwest of the site, with the remaining area still being fields. Housing had been built to the southwest of Avenue Road by 1906, with further terraced housing to the northwest and southwest of the site. St Mary's Church and associated school were also shown at that date. The area to the northeast of Avenue Road was still fields, but this had also been developed with terraced housing by 1930, when a Methodist Chapel and school were shown to the north of the site. By 1962 a Friends Meeting House had been built to the immediate west of the site. Apart from the expansion of the schools, there were no significant changes in the buffer by 1992.

Survival:

The eastern side of the site is occupied by a substantial house, which is likely to have truncated sub-surface deposits within its footprint. The western part of the site is currently a garden with a small garage at the western end. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains within this area is considered to be low to moderate, as the area is likely to have had some disturbance in association with the construction of the surrounding houses. The house itself was built between 1894 and 1906.


Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development.



Significance:

Unknown. The house is considered to be of minor Local heritage value, and may be a positive contributor to the character of the Thorne Road Conservation Area.


Street View shows the house as a substantial, three-storey semi-detached structure, with the other half of the pair located to the southeast. The Avenue Road frontage has bay windows to either side of a door with an arched lintel and fanlight. Two pairs of windows at first floor height are located over the bays, with moulded stone lintels. The roof is pitched, with a dormer window, and mock timber-framing below the eaves and surrounding the window. The northwest gable on the Beckett Road frontage also has mock timber framing at attic level, and three narrow windows with moulded stone lintels at first floor height. The ground floor has a wide glazed porch, with wooden details and stained glass upper windows. The southwest elevation has a collection of fairly small windows, with brick arched lintels, and a pair of dormer window at attic level. West of the house is a garden area, with a single-storey garage at the western end. There is a brick boundary wall around the property.

Lidar data does not show any features of archaeological interest.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2016. Lidar tile SE5804 DTM 1m.



Site? Buffer?

1151441 Church of St Mary II Y



01788/01 Roman coin hoard, Doncaster

Roman coin hoard - hoard of denarii found at unknown date "at Rutland House, Town Fields (north side)". 30 denarii in Doncaster Museum, but original size of hoard unknown. Latest coin is of Julia Domna.

Y

01824/01 Roman Coin found at Wheatley Hall Road, Doncaster

Roman coin - as of Marcus Aurelius from Wheatley Hall Road (recovered from tip).

Y



HSY5197 Thorne Road, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y Y

HSY5196 Highfield Road, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5199 St. Marys Church, Beckett Road, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5202 Beckett Road, Wheatley, Doncaster School Y

HSY5216 Old School House, Beckett Road, Doncaster School Y

HSY5230 St. Andrew's, Beckett Road, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y



Allocation Reference: 850 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Mexborough Fire Station, Highwoods Rd

Area (Ha): 0.24 NGR (centre): SE 4624 0046 Settlement: Mexborough





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 850 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Mexborough Fire Station, Highwoods Rd



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument is recorded crossing the southern part of the buffer, the route of the Roman Ridge, a linear earthwork bank and ditch running from Wincobank north of Sheffield to Mexborough. The actual date and purpose of the feature is currently unknown.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. Features recorded in the buffer range from probable Iron Age to Roman cropmark ditches and an enclosure at the eastern edge, to military practice trenches and associated mounds in the southwest, and Second World War military buildings and a searchlight battery to the southwest and northwest of the site, respectively. Post-medieval ridge and furrow remains were recorded at the southwest edge of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and adjacent area of the buffer as a fire station and nursing homes, mainly of mid-20th-century date with some modern additions. Further character zones within the buffer comprise mid-20th-century planned social housing to the north, east and west of the site and at the southern edge of the buffer, early 20th-century terraced housing to the south of the site, a modern school to the north, recreation ground to the southwest and piecemeal enclosure at the western edge.

One area of historic landfill is recorded at the southwest edge of the buffer, at Wath Road.

The site is currently a vacant plot following the demolition of the former fire station.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of an irregularly-shaped field, with Highwoods Road shown as a track running through the field. The southwest field boundary had been removed by 1903, and the remaining boundaries by 1930, to create a much larger field. By 1957, the site was part of an area of green space between houses and Highwoods Road. The fire station was first shown in 1981.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows mainly fields characteristic of piecemeal enclosure from open field. Highwoods Farm was located to the northwest of the site, accessed via a track on the route of the current Highwoods Road. The Roman Ridge earthwork was shown at the southern edge of the buffer, with Woodfield Cottage and garden shown between Wath Road and the earthwork. By 1892, Woodfield Cottage was no longer shown, and new terraced housing was shown at Roman Terrace, between the Roman Ridge and Wath Road, to either side of Highwoods lane, with an old brick kiln to this east. The kiln had been replaced with housing by 1903, and many fields within the buffer had been amalgamated. By 1930, further housing and a recreation ground had been constructed in the southern buffer, with allotments to the east. A football ground was shown to the west of the site, with further field amalgamation across the buffer. Substantial housing development had occurred by 1957, with most of the area around the site developed. A TA centre was shown to the south of the site at that date, and a school was shown at the northern side of the buffer. By 1969, a building was shown to the immediate north of the site. By 1989, the housing to the north and west of the site had been demolished.

Survival:

The majority of the site has been occupied by a fire station since at least 1980, with the buildings now demolished. It is not known if the building had any cellarage, but the construction of the building is likely to have truncated sub-surface deposits in this area. It is also possible that buried services associated with the fire station and the nearby houses run through the site. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology within undisturbed areas of the site is considered to be low.





Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery showed the site as occupied by a fire station, with parking or yard areas around it, and a lawn area to the west. New housing had been built to the north and west since 1989, with nursing homes also constructed to the south. The fire station was still depicted in 2009, but 2011 Street View imagery shows it as having been demolished, with the site being a vacant lot. The most recent aerial imagery shows the footprint of the fire station buildings within the lot, with the remainder of the site shown as bare earth. There is currently no Lidar data covering this site, though the searchlight battery to the northwest is still visible as an earthwork mound.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2016. Street View: 2011.


Searchlight battery and military buildings: RAF/541/21 3186 15-May-1948.

Practice trenches and earthwork mounds: MAL/61472 90976 08-May-1961.

Iron Age to Roman features: MAL/79013 0121 02-Jun-1979.

Ridge and furrow: MAL/60451 86697 21-Dec-1960.



05692 Route of Roman Ridge earthworks

The Roman Ridge is a set of linear earthworks extending for approximately 10 miles on the north side of the River Don from Wincobank out through Kimberworth, where they split into a northern and southerly route which continue on a broadly parallel alignment on through Greasbrough and Swinton, with the northern limb ending at Mexborough, and the southern limb near Kilnhurst. The actual date and purpose of the feature is unclear, with Iron Age and Anglian origins suggested.

Y



HSY5220 Fire Station and Nursing Homes, Highwoods Estate, Mexborough, Doncaster

Civil & Municipal Buildings Y Y

HSY4278 Land west of Adwick upon Dearne, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y

HSY5177 Roman Terrace, Mexborough, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5184 Brunswick Methodist Church, Mexborough, Doncaster

Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5205 Highwoods Estate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y



HSY5214 Highwoods Junior and Infant School, Mexborough, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5215 Roman Court, Mexborough, Doncaster Nursing Home / Almshouse Y

HSY5219 Newark Road Recreation Ground, Mexborough, Doncaster




Allocation Reference: 851 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 98 North Eastern Road, Thorne

Area (Ha): 0.32 NGR (centre): SE 6823 1395 Settlement: Thorne Moorends





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 851 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 98 North Eastern Road, Thorne

Area (Ha): 0.32 NGR (centre): SE 6823 1395 Settlement: Thorne Moorends


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two events are recorded within the buffer. An archaeological excavation at North Eastern Road, to the south of the site, indicated that the area had been heavily disturbed my modern activity. To the northwest of the site, archaeological evaluation revealed a tree trunk, but no deposits of archaeological significance.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. Ridge and furrow remains of probable post-medieval date were recorded at the northern end of the buffer zone.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the site as divided between two character zones. The majority of the site and southern part of the buffer is characterised as an area of factories first depicted in 1967. The western edge and northern part of the buffer are characterised as drained wetland, enclosed from commons as part of the Parliamentary Enclosure award of 1825, with the present boundaries largely defined by the 19th-century drainage layout. Further character zones within the buffer comprise a car distribution centre in the northwest, modern private housing estates in the southwest and southeast, and modern social housing estates at the eastern side. Small areas of early 20th-century terraced housing and 1930s social housing extend into the southeast edge of the buffer.

One area of historic landfill is recorded in the buffer to the south of the site, recorded as North Eastern Road, Thorne, and used for the deposition of inert and industrial waste.

The site is currently a concrete surfaced yard with low shed buildings, used as a coal yard. The western part of the site is an area of rough pasture bounded to the west by a railway line.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of two narrow rectangular fields to the north of High Trod Road. The western site boundary had been established by 1892, by the construction of a railway line. The site was still a field in 1970. By 1987, it was shown as a coal yard, with several small buildings within the site. The western end was shown as scrubland, with a slight embankment at the western end of the coal yard, and the railway cutting to the west.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map depicts the area as narrow rectangular enclosures in an area called North Field. High Trod Road was depicted to the south of the site, now North Eastern Road, with Crusts Mill Road to the south and Cassons Road to the northwest. Far Post Mill (corn) and Bradberry's Mill, were shown to the south of High Trod Road, and a large house was at the southern edge of the buffer. By 1892, the Hull and Doncaster Railway had been constructed in the western side of the buffer, with a station in the southwest area. Far Post Mill had been replaced by Railway Cottages, though Bradberry's windmill was still shown. Another large house had been built in the southern part of the buffer. The corn mill was disused by 1906, with a small sand pit to its south, which had extended eastwards by 1930. At that date, new semi-detached housing was shown in the southeast part of the buffer, with a housing estate under construction at the eastern side by 1956. A textile factory was shown to the east of the site in 1956, with an engineering works to the north of the sand pit, which was a refuse tip in 1962, with several large detached houses to the north. A house was shown to the south of the site by 1975.

Survival:

The majority of the site is occupied by a coal yard, which is not likely to have caused substantial sub-surface disturbance. The western edge of the site is rough grass, but may have been disturbed by the construction of the adjacent railway cutting in the later 19th century. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology within the site is generally considered to be moderate.





Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial image shows the site as a coal yard, with low sheds along the western edge of the yard and an office and storage structures within it. The western edge of the site was depicted as rough grass. To the east of the site, the former factory had been demolished, with the engineering works still shown to the south. By 2008, the engineering works had been demolished and both it and the factory site had been developed with housing. No changes were shown within the site by 2009. There is no Lidar data for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2008, 2009.

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project: Ridge and furrow: RAF/541/31 3443 18-May-1948.



ESY265 Archaeological Strip and Record Evaluation at North Eastern Road

An archaeological strip and record evaluation was undertaken in August 2006. The results indicated that the area had been heavily disturbed by modern activity.

Y

ESY538 Archaeological Evaluation and Mitigation on Land adjoining Cassons Road

In 2006, archaeological evaluation revealed a tree trunk and extant field boundaries, but no deposits of archaeological significance.

Y



HSY4416 North Common, Thorne, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y

HSY5646 North Eastern Road, Doncaster Other Industry Y Y

HSY4607 Car distribution centre, J6 M18, Thorne Distribution Centre Y

HSY4649 King Edward Road, Thorne, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY4651 Durham Avenue and Foster Road, Thorne, Doncaster

Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4652 'Tree Estate' (southern section), Thorne Doncaster


HSY5625 20th century infill to the western end of 'Field Side', Thorne, Doncaster

Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5642 Dorothy Avenue, Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y



Allocation Reference: 853 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: The Woodborough Hotel, 2 Belle Vue Ave






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 2 SMR record/event - 2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 853 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: The Woodborough Hotel, 2 Belle Vue Ave



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two events are recorded at the northeast edge of the buffer. A watching brief on a new bus corridor along Bawtry Road identified mainly late 19th- to 20th-century dumping pits, field drains and a tarmac surface, some of which may have been associated with an airfield, and a few sherds of late medieval pottery. Evaluation at the site of the proposed racecourse hotel revealed only recent remains associated with the racecourse.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. Two grade II listed buildings are within the buffer, the Grand St Leger Hotel in the northwest, and Hamilton Lodge in the southwest.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. The only feature recorded within the buffer was the edge of a mid-20th-century airfield at the very southern edge.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and southern half of the buffer as a planned social housing estate built to a geometric layout by 1930, with no legibility of the former landscape of enclosed, drained wetland. Further character zones within the buffer include racing stables to the west of the site, built in the grounds of a former villa by 1930, with the house converted into the St Leger Hotel to the north, Doncaster Racecourse to the northeast, a college to the north, a former football ground to the southeast, and further social housing estates to the northwest and west, and a school and almshouses western edge

The site is currently occupied by a three storey house/hotel, with a small yard area and garage to the rear. It is bounded to the north by Belle Vue Avenue and to the west by St Helen’s Road.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a field within an area of drained wetland called Low Pasture. A drainage ditch ran along the northern edge of the field. By 1930, the site had been developed with a detached house and a rectangular outbuilding at the rear of the plot. The building fronted onto Belle Vue Avenue, with a narrow ginnel running along the rear of the plot. No changes to the site layout were shown by 1993.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed Belle Vue house and its surrounding gardens to the north of the north of the site, fronting onto the Great North Road which ran through the northern part of the buffer. The edge of Doncaster Racecourse extended into the northeast part of the buffer. Carr House Lane and Sandy Lane were shown within the western part of the buffer, with the remainder of the area being fields. A shed was shown within the field to the south of the site, and a footpath also ran through the buffer on a northwest to southeast alignment, to the south of the site, labelled as the route of a Roman road. By 1892, Hamilton Lodge had been built to the southwest of the site, and an old gravel pit was shown in the field to the southeast of the site. By 1930, housing development had occurred to the south and east of the site, as part of the Belle Vue estate, mainly semi-detached housing. Racing stables had been established in the grounds to the south of Belle Vue House, and a football ground was shown at the eastern edge of the buffer. Hamilton Lodge was labelled 'maternity home' at that date. A drill hall was shown to the north of Belle Vue House. Further housing development occurred to the southwest, west and northwest of the site by 1938, and a school was shown at the western edge of the buffer. The Yorkshire Deaf Institute had been built at the northern edge of the buffer, in the area of the former drill hall. No significant changes were shown by 1993.

Survival:

The site is occupied by a house and garage/outbuilding that were constructed by 1930 as part of the Belle Vue housing estate. The house has been used as a hotel. It is not known if the building is cellared, but the development is likely to have truncated any buried deposits within its footprint. The potential for buried archaeology within the site is considered to be low.




No further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development, though an assessment of the heritage value of the current buildings may be required.

Significance:

The standing buildings are considered to be of minor Local heritage value. The significance of any buried archaeological remains is considered to be Negligible.


The 2002 Google Earth image shows the site as occupied by a large detached house, with extensions to the rear and a garage along the southern edge of the small yard. No changes were shown by 2009; the 2015 image is very unclear. The Lidar data does not show any features other than the building footprint.

Street View imagery shows the building as a brick-built early 20th-century house of three storeys in height, with tall brick chimney stacks. It has bay windows on the ground floor and a wide central entrance, an arched window over the door and a central pedimented section at third floor height. There is a single-storey lean-to extension to the east. The western gable end has two windows at third floor (attic) height, and single windows to the ground and first floor, whilst the rear elevation has only small (bathroom) windows in the central section and single windows to the ground and first floors towards the eastern end. There are two rear single-storey extensions, one with a flat roof and one hipped. The garage to the rear of the yard is a long rectangular building with a low pitched roof and several doorways. It may have originally been a combination of stables, privies and coach house or shed. There is a low brick boundary wall around the property, more decorative on the Belle Vue Avenue frontage.


Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2014. Lidar tile SE5902 DTM 1m.


Airfield: RAF/58/1891 F21 0090 14-Oct-1955.



Site? Buffer?

1191871 Hamilton Lodge II Y

1314873 The Grand St Leger Hotel with flanking screen walls and pavilion II Y



ESY900 Archaeological Watching Brief at Bawtry Road Quality Control Bus Corridor, Doncaster

A watching brief in 2004 covered four areas of potential interest. No archaeological features or deposits were encountered in two areas, whilst a third contained a dumping pit and land drains of late 19th to early 20th century date. In the fourth area, an old tarmac road surface may relate to access to the air field. A series of late 19th- to 20th-century dumping pits were located close by and a number of ditches may relate to the same phase of activity. Three sherds of late medieval to early post-medieval pottery were found within a shallow ditch feature, and a second feature with a similar fill and orientation may also belong to this period.

Y



ESY901 Archaeological Evaluation and Building Recording, Proposed site of Doncaster Racecourse Hotel

Trial trenching and building recording were undertaken in 2006 in advance of the construction of a new hotel, apartments and car parks, on the site of the former pre-parade ring. No archaeological features or deposits were present on the site, with the only features encountered of modern date and apparently associated with the racecourse.

Y



HSY5283 Lime Tree Avenue, Hyde Park, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y

HSY5116 Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster Racecourse Y

HSY5235 Yorkshire Residential School for the Deaf, Leger Way, Doncaster

University or College Y

HSY5273 Belle Vue Ground, Bawtry Road, Doncaster Sports Ground Y

HSY5289 Thoresby Avenue, Hyde Park, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5292 Belle Vue Stables, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster Racecourse Y

HSY5296 Carr House Centre, Danum Road, Doncaster School Y

HSY5297 Danum Road, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5298 William Nuttall Cottage Homes, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster

Nursing Home / Almshouse Y

HSY5299 Manor Drive, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y



Allocation Reference: 854 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Woodland off Station Road, Askern

Area (Ha): 0.21 NGR (centre): SE 5641 1368 Settlement: Askern





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 854 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Woodland off Station Road, Askern

Area (Ha): 0.21 NGR (centre): SE 5641 1368 Settlement: Askern


The SMR does not record any monuments and events within the site. One event is recorded at the western edge of the buffer, trial trenching at Market Place that did not reveal any archaeological remains.



Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and eastern part of the buffer as later 19th-century larger detached housing built as part of the development of Askern Spa. Further character areas within the buffer include early 20th-century terraced housing at the eastern edge, modern semi-detached housing to the northeast, modern planned social housing to the southeast and the commercial core of Askern and the 19th-century church to the west. The northern part of the buffer is characterised as enclosed, drained wetland, and a public park associated with Askern Lake is in the southern area.

The most recent imagery of the site shows it as a building site, suggesting it is currently undergoing development. It is a narrow plot, formerly of woodland, bounded to the west by a railway line, to the east by Thompson Terrace and to the south by Station Road.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a field and an area of verge adjacent to the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway line. On the more detailed 1893 map, the site was entirely within the verge of the railway line, with two small buildings at the southern end and a lane along the western edge. The buildings were shown as Railway Cottages in 1961, and had been demolished by 1977, when the majority of the site was shown as allotment gardens.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed fields to the northeast, northwest and southeast of the site, with Askern Common Road running through to the south of the site, and a few buildings along this road. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ran through the buffer on a northwest to southeast alignment to the west of the site, and Askern Station was located on the western side of the line. To the southwest, Askern Lake was shown, with spa baths to the east of the lake. By 1893, semi-detached and larger detached housing had been built in the fields to the east of the site, with further housing building to the southwest by 1906. Terraced housing was shown further to the east by 1942, and a housing estate was under construction to the southwest by 1961, though these buildings were not shown in 1977. The station was shown as disused from 1961 onwards, and had been demolished by 1986, with a library built to the south of its former location. New housing was shown in the southeast part of the buffer by that date.

Survival:

The site is adjacent to a railway line, and may have been disturbed during the construction of the line. Two cottages were located at the southern end of the site until the 1970s, and it is possible that footings associated with these buildings may survive. The site was partially under development by 2015, which is likely to have disturbed sub-surface deposits. The potential for the survival of significant buried archaeology within the site is considered to be low.


Further archaeological investigations are not likely to be required if further development is planned at this site.

Significance:

Negligible.




The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as a tree- and scrub-covered verge adjacent to the railway line, with no changes by 2009. The 2015 imagery shows the site as largely cleared of vegetation, with a building under construction towards the northern end. This was still shown as under construction in 2016 Street View imagery. There is currently no Lidar data for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2009, 2016.



ESY499 Archaeological Evaluation on land off Market Place

In 2006, trial trenching revealed no archaeological remains. Y



HSY368 Late 19th century villas and townhouses in Askern.

Villas/ Detached Housing Y Y

HSY330 Norton Common Drained Wetland Y

HSY354 Askern Town Centre Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY355 St Peter's Church and vicarage, Askern Religious (Worship) Y

HSY356 Terraced housing to the east of Askern village Terraced Housing Y

HSY365 Askern Lake Public Park Y

HSY372 Askern Common planned estate Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5678 Eastfield Drive, Askern, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 855 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Viking Reclamations, Cow House Lane

Area (Ha): 0.17 NGR (centre): SE 6340 0485 Settlement: Armthorpe





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record/4 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 855 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Viking Reclamations, Cow House Lane

Area (Ha): 0.17 NGR (centre): SE 6340 0485 Settlement: Armthorpe


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument and four events are recorded within the buffer. At the northeast edge of the buffer, archaeological fieldwork identified an area used for small-scale Late Iron Age to Roman activity, associated with settlement and agricultural remains recorded during fieldwork to the north and east. A large area of geophysical survey at Holme Wood Lane extended just into the eastern edge of the buffer, and identified features probably associated with an Iron Age to Roman field system, though suggested that remains were likely to have been truncated by ploughing. At the northern edge of the buffer, no archaeological remains were identified during evaluation work.



Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and northern part of the buffer as an industrial estate first depicted in 1982, in an area of former strip fields. There is no legibility of the former landscape character. Further character zones within the buffer include playing fields to the northeast, modern private housing estates to the east and southeast, and social housing to the west. A nursing home is recorded in the south and another large industrial estate extends into the northeast edge of the buffer.

The site is currently a reclamation yard to the east of Cow House Lane.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as a part of a field in rough vegetation ('furze'), bounded to the east by Cow House Lane. In 1892, it was shown as an area of rough vegetation and trees at the northwest edge of a larger field. The northern boundary was established by 1930, and the southern and eastern boundaries were first shown in 1961, when the site was still a field or yard area. By 1969, it was shown as a builder's yard, with open sided buildings at the east and south sides.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map shows fields, including those probably enclosed in a piecemeal fashion from open field, and some more regular enclosures probably enclosed by Parliamentary Award. The area to the northeast was known as Gunhills, with Gunhill Lane running to the north of the site. A small plantation called Hazel Wood was located in the southeast part of the buffer. Some field boundaries had been removed by 1892 to create larger enclosures. By 1930, a sewage works had been constructed to the northeast of the site, with two semi-detached houses immediately to the north of the site, fronting onto Cow Lane. Some dispersed housing had been constructed to either side of Cow House Lane to the south of the site by 1956, with denser housing estates shown to the southwest by 1961. Detached housing had extended up to the immediate south of the site by 1961. A large joinery works was shown to the north of the site by 1969, by which date the sewage works had expanded further to the east. The sewage works had been removed by 1975 and all the settling ponds infilled. A new warehouse and depot were shown to the north of Cow House Lane at that date, and further works were constructed to the north by 1984, when the former sewage works site was shown as a playing field. New housing was also shown towards the eastern side of the buffer by 1984, and had extended up to the east edge of the site by 1993.

Survival:

The site has been in use as a builder’s or reclamation yard since the mid-1960s, prior to which it was a field. The yard is unlikely to have caused substantial sub-surface disturbance. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology within the site is considered to be moderate.





Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery showed the site mainly as a yard area, with a single-storey building at the western end. The yard area was used mainly for storage and parking. No changes were shown by 2015. Street View imagery shows the building as a low, single-storey brick built warehouse/office, with a pitched roof. The site is in use as a reclamation yard. Lidar data does not show any features of archaeological interest within the site.





04920 Area of light industrial activity associated with Late Iron Age and Romano-British settlement, West Moor Park

An area used for small-scale industrial activity was identified in archaeological fieldwork, presumably linked to the agricultural and industrial activity identified in previous investigations to the east and north, which developed from the Late Iron Age and throughout the Romano-British period.

Y

ESY270 Archaeological Investigations at West Moor Park

Between 1999 and 2007 various archaeological investigations have been conducted at West Moor Park and off Rands Lane in Armthorpe. The area is characterised by an agricultural and industrial Romano-British landscape of enclosures, 'brickwork plan' field systems, hearths, ovens/kilns, a well and cremations. This rural community was involved in livestock husbandry, cereal production, coppicing and ironworking. The origins of the landscape are likely to be late Iron Age in date but activity is concentrated in the 2nd to 4th centuries AD.

Y

ESY562 Archaeological Excavation, West Moor Park II Armthorpe

Archaeological investigations revealed a series of enclosure ditches and gullies, pits, post-holes, hearts and possible ovens, all probably of Romano-British date. Evidence suggested the area was used for small-scale industrial activity, presumably linked to the agricultural and industrial activity identified in previous investigations in the vicinity and was part of a wider Late Iron Age to Roman rural landscape. The area may have been in use for relatively short periods of times, perhaps during lulls in agricultural cycle.

Y

ESY766 Geophysical Survey of land adjacent Holme Wood Lane, Armthorpe

A magnetic survey revealed sufficient evidence to suggest that a field system detected to the north of Holme Wood Lane continues into the site and there may be a scatter of related features. However, it was also clear that many features may have been truncated by ploughing as their anomalies are indistinct and discontinuous.

Y

ESY769 Archaeological Evaluation at 68 Rands Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster

Three trial trenches did not reveal any archaeological features. Y





HSY5022 Meadow View Industrial Estate, Armthorpe, Doncaster

Other Industry Y Y

HSY4511 West Moor Park (Phase 2), Armthorpe, Doncaster

Distribution Centre Y

HSY5008 Wicket Hern Road, Armthorpe, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5010 Cowhouse Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Nursing Home / Almshouse Y

HSY5021 Rands Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5022 Meadow View Industrial Estate, Armthorpe, Doncaster

Other Industry Y

HSY5023 Cow House Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y

HSY5024 Walbank Road, Armthorpe, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y



Allocation Reference: 859 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land rear of 200 Sprotbrough Rd, Sprotbrough






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 5 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 859 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land rear of 200 Sprotbrough Rd, Sprotbrough



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two monuments, three findspots and one event are recorded within the buffer. The findspots are of flint artefacts found on the surface of a ploughed field in the southeast part of the buffer, and the monuments relate to cropmark features of a field system of probable Iron Age to Roman date and a possible Bronze Age round barrow identified in the same field. The event related to fieldwalking and geophysical survey at the putative site of the former medieval village of Newton, also at the southeast edge of the buffer, which did not identify any features conclusively associated with a village, but recovered medieval pottery and prehistoric flints. The main part of the survey area lay outside the buffer.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. Cropmarks associated with the probable Iron Age to Roman field system were recorded in the southeast part of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and most of the buffer as mid- to late 20th-century private housing estates, with little legibility of the earlier landscape of piecemeal enclosure. The east and southeast edges of the buffer are defined as agglomerated fields, and the landscaped park associated with Cusworth Hall extends into the northwest edge of the buffer.

One area of historic landfill is recorded within the western side of the buffer, a railway cutting adjacent to the former Sprotbrough Foundry, used for the disposal of inert, industrial and commercial waste.

The site was formerly occupied by works buildings, but has been recently developed as a housing estate.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a field, the boundaries of which had been entirely altered by 1892. By 1956, the site was shown as a yard with three small buildings within it, and a separate access area to the south. The 1959 map showed a warehouse in the central part of the site, with smaller buildings to the south and north end. By 1974, a garage occupied most of the site, possibly incorporating the earlier warehouse.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map mainly showed fields, with Mill Hill labelled to the northeast and Richmond Hill to the northwest. Sprotbrough Road ran through the buffer on a northwest to southeast alignment, with Newton Lane leading off to the south. Some field boundaries to the north of Sprotbrough Road were substantially altered by 1892. By 1930, two railway lines had been laid out through the buffer, the LNER Gowdall and Braithwell line to the northwest of the site, and the LNER Doncaster Avoiding Line to the southeast. Small groups of semi-detached housing had been built along Sprotbrough Road to the northeast and southwest of the site. By 1948, a new housing estate was under construction to the immediate northeast of the site, with new houses also shown to the south. The estate had extended further west by 1956, with works buildings to the west of the site, depicted in 1959 as nursery greenhouses. These had expanded by 1974, by which date the railway line to the northwest was disused. By 1992, the nursery had been demolished and housing built on its site.

Survival:

The site has been recently developed, consequently it is unlikely that any buried archaeological remains survive within it.


No further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if further development is planned at the site.

Significance:

Negligible.




The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery showed the garage within the site, as a T-shaped arrangement of light-industrial type structures, with an access route to the south onto Sprotbrough Road. These were still shown in 2009. The 2015 image is very poor, but appears to show that the buildings had been demolished. Street View imagery from 2016 shows the site as having been developed with housing.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2016.


Iron Age to Roman boundaries: ULM (BUL94) 16-JUL-1975; SE5603/3 DNR 1274/31 27-Jul-1978.



01871/01 Romano-British Field System between Newton and the Railway

Aerial photographs show an extensive field system and a round barrow between Newton village and the railway.

Y

01871/02 Site of a circular enclosure or round barrow near Newton

Aerial photographs show an extensive field system and a round barrow between Newton village and the railway.

Y

01966/01 Unclassified flint objects, Newton

Flints found on the surface of a ploughed field in 1977/78 included a reworked flake and an awl/side scraper.

Y

01966/02 Prehistoric Awl Flints found on the surface of a ploughed field in 1977/78 included a reworked flake and an awl/side scraper.

Y

01966/03 Prehistoric scraper Flints found on the surface of a ploughed field in 1977/78 included a reworked flake and an awl/side scraper.

Y

ESY1443 Geophysical survey and fieldwalking east of Newton, Doncaster

Fieldwalking and geophysical surveys were carried out on the putative site of the former medieval village of Newton. A possible revetment wall possibly associated with house platforms was noted, but could be a natural rock outcrop. An assemblage of residual prehistoric flints and medieval pottery of 12th-16th century date was recovered.

Y



HSY5093 Suburban estates to the north of Newton, Doncaster

Private Housing Estate Y Y

HSY4269 Cusworth Park 3, Doncaster Private Parkland Y

HSY5777 Newton Ings, Newton , Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY5781 Newton Lane, Newton, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY5942 Challenger Drive, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y



Allocation Reference: 862 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 125A, 127, 127A & 131A Balby Road






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 862 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 125A, 127, 127A & 131A Balby Road



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument is recorded in the eastern part of the buffer, a shop used as the set for the ‘Open All Hours’ television programme.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or the buffer zone.


The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as suburban commercial core, developed along Balby Road in the late 19th century, initially as larger terraced villa-type properties and now dominated by commercial businesses. Some of the terraced properties remain. Further character zones within the buffer include schools, an area of heavy metal trades industrialised since the later 19th century, a public park, allotment gardens, a mixture of terraced and semi-detached housing and a private housing estate.

The site comprises two small plots, each currently occupied by three houses at the north and south ends of a row of terraced housing fronting onto Balby Road.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as within a square field or garden at the junction of Balby Road and Carr Hill. A house was shown to the northeast, possibly within the site. In 1892, the site was still mainly a garden, with a building at the southwest corner. This had been demolished and a new terrace of 10 houses constructed by 1930, with small yards to the rear. The site covers four of the houses, three in the centre of the row and one at the southwest end, and remains unchanged to the present day.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows a gravel and sand pit just to the east of the site. A few houses are shown along Carr Hill at this date, but the area mainly comprised fields and nurseries, with an area of parkland associated with Westfield House to the northwest. By 1892, terraced and semi-detached housing and a chapel were shown to the south along Balby Road, with more terraces to the north, and to the southeast along Carr Hill. The gravel pit was no longer shown. By 1930, the area to the west, south and northeast was dominated by terraced housing, either built or under construction. A group of buildings were shown to the immediate east of the site, possibly workshops or outbuildings; these had been replaced by a motor garage by 1961, at which date the terraces to the immediate northeast of the site had been demolished. the garage had been extended by 1972, and a warehouse built to the northeast of the site. A clothing factory was shown to the southeast of the garage. No further changes were shown by 1992.

Survival:

The site contains terraced houses with basements, indicating that no buried archaeological remains are likely to survive within the site. The houses are of early 20th-century date, constructed between 1903 and 1930, with some major recent modifications to the ground floor frontage.



Significance:

The standing buildings are considered to be of minor Local heritage significance. The significance of buried archaeology is negligible.

Note: the remaining six buildings in the terrace are covered by Site 686.




The 2002-2009 aerial photograph shows the row of terraced houses within the site, and a narrow yard area to the rear, open to the southeast and used partially for parking. The garage buildings are shown to the southeast. The 2015 image is obscured by clouds, but Street View imagery shows the houses as brick-built, three storeys in height including attics with dormer windows and pitched roofs. The ground floor frontage of all the buildings has been clad in grey tiles, and have identical doors, with the lower windows featuring metal roller shutters. The first floor windows have stone sills and lintels, but modern glazing. The rear view indicates that the site slopes downwards to the east, and the buildings have a basement level. The Lidar data shows only the location of the buildings.


Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Google Street View 2015. Lidar tile SE5601 DTM 1m.



04752 "Open All Hours" Shop, Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster

Open All Hours Shop, Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster Y



HSY5484 Balby Road, Balby, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y Y

HSY5277 Balby Carr Bank, Doncaster Metal Trades (Heavy) Y

HSY5428 Sandford Road, Balby, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY5466 Balby Road, Balby, Doncaster School Y

HSY5467 Burton Avenue, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5468 Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5469 Queen Street, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5473 Westfield Park, Balby, Doncaster Public Park Y

HSY5474 King Edward Road, Balby, Doncaster School Y

HSY5476 St John's Road, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5485 Westfield Road, Balby, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 865 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Ashmount Club, 50 High Rd, Balby






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 3 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 865 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Ashmount Club, 50 High Rd, Balby



The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site. Two findspots, one monument and two events are recorded within the buffer. The findspots are of a medieval coin (1413-22) found in the northern part of the buffer, and a glass bead of possible Anglo-Saxon date from the northwest edge. The monoument is the suggested route of a Roman road from Templeborough fort to Doncaster, thought to run in the vicinity of Florence Avenue in the northern part of the buffer. The two events comprise geophysical survey and evaluation trenching covering a single area at Oswin Avenue in the northern part of the buffer. The evaluation did not identify any archaeological features or deposits.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. An area of ridge and furrow cultivation remains of probable post-medieval date was recorded in the southeast part of the buffer, in an area that has since been built over.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the site as divided between two character areas. The northern half of the site and part of the northwest buffer are characterised as a small cul-de-sac, possibly sheltered housing associated with a nearby care home. The housing was constructed between 1972 and 1984, with no legibility of earlier enclosure patterns. The southern part of the site and much of the northeast part of the buffer is occupied by terrace housing built between 1892 and 1903 in a grid-iron street pattern, with some of the streets fossilising the boundaries of earlier strip fields. Balby's historic commercial core is located just to the south and east of the site, and The Marshall's residential care home and a modern factory are to the west. Other character areas within the buffer include 1930s planned social housing and terraced housing at the western side and southern edge, modern social and private housing estates to the northwest, with semi-detached housing and a church to the northeast. The Scarborough Barracks and playing fields are located in the southeast part of the buffer.

The site is shown on 2009 aerial imagery as a vacant plot, but appears to have been developed with new housing by 2016.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a rectangular field fronting onto Balby High Road. By 1892, a large detached house called Ash Mount had been constructed in the southern part of the site, with gardens and greenhouses to the north. The house was shown as a club by 1930, and the greenhouses had been demolished by 1960. The club building had been extended to the north by 1975.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed strip fields to the north and west of the site, with several small sand pits depicted. To the immediate southwest of the site was a row of houses called Chapel Row, adjacent to a Methodist Chapel, with the historic core of Balby depicted mainly to the south of High Road, and some buildings to the northeast of the site. The 1892 map depicted larger sandpits in fields to the west of Chapel Yard and north of the site. Further housing had been built by that date, mainly in small discrete rows infilling areas along High Road. By 1903, Furnival Road had been established to the east of the site, with terraced and semi-detached housing building along it. Further terraced housing and a school had been built to the northwest by 1930, as well as new housing to the south of High Road. By 1948, a new housing estate was under construction in the western part of the buffer, and allotment gardens were shown to the east and north of Furnival Road. By 1960, a works and school canteen had been built to the west of Marshall Avenue, and an un-named T-shaped building was shown to the immediate east of this road, which had been demolished by 1975. A depot was shown to the immediate north of the site by that date. By 1992, the Marshall's care home and surrounding housing was depicted to the west of the site.

Survival:

The southern half of the site was occupied by an late 19th-century house and later club building. These had been



demolished by 2009, and the site has been developed with housing since July 2015. The potential for buried archaeological remains is considered to be negligible.


No archaeological investigations are likely to be required if further development is planned at this site.

Significance:

Negligible.


The 2002 Google Earth image shows a large house towards the southern frontage of the site, with a large rectangular pitched-roof building to the north, and areas of car parking at the northern side of the site. By 2008, the roof of the building to the rear had been removed, and the 2009 image showed both buildings had been demolished. The 2015 image is obscured by clouds, but Street View imagery indicates that between July 2015 and September 2016, new two-storey brick-built houses or apartments had been built at the High Road frontage of the site and to the rear, though the full extent of the development is not visible. Lidar data shows only the footprint of the former building within the site.







00463/01 Medieval coin, Balby

Silver groat of Henry V (1413-22) from 41 Greenfield Lane.

02280/01 Anglo-Saxon glass bead, Balby

Opaque red glass with four applied white blobs with dark green eyes. Found about 1922. Mr. Manby said probably 6th or 7th century but not certain.

04914 Roman Road; Brough to Doncaster via Templeborough

Suggested route of a Roman road from Brough to Doncaster, via the fort at Templeborough.

ESY885 A Geophysical Survey At Oswin Avenue, Balby, South Yorkshire

The survey area is bounded to the southeast by a Roman road. As a result of the presence of the Roman road and the proximity of the important Roman town of Doncaster to the east Roman settlement or other features could survive within the area, with one Roman coin at least found on the site. [No survey results mentioned.]

ESY891 Archaeological Evaluation on land Off Oswin Avenue, Balby, Doncaster

An archaeological evaluation did not identify any features of archaeological origin.





HSY5812 Furnival Road, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y Y

HSY6000 Marshall Avenue, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y Y

HSY5417 Woodfield Road, Balby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5426 Sandford Road, Balby, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y

HSY5475 St. John's, Balby, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5552 Warmsworth Road, Balby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5554 Peak Stone Close, Balby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5811 Balby historic core, Balby, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y

HSY5813 Burns Way, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5814 Greenfield Lane, Balby, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5990 Suburban housing along Warmsworth Road, Balby, Doncaster

Terraced Housing Y

HSY5998 Factory east of Oswin Avenue, Balby, Doncaster

Other Industry Y

HSY5999 "The Marshalls", residential care centre, Doncaster


HSY6001 Scarborough Barracks, Doncaster Barracks Y



Allocation Reference: 868 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Doncaster Industry Park, Watch House Lane






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 868 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Doncaster Industry Park, Watch House Lane



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One findspot is recorded within the buffer to the northwest of the site, a Roman coin; however, the text states that this was found at Toll Bar, Bentley, which is 3km to the north of the site, suggesting that the grid reference on the SMR record is incorrect.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. Earthwork ridge and furrow is recorded to the north of the site from a photograph of 1946; however, this area has since been built on and the earthworks do not survive. Further ridge and furrow earthworks were recorded at the northern edge of the buffer, and military buildings were shown in the southeast part of the buffer on a photograph from 1948. This area has also since been redeveloped.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the buffer to the north and south as an industrial estate within a triangle of land isolated from the surrounding countryside in the early 20th century and developed for industry between 1948 and 1966. There is no legibility of the former character of piecemeal enclosure from open field. Further character zones within the buffer comprise allotments to the northwest, 20th-century terraced housing, private and social housing estates to the east, southeast and west, playing fields and an industrial estate to the southeast, regenerated scrubland to the southeast, with retail premises and a small area of surviving piecemeal enclosures to the southwest and west.

The most recent imagery (2015) shows the site as cleared, vacant ground formerly occupied by industrial buildings. It is bounded to the south by Watch House Lane and to the east by a disused railway line.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of a field to the north of Watch House Lane. Between 1907 and 1930, the LNER Gowdall and Braithwell railway line was built along the eastern side of the site, with an embanked bridge built to carry Watch House Lane over the railway forming the southern boundary of the site and a small lane running through the eastern edge of the site. By 1956, an industrial works building had been constructed in the western part of the site, which had been extended to cover most of the site up to the lane by 1961, with allotment gardens shown in the triangle of land at the eastern corner. By 1985, two further works building had been constructed over the allotments.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows the area as mainly fields, with Pipering Lane Plantation shown at the northern end, and the Great North Road running through the southwest edge. Railway lines had been constructed by 1930, with the LNER line mentioned above and a triangular junction between it and a mineral railway line to the south. Fields to the east and southeast of the site had been converted to allotment gardens by that date, with housing shown to the south of Watch House Lane. By 1948, Raymond Road had begun construction to the west of the site, with further housing along Watch House Lane and the southern buffer. Works or military buildings were shown to the southeast in 1956, and the works building shown within the site in 1961 extended north into the buffer, with a further works to the north and allotment gardens to the northeast. The industrial estate had extended to the north and south by 1980.

Survival:

The site was developed over the second half of the 20th century with large works buildings. It is likely that the potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains is low.





Significance:

Negligible.

Note: Site 868 forms part of the larger site 616.


The 2002 aerial photograph showed the same works buildings as in 1992, hard-surfaced parking and access routes between the buildings. The works within the site were still standing and apparently in use in 2009, but by 2015, all the buildings within the site had been demolished. Lidar data shows the building footprints, and no earthworks of archaeological interest.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2015. Lidar tiles SE5408 & SE5505 DTM 1m.



Military buildings: RAF/541/21 4146 15-May-1948.



00658/01 Roman Coin, Bentley

Roman Coin, Derius: Faustia. From garden of 10 Marton Road, Toll Bar, Bentley.

Y



HSY5083 Doncaster Industry Park, Doncaster Other Industry Y Y

HSY4947 Allotment gardens, Bentley Rise, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY4948 Bentley Rise (Holly Avenue to Washington Grove)

Terraced Housing Y

HSY4953 Lauder Road, Bentley Rise, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4954 Playing Fields near Queens Drive, Bentley, Doncaster


HSY5081 Halifax Crescent, Raymond Rd, St Martins Ave, Cusworth Lane suburbs, Doncaster

Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5084 Former Rail Interchange, Bentley, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y

HSY5157 Relict enclosures by York Road, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y

HSY5158 Retail motor trade premises, York Bar, York Road, Doncaster


HSY5172 Watch House Lane, Bentley, Doncaster Other Industry Y



Allocation Reference: 869 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Victoria Court, Bentley






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 869 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Victoria Court, Bentley



The SMR does not records any monuments or events within the site or the buffer zone.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or the buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded an area of post-medieval ridge and furrow earthworks within the site itself and further remains to the northwest of the site, within the buffer zone. The earthworks within the site have been removed by 20th-century development.

The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the majority of the southern and western ends of the buffer zone as social housing forming part of the planned estate of Bentley New Village. This area of housing was rapidly developed following the sinking of the first shaft of Bentley Colliery from 1905-7. The geometric layout of this area contrasts sharply in plan with the surrounding grid iron terraces. There is no legibility of the earlier enclosure landscape. Additional character types within the buffer zone include early 20th-century terraced and semi-detached housing to the east, along with a modern nursing home, allotment gardens to the southeast, and a modern housing estate and playing fields to the northwest. Daw Lane Plantation, of probable 19th-century date, is located to the immediate north of the site, with the site of Bentley Colliery's above-ground infrastructure extending into the very northeast edge of the buffer.

The site is currently occupied by a rectangular U-shaped two-storey block of social housing, with a car park at the centre. Further housing exists to the south of the site, with woodland and playing fields to the north.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of an irregularly-shaped field, within an area of similar fields. The irregular, curving field boundaries are suggestive of piecemeal enclosure from open field. No change is apparent on the site until 1930, by which time the field containing the site had been reduced in size due to the construction of Beeley New Village, to the south and east. The associated buildings and property boundaries of the New Village formed the current boundaries of the site, although the site itself remained undeveloped at this time. By 1938 six buildings had been constructed on the site, arranged in a semi-circular pattern. The buildings were labelled 78-88 Victoria Road in 1961, when they were shown as each set within wedge-shaped gardens. These buildings were still present on the site in 1976, although by 1980 they had been replaced by the rectangular U-shaped apartment building that still occupies the site today. On the 1985 map, the building is labelled Victoria Court, with property numbers from 1 to 16.

Within the buffer zone, in 1854 Daw Lane was present to the west and southwest of the site, with a group of fields called Daw Lane Plantation to the immediate north, though these were not shown as heavily wooded at that date. A drain was present along the southern edge of the field containing the site. More dense woodland was shown in Daw Lane Plantations by 1892, with an unwooded area called The Gorse located between two wooded fields. There is little change evident in the buffer zone until 1930, with the construction of Bentley New Village. Victoria Road had been laid out along the southern boundary of the site, with St Philip and St James’ Church and housing further to the south. A church hall was located to the immediate east of the site, and semi-detached housing to the west. Daw Lane Plantation was still present to the north of the site, though The Gorse had been developed with housing. The southwest part of the buffer contained housing and the northwest side was still fields. Bentley Colliery was located to the immediate north of Daw Lane Plantations. By 1961, a football ground was located to the northwest of the site. The village itself had few changes between 1930 and 1985, apart from further encroachment of the colliery infrastructure on Daw Lane Plantations, and the construction of new housing at the northwest edge of the buffer between 1966 and 1976.

Survival:

By 1938, six buildings occupied the site in a semi-circular arrangement. By 1980, these had been demolished and replaced by a large rectangular U-shaped building. Considering the likely truncation of sub-surface deposits that



the construction of these buildings, and the demolition of the first phase of buildings, would have caused, the potential for the survival of any unrecorded buried archaeological remains on the site is considered to be low.



Significance:

Negligible.

Note: Site 869 is the same as Site 410.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as unchanged from the 1985 map, with the large rectangular U-shaped building of Victoria Court occupying the site and a car parking area at the centre. No changes are shows by 2009, with the 2015 image being too poor to make out any details. To the north, Bentley Colliery had been dismantled by 2002, and parts of its site landscaped. Street View imagery from 2012 shows the buildings as apartment blocks of two storeys in height, with pitched roofs and a main entrance in the central block. Lidar imagery for the site shows isolated areas of probable ridge and furrow within wooded areas forming part of Daw Lane Plantations to the north and northwest of the site, but no features other than the building footprint are visible within the site itself. The ridge and furrow recorded in the field to the north of the site in 1946 is still visible, but much fainter than that within the wooded areas.







HSY4973 Geometric Section, Bentley New Village, Doncaster

Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y

HSY144 Former Bentley Colliery Deep Shaft Coal Mine Y

HSY4970 Arthur Street, Bentley New Village, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY4977 Allotments, Arthur Lane, Bentley New Village, Doncaster

Allotments Y

HSY4995 Estate to the north west of Bentley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4996 Daw Lane Plantation, Bentley, Doncaster Plantation Y

HSY4997 Playing fields, Victoria Road, Bentley, Doncaster


HSY4999 Daw Wood semi detached houses, Bentley New Village, Doncaster

Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5000 Home Covert Nursing Home, Bentley, Doncaster




Allocation Reference: 870 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Hayfield Lane, Auckley






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record 1 record/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 870 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Hayfield Lane, Auckley



The SMR records one monument covering the site and extending across the northern half of the buffer: the site of the Doncaster Roman pottery production industry, an area where intensive pottery production has been recorded and numerous kilns excavated. One event is recorded within the southern part of the buffer, geophysical survey undertaken at Hurst Lane, which recorded possible pits and a curvilinear ditch.



Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and northern part of the buffer as a planned social housing estate constructed as airmen's married quarters for RAF Finningley, with no legibility of the former fields enclosed by Parliamentary Award in 1778. Further character zones within the buffer comprise mid-20th-century schools to the northwest and southwest, housing built for married officers to the southeast and further airmen's housing to the southwest. Areas of fields enclosed by Parliamentary Award extend into the western and southern edges of the buffer.

The site is currently occupied by recently-built houses fronting onto Hayfield Lane.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a field in an area called Long Lands Field. Hayfield Lane was shown along the southern boundary of the field and Hurst Lane along the western boundary. No changes were shown by 1930. In 1948, the site, was shown as an area of vacant land in a triangle between the two roads and new housing to the northeast. In 1961 this was shown as a wide verge area crossed by footpaths running between the houses. No further changes were shown by 1993.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed mainly fields, with regular boundaries largely indicative of Parliamentary Enclosure. Hayfield Lane and Hurst Road ran through the buffer. Housing development had begun to the northeast of the site by 1948, with a short crescent shown, and a further larger building was also shown towards the eastern side of the buffer. By 1862, the housing estate had been expanded to cover the area to the northeast and southeast of the site, with a primary school to the south of Hayfield Lane. A comprehensive school had been built to the northwest by 1975. No substantial changes were shown by 1993.

Survival:

As the site has been developed since 2009, the potential for the survival of any buried archaeological remains is considered to be negligible.


No further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if further development is planned on this site.

Significance:

Negligible.




The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as an area of rough grass to the southwest of houses on Willow Crescent. Between 2009 and 2015, a roughly L-shaped building was constructed within the site, with the area to the west shown as a building site. Street View imagery shows a single-storey supermarket within the site, with a carpark to the east, outside the site boundary. At least four modern two-storey houses are shown to the immediate west, fronting onto Hayfield Lane and Hurst Lane. Lidar data shows a mound of earth within the site, presumably photographed during building works. Further earth mounds are shown in the building site to the northwest.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2009, 2016. Lidar tile SK6499 DTM 1m.





Y Y


Geophysical survey on a plot of land at Hurst Lane identified possible archaeological features concentrated in the eastern part of the site, consisting of possible pits and a curvilinear ditch.

Y



HSY4646 West Barrier, Finningley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y

HSY4575 Mill Fields, Auckley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y


Y

HSY4645 Maple Avenue, Finningley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4647 Elm Road, Finningley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4653 Finningley Camp Primary School, Finningley, Doncaster

School Y

HSY4655 Hayfield School, Finningley, Doncaster School Y



Allocation Reference: 872 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Melton Road, Sprotbrough

Area (Ha): 7.14 NGR (centre): SE 5311 0217 Settlement: Sprotbrough





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - 1 Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record 5 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 872 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Melton Road, Sprotbrough

Area (Ha): 7.14 NGR (centre): SE 5311 0217 Settlement: Sprotbrough


The SMR records one monument covering the site and extending into the buffer, a group of cropmarks including at least two sub-rectangular enclosures, a trackway and field boundaries of probable Iron Age to Roman date. Only the trackway has been plotted by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project. Three further monuments, one findspot and two events are recorded within the buffer. One monument is the site of a socketed base of a probable medieval wayside cross, to the immediate south of the site. The SMR record states that it was moved to the churchyard in 1969 during road widening works. A long barrow, partially destroyed by quarrying, is located at the very western edge of the buffer, and is also a Scheduled Monument. Earthwork banks and ditches have been recorded in Scabba Wood, in the southwest part of the buffer, possibly associated with the cropmark features mentioned above. A single Roman coin of early 2nd century AD date has been found close to the southeast edge of the site. The events recorded within the buffer relate to woodland survey at Scabba Wood that recorded the banks and ditches mentioned above, and a geophysical survey at the southern edge of the buffer that recorded ditches associated with cropmark features.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. King Hengist’s Rein Neolithic long barrow is located at the western edge of the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded two linear ditches visible as cropmarks running through the site on an east to west alignment. The SMR records that these form part of a wider group of features including field boundaries and two enclosures, probably of Iron Age to Roman date, though no other features have been plotted by the Magnesian Limestone Project. One area of ridge and furrow remains is recorded at the northeast edge of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and north and west buffer as agglomerated fields, where 20th-century boundary removal has led to a loss of the former character of large piecemeal enclosures and scattered woodlands. Further character zones within the buffer comprise a modern private housing estate in the east, strip fields to the south, and plantation woodland at the southwest edge.

The site is currently an arable field, bounded to the south by Melton Road, to the north by Toecroft Lane and to the east by housing. It retains one hedged boundary on its western side.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as two east-west aligned fields with sinuous boundaries suggestive of piecemeal enclosure from open field. By 1892, one of the boundaries had been removed to create a single field. The current eastern boundary had been established by 1980, by the edge of a housing estate.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map shows most of the area as strip fields, with the pedestal of a stone cross marked on the north side of Melton Lane, immediately south of the house. Toecroft Farm was shown at the northwest edge of the buffer, accessed via Folder Lane and Toecroft Lane. Wetlands Wood and an adjacent house with two ponds in the garden were shown at the southwest edge, the latter shown as Scabba Wood Cottage in 1892. Toecroft Quarry was shown at the western edge of the buffer, disused by 1903. By 1956, semi-detached housing had been built at the eastern edge of the field containing the site, extended up to its current extent by 1980.

Survival:

The site has been in agricultural use since at least 1854, and probably from the medieval period onwards. This may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology below the zone affected by ploughing is considered to be high. A trackway of probable Iron Age to Roman date has been recorded within the site, and further features associated with field boundaries and enclosures are also indicated by the SMR. A possible palaeochannel also crosses the site, which could preserve palaeoenvironmental remains.




Further archaeological investigations will be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman small-scale settlement and agricultural activity could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.


The 2002 to 2009 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as an arable field, with a slightly curving hedged boundary on its western side, characteristic of enclosure from medieval open field. The eastern boundary is formed by a modern housing estate. The 2002 image shows cropmark features, though it is unclear whether these include the field boundaries recorded in the SMR, as they are quite irregular and many appear to be of geological origin. Only faint traces of the trackway recorded by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project are visible in this image. A wide dark feature runs through the site from the northeast to southwest corners; again, it is unclear if this is the route of a palaeochannel, or a more modern feature, such as a pipeline easement. This feature is also visible in the 2002-2009 aerial images, though none of the other features recorded in 2002 are visible in these.

The possible palaeochannel is visible in the limited Lidar data covering the site, as a slight hollow within the field. No other features of archaeological origin are visible within the field in the Lidar data, though slight ridge and furrow earthworks are noted in the field to the northeast, directly east of Toecroft Farm; these have not been plotted by the Magnesian Limestone Project. The area of ridge and furrow plotted by the MLP in the northeast part of the buffer is not covered by Lidar data, so it is not known if these survive as earthworks.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009. Lidar tiles SE5202 & SE5302 DTM 1m.


Trackway: SE5301/10 DNR 1553/11 24-Jul-1979; SE5202/5 NMR 12861/9 25-Jul-1996.




Site? Buffer?

1013204 King Hengist Rein long cairn SM Y



00058/01 Iron Age or Romano-British Complex of Large Rectangular Enclosures, Trackways and Field Systems, Sprotbrough

A group of cropmarks consisting of a sub-rectangular enclosure at least 100m in width, the southern extent of it running into the orchards and scrubland of the backplots of Scabba Wood Cottages. The complex continues to the north of Melton Road and includes a second rectangular enclosure, trackway and field boundaries.

Y Y

00134/01 King Hengist Rein, Long Barrow

A long barrow 40m (130 ft) in length, partially destroyed by quarrying. It is predominantly of stone construction with two tomb chambers. The mound is 1.4 metres high with no

Y



evidence of ditches.

00402/01 Possible Medieval Wayside Cross (base only), Sprotbrough

Socketed base of probably medieval wayside cross situated on mound. In 1969 it was moved to the churchyard during road widening.

Y

02631/01 Roman Coin Find, Sprotbrough

Roman coin AR denarius of Tragen 101-2 AD Rome mint. Y

05482 Earthworks in Scabba Wood

A number of banks and ditches in Scabba Wood identified by walkover survey. A single trench placed across a large bank and ditch recovered a possible first century sherd. A well preserved enclosure [PIN4847] is recorded separately.

Y

ESY438 Archaeological Survey of Scabba Wood

In 1998 a survey was undertaken involving a systematic search for archaeological features. [No results mentioned].

Y

ESY442 Geophysical Survey on Land near Scabba Wood

In 1994 a geophysical survey demonstrated that there was a close association with cropmark features.

Y



HSY4262 Land west of Sprotbrough village, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y

HSY4253 Wetlands Wood (Part of Scabba Wood), Sprotbrough, Doncaster

Plantation Y

HSY4284 Land between Sprotbrough and King Hengist Rein, Sprotbrough, Doncaster

Strip Fields Y

HSY5100 Speculative estates to the west of Sprotbrough, Doncaster


HSY5100 Speculative estates to the west of Sprotbrough, Doncaster




Allocation Reference: 873 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site A, Lane at Martin Common Farm

Area (Ha): 8.61 NGR (centre): SK 6484 9405 Settlement: Bawtry





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - 2 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 873 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site A, Lane at Martin Common Farm



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One findspot, one monument and one event are recorded within the eastern part of the buffer. The findspot is of a medieval or early post-medieval spur found at Gally Hill, whilst the monument is the route of a Roman road from Lincoln to York via Bawtry and Doncaster, which is thought to run along the eastern edge of the site, along the course of the Great North Road. Geophysical survey and evaluation at Gally Hills in the eastern part of the buffer recorded modern features including field drains, boundaries and quarrying, as well as two ditches of possible Iron Age date.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site. One grade II listed milepost is located on the Great North Road, to the immediate east of the site.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records the boundary of an airfield extending into the western side of the site, and covering the western part of the buffer. This was Bircotes Airfield, established during the Second World War airfield and photographed in 1948.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and northern part of the buffer as agglomerated fields, with the removal of field boundaries resulting in a reduction of the former character of fields enclosed by Parliamentary Award from Martin Common. There is only fragmentary visibility of the enclosure landscape. Bircotes airfield was located within this character zone in the Second World War, but this was disused by 1967 and few traces of it remain. The western and eastern parts of the buffer are also characterised as agglomerated fields, with an area of ancient woodland at the northeast edge. The south and southeast parts of the buffer are dominated by housing of various types, the earliest dating to the first half of the 20th century, with expansion up to the early 21st century. A distribution centre is located to the immediate southeast of the site.

The site is currently part of a large field in arable use. It is bounded to the east by the Great North Road and to the south by housing and a distribution centre. The northern edge is not a physical boundary.


The 1886 OS map shows the site as two fields to the west of the Great North Road. The 1956 map shows the western part of the site as an airfield, though no features are shown within it, whilst the eastern half was still shown as two fields, with no boundary along the western edge. The 1962 map shows details of the airfield, including a taxiing route running through the western part of the site. The airfield was shown as disused at that date. The 1992 map showed the majority of the site as part of a large, unenclosed field covering the extent of the airfield, which was no longer shown, and the eastern part as still divided into two fields.

Within the buffer, the 1886 OS map shows fields to the north, south and west. The 1854 OS map shows Gally Hills gravel pit to the east of the Great North Road, with King's Wood to the northeast. Another small gravel pit was located in the southeast part of the buffer in 1886. No changes were shown within the buffer by 1922. By 1948, housing and a works building were shown at the southeast side of the buffer. Bircotes Airfield is not depicted on this map, presumably for security reasons, though it was established during the Second World War. The airfield was depicted on the 1956 map, with more details shown in 1962, when it was labelled as disused. Further housing was shown in the south and southeast part of the buffer by 1962, and possible allotment gardens to the southeast of the site. These had been replaced by a commercial vehicle depot by 1967, with a new depot building shown in 1985.

Survival:

The site has been in agricultural use since the mid-18th century, with recent arable cultivation recorded, which may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. Below the zone impacted by ploughing, the potential for the survival of buried archaeology is considered to be moderate. Cropmarks indicate that remains of features associated with the airfield are likely to survive in the western side of the site, and possible Iron Age ditches have been recorded to the east. The likely route of a Roman road runs along the eastern edge of the site.





Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with the Second World War airfield are likely to be considered to be of Local archaeological significance.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as part of a large arable field. The surrounding area had been enclosed into regularly shaped fields after 1992, with many of the boundaries formed by plough divisions or low hedges. By 2007, the area to the west was shown as part of a large pig farm. The curving route of one of the taxiing lanes associated with the airfield is visible as a cropmark or soilmark within the western part of the site in 2012. Pig arcs were shown in the western part of the site in 2015. Lidar data covers only the eastern edge of the site, with no earthwork features depicted within this area.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 & 2015. Lidar tiles SK6493, SK6494, SK6593 & SK6594 DTM 1m.


Military airfield: RAF/541/35 3156 19-May-1948.



Site? Buffer?

1151576 Milepost approximately 300 metres to north of junction with North Avenue

II Y



02835/01 Late Medieval or Post-Medieval Spur Find, Bawtry

Medieval or early post-medieval spur part found west of wood at Gally Hill.

Y

04915 Roman Road; Bawtry to Castleford via Doncaster and Adwick-le-Street

Roman road from Lincoln towards York via Roman forts and settlement at Bawtry, Rossington, Doncaster and Burghwallis. The stretch travelling through Adwick Le Street is known as the Roman Ridge Roman Road and has Scheduled Monument Status.

Y

ESY463 Gradiometer Survey on Land at Gally Hills, Doncaster Road

In 1997 a gradiometer survey showed the presence of linear anomalies and evidence for modern field drains, field boundaries and quarrying activity. Other anomalies of potential archaeological origin were tested by evaluation, revealing two ditches of possible Iron Age date and modern intrusive features.

Y





HSY4346 Martin Lane, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y

HSY4342 Kings Wood, Bawtry, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y

HSY4347 Martin lane 2, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4564 Gally Hills, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY5526 Central Drive, South Avenue, Bawtry, Doncaster


HSY5527 Grange Avenue, Bawtry, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5530 Suburban Housing to the west of Bawtry historic core, Bawtry, Doncaster


HSY5531 Harewood Drive, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5532 Grange Avenue, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5533 Depot to the north of Bawtry, Doncaster Distribution Centre Y

HSY5544 Hermes Court, Bawtry, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5545 Shining Cliff Court, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y



Allocation Reference: 874 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site B, Land at Martin Common Farm






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - 3 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 874 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site B, Land at Martin Common Farm



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One findspot, two monuments and one event are recorded within the eastern part of the buffer. The findspot is of a medieval or early post-medieval spur found at Gally Hill, whilst the monuments comprise the route of a Roman road from Lincoln to York via Bawtry and Doncaster, which is thought to run along the course of the Great North Road at the eastern edge of the site; and a number of earthwork banks of uncertain date and purpose within King’s Wood. Geophysical survey and evaluation at Gally Hills in the eastern part of the buffer recorded modern features including field drains, boundaries and quarrying, as well as two ditches of possible Iron Age date.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site. One grade II listed milepost is located on the Great North Road, to the southeast of the site.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records the boundary of an airfield extending into the western side of the site, and covering the western part of the buffer. This was Bircotes Airfield, established during the Second World War airfield and photographed in 1948.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and north, northwest and south parts of the buffer as agglomerated fields, with the removal of field boundaries resulting in a reduction of the former character of fields enclosed by Parliamentary Award from Martin Common. There is only fragmentary visibility of the enclosure landscape. Bircotes airfield was located within this character zone in the Second World War, but this was disused by 1967 and few traces of it remain. The southwest and southeast parts of the buffer are also characterised as agglomerated fields, with an area of ancient woodland at the east. The south and southeast edges of the buffer are characterised as modern housing and a distribution centre.

The site is currently part of a large field in arable use. It is bounded to the east by the Great North Road and to the north by Martin Grange Farm Lane. The southern edge is not a physical boundary.


The 1886 OS map shows the site as two fields to the west of the Great North Road. The northern field had several trees within it, as well as the dotted outline of a small rectangular feature. This was shown as a rectangular hollow in 1893, possibly a former small quarry pit or pond. This was no longer shown in 1921. The 1956 map shows the southwest part of the site as an airfield, though no features are shown within it, whilst the northern half was still shown as a field. The 1962 map shows details of the airfield, including a taxiing route and a plane parking circle within the southwest part of the site. The airfield was shown as disused at that date. The 1992 map showed the site as part of a large, unenclosed field covering the extent of the airfield, which was no longer shown.

Within the buffer, the 1886 OS map shows fields to the north, south and west, with Martin Grange Farm depicted in the northwest part of the buffer and a lane to the farm running along the northern edge of the site. The 1854 OS map shows Gally Hills gravel pit and King's Wood to the east of the Great North Road. No changes were shown within the buffer by 1922. By 1948, housing and a works building were shown at the southeast side of the buffer. Bircotes Airfield is not depicted on this map, presumably for security reasons, though it was established during the Second World War. The airfield was depicted on the 1956 map, with more details shown in 1962, when it was labelled as disused. By 1962, possible allotment gardens were shown at the southeast corner of the buffer, which had been replaced by a commercial vehicle depot by 1967, with a new depot building shown in 1985. Further housing had been built at the southern edge of the buffer by 1992.

Survival:

The site has been in agricultural use since the mid-18th century, with recent arable cultivation likely to have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. Below the zone impacted by ploughing, the potential for the survival of buried archaeology is considered to be moderate. Cropmarks indicate that remains of features



associated with the airfield are likely to survive in the southwest part of the site, and a possible palaeochannel runs through the centre. Evaluation has recorded possible Iron Age ditches in the eastern part of the buffer, and the likely route of a Roman road runs along the eastern edge of the site. A possible small quarry is recorded in the northwest part of the site, though this is unverified and appears to only cover a small area.



Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with the Second World War airfield are likely to be considered to be of Local archaeological significance. The significance of any remains associated with a palaeochannel would depend on their extent, nature and condition.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as part of a large arable field. The surrounding area had been enclosed into regularly shaped fields after 1992, with many of the boundaries formed by plough divisions or low hedges. By 2007, the area to the southwest was shown as part of a large pig farm, and pig arcs were shown in the western part of the site in 2015.

The curving route of one of the taxiing lanes and a plane parking circle associated with the airfield is visible as a cropmark or soilmark within the western part of the site in 2009 and 2012. The 2012 image also shows a sinuous linear feature crossing the centre of the site from west to east, on a rouge roughly parallel with Martin Grange Farm Lane. This is not depicted on any of the historic mapping, and appears to correspond with a low point in the field. It is possibly a palaeochannel. Lidar only covers the southeast edge of the site, but does show this area as a slight hollow. The 2002 and 2012 aerial images show a roughly oval feature to the north of the possible palaeochannel. This may correspond with the small rectangular hollow shown on the 1886 to 1903 OS maps, though the cropmark is more extensive. It may represent the site of a former sand quarry.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 & 2015. Lidar tiles SK6493, SK6494, SK6593 & SK6594 DTM 1m.


Military airfield: RAF/541/35 3156 19-May-1948.



Site? Buffer?

1151576 Milepost approximately 300 metres to north of junction with North Avenue

II Y



02835/01 Late Medieval or Post-Medieval Spur Find, Bawtry

Medieval or early post-medieval spur part found west of wood at Gally Hill.

Y

03104/01 Earthwork Banks in Kings Wood, Austerfield

Earthwork banks have been noted in Kings Wood, Austerfield. The date and purpose of these are unknown, but they may be related to settlement or represent woodland management features. Ditches are known from aerial photographs to the northeast (PIN 3105) and northwest (PIN 3106).

Y



04915 Roman Road; Bawtry to Castleford via Doncasterand Adwick-le-Street

Roman road from Lincoln towards York via Roman forts and settlement at Bawtry, Rossington, Doncaster and Burghwallis. The stretch travelling through Adwick Le Street is known as the Roman Ridge Roman Road and has Scheduled Monument Status.

Y

ESY463 Gradiometer Survey on Land at Gally Hills, Doncaster Road

In 1997 a gradiometer survey showed the presence of linear anomalies and evidence for modern field drains, field boundaries and quarrying activity. Other anomalies of potential archaeological origin were tested by evaluation, revealing two ditches of possible Iron Age date and modern intrusive features.

Y



HSY4346 Martin Lane, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields

HSY4342 Kings Wood, Bawtry, Doncaster Ancient Woodland

HSY4347 Martin lane 2, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields

HSY4564 Gally Hills, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields

HSY5531 Harewood Drive, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate

HSY5532 Grange Avenue, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate

HSY5533 Depot to the north of Bawtry, Doncaster Distribution Centre



Allocation Reference: 875 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site A, Land to the East of Doncaster Rd

Area (Ha): 2.32 NGR (centre): SK 5907 9419 Settlement: Tickhill





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 6 SMR record/event 1 record 8 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 875 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site A, Land to the East of Doncaster Rd



The SMR records one findspot within the site: a possible fragment of the shaft of a medieval stone cross built into a garden wall, apparently located in the southwest corner of the site. The fragment may be associated with a medieval cross base and pillar that is located to the north of the site; this is thought to have been moved from its original location, possibly Tickhill Market. Three further monuments and three findspots are recorded within the buffer. The findspots comprise a scatter of flints, possibly representing a Mesolithic flint knapping site, from a field to the north of Eastfield Farm; a Roman cosmetic spoon found in a field to the northeast of the site, and a Roman brooch found in the southwest part of the buffer. The monuments comprise the site of Dadsley Well, just to the north of the site, and listed farmhouses and barns at Eastfield Farm at the eastern edge of the buffer, and at 126 Doncaster Road, in the southern part of the buffer, both groups also incorporating listed buildings. There are two events within the buffer, comprising building recording at 126 Doncaster Road and a watching brief at the Dorchie, Doncaster Road, which identified a possible medieval ditch and wall, but recorded no evidence for the deserted medieval village of Dadsley which was assumed to be in this area.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or Listed Buildings within the site. Six grade II listed buildings are located within the buffer zone, including the remains of the stone cross north of the site, the listed farmhouses and barns at Eastfield Farm House and 126 Doncaster Road, and number 128 Doncaster Road.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded two areas of earthwork ridge and furrow remains of probable post-medieval date within the site, and further ridge and furrow remains in the north, northwest and southwest parts of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and most of the eastern part of the buffer as agglomerated fields created by the removal of former strip field boundaries in the later 20th century, with no surviving legibility of the strip fields probably enclosed from medieval open field. The northern part of the buffer is also characterised as agglomerated fields. The is greater preservation of the strip field character in the western part of the buffer, with the southern area being a mixture of mid- to late semi-detached housing and part of an area of preserved burgage plots occupied by 19th-century and earlier buildings. The northwest part of Tickhill is thought to have replaced the settlement of Dadsley, recorded in the Domesday survey.

The site is currently a field with internal divisions apparently only defined by the edge of ploughing zones. It is bounded to the west by Doncaster Road and to the south by a lane to Eastfield Farm. The northern edge is formed by a drainage ditch feeding into Dadsley Well Stream.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of a field with hedged boundaries to the east and south. The western boundary was formed by Doncaster Road, and the northern boundary by a drainage ditch. A footpath ran across the field in a northeast to southwest alignment. A 'stone' was depicted against the western boundary of the site, opposite Dadsley Well Farm. Between 1956 and 1962, the boundary at the eastern side of the field was removed. By 1992, the southern boundary was formed only by the lane to Eastfield.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map depicted Dadsley Well House to the west of Doncaster Road and west of the site. Eastfield farm was shown to the east, and the remains of a stone cross and a direction post at the fork in the road to the north. A spring was shown feeding into Dadsley Well Stream just to the north of the site boundary. Dadsley Well itself was shown as a small structure to the west of the spring head. Some buildings were shown along Doncaster Road in the southern part of the buffer, along with a structure called 'Pilgrims' Seat'. There were no substantial changes until 1929, when a few new houses had been built to the south, fronting onto Doncaster Road, with further housing built at the southern end of the buffer by 1948. Housing had extended up to the lane leading to Eastfield by 1962, by which date Dadsley Well was no longer shown. A school was built in the southeast part of the buffer by 1974, with further housing to its east by 1992.



Survival:

The site has been in agricultural use, which may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains below the zone affected by ploughing is considered to be moderate. The site is close to a well of possible medieval date, and in the vicinity of the area thought to be the location of Dadsley village or manor, which was in existence prior to the Norman Conquest.


Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 aerial imagery shows the site as part of a large arable field, divided into different cropping regimes but with no physical boundaries between these areas. A small copse is shown to the north of the site, between the Dadsley Well Stream and the drainage ditch forming the northern site boundary. In 2003, the majority of the field was in use as pasture, but the western side was planted with crops. Other than variations in the plough division boundaries, no obvious changes were visible within the site by 2012. Street View imagery suggests that the ridge and furrow recorded by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project does not survive as earthworks. There is currently no Lidar coverage for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012. Street View: 2011.


Ridge and furrow: RAF/CPE/UK/1880 1357 06-Dec-1946; HAS/UK/48/149 0014 04-Oct-1948.



Site? Buffer?

1151715 126, Doncaster Road II Y

1151716 Barn to southwest of number 126 Doncaster Road II Y

1151717 Stable to south of number 126 Doncaster Road II Y

1151718 Stone cross at corner of Willingley Lane II Y


1191397 Eastfield Farm House II Y



00219/01 Medieval Cross, Tickhill

Remains of cross comprising two stones, one recumbent and one octagonal pillar 1.1m high. They do not appear to be in situ and are locally thought to have been removed from Tickhill Market.

Y

00221/01 Dadsley Well, Tickhill

Dadsley Well was filled in c. 1957. Y


Possible fragment of medieval cross shaft built into garden wall.

Y



01889/01 ?Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Flint Scatter from Eastfield Farm, Tickhill

Scatter of flints including Mesolithic and possible Palaeolithic material from north of Eastfield Farm. Includes a possible Mesolithic flint working site, with cores (5), blades/flakes, scrapers (14) and microliths (3).

Y

02074/01 Post-Medieval Farmhouse and Building, Eastfield Farmshouse, Tickhill

Farmhouse. The present house is 17th-century and altered. A range of farm buildings on the east side of the yard is also 17th century, but the roof incorporates re-used medieval materials. Timber-framed barn on north side of yard (PIN 2073).

Y

03914/01 Post-Medieval to Industrial House, Barn and Stable, Doncaster Road, Tickhill

A house of 18th-century date of roughcast rubble with ashlar quoins and pantiled roofs. Two bays to front, three to rear. The barn was built in 1820 of hammer-dressed stone with a pantiled roof. The two-storey stable is 18th-century in date constructed from hammer dressed stone with ashlar quoins and pantiled roof and a loading door on first floor. Included for group value. Basic building recording was carried out in 2013.

Y

04079/01 Spoon Find, east of Dadsley Wells Farm, Tickhill

Roman cosmetic spoon. Y

04413/01 Roman Brooch Find, near Dadsley Road, Tickhill

A Romano-British disc brooch with enamel decoration, dated to c.1st/2nd century AD.

Y

ESY307 Archaeological Watching Brief on land at The Dorchie, Dadsley Road

A watching brief in 2005 identified a single ditch and a wall in the southwest of the site, possibly of medieval date. There were no clear remains of the Domesday village of Dadsley, which was previously believed to be located in this area

Y

ESY1273 Building recording at 126 Doncaster Road, Tickhill

Basic building record of the farmstead, which comprises a number of late post-medieval buildings constructed and maintained in the local vernacular style. The farmhouse itself dates to the 18th century.

Y



HSY4334 East Field west, Tickhill, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y

HSY4275 Tickhill Fields, Tickhill, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4289 Peastack Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster Strip Fields Y

HSY4334 East Field west, Tickhill, Doncaster Agglomerated fields

HSY5481 Tickhill Eastfield, Primary School, Tickhill, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5482 Dadsley Road / Doncaster Road, Tickhill, Doncaster


HSY5483 Historic Burgage Core, Tickhill, Doncaster Burgage Plots Y

HSY5504 Housing to the north of Tickhill, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5516 Wilsic Road, Tickhill, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 876 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site B, Land to the East of Doncaster Rd






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 12 SMR record/event - 12 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 876 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site B, Land to the East of Doncaster Rd



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Four findspots, eight monuments and two events are recorded within the buffer. The findspots are a possible fragment of the shaft of a medieval stone cross built into a garden wall to the northwest of the site; a scatter of flints, possibly representing a Mesolithic flint knapping site, from a field to the north of Eastfield Farm; a Roman cosmetic spoon found in a field at the northern side of the buffer; and a Roman brooch in the western part. The monuments comprise a timber-framed barn and 17th-century farmhouse Eastfield, to the northeast of the site, a possible timber-framed house, a dovecote and 19th-century house at Northgate, in the southern part of the buffer, and 17th-century and later structural remains and artefacts from trial trenching off Northgate. To the immediate south of the site is the location of a 19th-century brickyard, and to the southwest are the 18th-century farm and buildings at 126 Doncaster Road. The events within the buffer include building recording at 126 Doncaster Road and a watching brief at the Dorchie, Doncaster Road, which identified a possible medieval ditch and wall, but recorded no evidence for the deserted medieval village of Dadsley which was assumed to be in this area.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or Listed Buildings within the site. Twelve grade II listed buildings are located within the buffer zone, including the farmhouses and barns at Eastfield Farm House and 126 Doncaster Road, number 128 Doncaster Road, and six houses on Northgate at the southern edge of the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded areas of earthwork ridge and furrow remains of probable post-medieval date within the north, south and west parts of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and most of the north and east parts of the buffer as agglomerated fields created by the removal of former strip field boundaries in the later 20th century, with no surviving legibility of the strip fields probably enclosed from medieval open field. The northern edge of the buffer is also characterised as agglomerated fields. There is greater preservation of the strip field character at the western edge of the buffer, with modern semi-detached housing to the immediate west of the site. Within the southern part of the buffer there is further modern private housing, a modern school on the former brickyard site, and part of an area of preserved burgage plots occupied by 19th-century and earlier buildings. The northwest part of Tickhill is thought to have replaced the settlement of Dadsley, recorded in the Domesday survey.

The site is currently a field with internal divisions apparently only defined by the edge of ploughing zones. It is bounded to the west by Doncaster Road and to the north by a lane to Eastfield Farm. The southern edge is formed by the boundary of the school playing fields.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of three fields, with the southern field apparently being part of the land associated with Tickhill Brick and Tile Works. The tile works buildings were outside the site boundary, though it is possible that clay pits extended into the site. The two fields to the north were rectangular and relatively narrow, with hedged boundaries. The brick works had been demolished by 1893, and their site was shown as a single field. The western site boundary had been formed by 1962, by gardens of new housing fronting onto Doncaster Road. By 1967, the northern site boundary was formed only by the lane to Eastfield. The southern boundary was established by 1974, by which time the school had been built on the former brick works site. The remaining boundaries within the site had been removed by 1992 to create a single field.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed houses or farms to the west and southwest of the site, fronting onto Doncaster Road. Common Lane ran through the southern part of the buffer. Eastfield farm was shown to the northeast of the site, and the remainder of the buffer comprised fields. A structure called the Pilgrims' Seat was shown on Doncaster Road, just to the west of the site. In 1893 an 'old brick kiln' was shown to the west of the site of the former brick works; in 1902 this was labelled 'old limekiln'. By 1929, two new semi-detached houses were



shown to the immediate west of the site, adjacent to the Pilgrims' Seat, and further houses had been built to the west of Doncaster Road. More houses were under development to the immediate west of the site by 1956, and the current western site boundary had been established by 1962, formed by the back edge of gardens. The school to the south had been constructed by 1974, with a housing estate built to the southeast by 1992.

Survival:

The site has been in agricultural use, which may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains below the zone affected by ploughing is considered to be moderate. The site is in the vicinity of the area thought to be the location of Dadsley village or manor, which was in existence prior to the Norman Conquest.



Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 aerial imagery shows the site as part of a large arable field, divided into different cropping regimes but with no physical boundaries between these areas. A single mature tree stands within the field, probably a survivor from the former field boundary hedge. Other than variations in the plough division boundaries, no obvious changes were visible within the site by 2012. There is currently no Lidar coverage for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012.


Ridge and furrow: RAF/CPE/UK/1880 1357 06-Dec-1946; HAS/UK/48/149 0014 04-Oct-1948.



Site? Buffer?

1151688 63, Northgate II Y

1151695 74 & 76, Northgate II Y

1151696 78 & 80, Northgate II Y



1151716 Barn to southwest of number 126 Doncaster Road II Y

1151717 Stable to south of number 126 Doncaster Road II Y



1286980 Northgate House II Y

1314737 Eastfield Farm Shop and remainder of the range of which the shop forms the south part

II Y







Possible fragment of medieval cross shaft built into garden wall.

Y

01889/01 ?Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Flint Scatter from Eastfield Farm


Y

02073/01 Medieval Barn, Eastfield Farmhouse, Tickhill

Medieval timber framed barn at Eastfield. Five-bay timber-framed barn, later extended, stone and brick clad with king post roof. South wall retains studding, downbraces etc.

Y

02074/01 Post-Medieval Farmhouse and Building, Eastfield Farmshouse


Y

02127/01 Medieval Timber Framed House, 61 Northgate, Tickhill

Possible timber-framed house, rendered. 61 Northgate, Tickhill.

Y

03589/01 Dovecote and Out Buildings, Northgate House, Tickhill

Brick and limestone dovecote and outbuildings on the corner of Northgate/Eastfield Lane.

Y

03914/01 Post-Medieval to Industrial House, Barn and Stable, Doncaster Road, Tickhill

An 18th-century house of roughcast rubble with ashlar quoins and pantiled roofs. Two bays to front, three to rear. The barn was built in 1820 of hammer-dressed stone with a pantiled roof. The two-storey stable is 18th-century in date constructed from hammer dressed stone with pantiled roof and a first-floor loading door. Building recording carried out in 2013.

Y

03925/01 Post-Medieval House, Northgate, Tickhill

Mid-19th-century two-storey three-bay house of hammer dressed stone with a slate roof and an one-bay 18th-century rendered extension to the south, with pantiled roof.

Y

04060/01 Post-Medieval to Industrial Period Brickyard, Tickhill

Brickyard marked on 1854 O.S. map. A modern school is now on the site.

Y

04079/01 Spoon Find, east of Dadsley Wells Farm, Tickhill

Roman cosmetic spoon. Y

04095/01 17th Century Structures and Pottery Finds, Tickhill

Trial trenching at the north end of the town, west of North Gate, in 1964 failed to locate any structures or pottery earlier than the 17th-century.

Y

04413/01 Roman Brooch Find, near Dadsley Road, Tickhill

A Romano-British disc brooch with enamel decoration, dated to c.1st/2nd century AD.

Y

ESY1273 Building recording at 126 Doncaster Road, Tickhill

Basic building record of the farmstead , which comprises a number of late post-medieval buildings constructed and maintained in the local vernacular style. The farmhouse itself dates to the 18th century.

Y

ESY307 Archaeological Watching Brief on land at The Dorchie, Dadsley Road

A watching brief in 2005 identified a single ditch and a wall in the southwest of the site, possibly of medieval date. There were no clear remains of the Domesday village of Dadsley, which was previously believed to be located in this area

Y






HSY4275 Tickhill Fields, Tickhill, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4289 Peastack Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster Strip Fields Y

HSY5463 Alderson Drive, Tickhill, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5465 Private housing development north of Common Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster


HSY5477 Airedale Avenue, Tickhill, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y


School Y

HSY5482 Dadsley Road / Doncaster Road, Tickhill, Doncaster




HSY5505 Croft Drive, Tickhill, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5516 Wilsic Road, Tickhill, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 877 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site C, Land to the East of Doncaster Rd






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 2 SMR record/event - 6 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 877 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Site C, Land to the East of Doncaster Rd



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Three findspots and three monuments are recorded within the buffer. The findspots are a scatter of flints, possibly representing a Mesolithic flint knapping site, from a field to the north of Eastfield Farm and three Roman coins and medieval metalwork found in the area of the housing estate to the southeast of the site. The monuments comprise a timber-framed barn and 17th-century farmhouse Eastfield, at the northern edge of the buffer, and the location of a 19th-century brickyard to the southwest of the site.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or Listed Buildings within the site. Two grade II listed buildings are located within the buffer zone, comprising the farmhouse and barns at Eastfield Farm in the northern part of the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded an area of earthwork ridge and furrow remains of probable post-medieval date within the southern part of the buffer, in an area since developed with housing.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and most of the north and northwest parts of the buffer as agglomerated fields created by the removal of former strip field boundaries in the later 20th century, with no surviving legibility of the strip fields probably enclosed from medieval open field. Greater preservation of the strip field character is recorded at the eastern edge of the buffer, though this mainly relates to the few surviving boundaries. Modern semi-detached housing is recorded in the western part of the buffer, with modern private housing and a modern school on the former brickyard site to the south of the site. In the southwest there is part of an area of preserved burgage plots occupied by 19th-century and earlier buildings. The northwest part of Tickhill is thought to have replaced the settlement of Dadsley, recorded in the Domesday survey.

The site is currently a field with internal divisions apparently only defined by the edge of ploughing zones. It is bounded to the south by a housing estate, to the east by the A1(M) and to the west by a lane to Eastfield Farm.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a two fairly large strip fields, bounded on the north by Eastfield Lane and on the south by Common Lane. One boundary was removed by 1893 to create a single large field. The eastern boundary was formed by the creation of the A1(M) between 1956 and 1962, by which most field boundaries in the area had been removed and the site was part of a much larger field. the southern boundary of the site was formed by 1992, by the edge of a housing estate.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed Eastfield to the north, a brickyard and a few houses or farms to the southwest. The remainder of the area comprised strip fields. Eastfield Lane was marked as a bridle road on the 1893 map, by which date the brick works had been demolished and any clay pits infilled. Between 1956 and 1962, the A1(M) was built along the eastern boundary of the site. By 1974, housing estates and a school had been built in the south and southwest parts of the buffer, and a further housing estate was under construction to the north by 1992, forming the southern site boundary.

Survival:

The site has been in agricultural use, which may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains below the zone affected by ploughing is considered to be moderate. The site is in the vicinity of the area thought to be the location of Dadsley village or manor, which was in existence prior to the Norman Conquest.





Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 aerial imagery shows the site as part of a large arable field. By 2008, it had been divided into different cropping regimes though had no physical boundaries between these areas. Other than variations in the plough division boundaries, no obvious changes were visible within the site by 2012. There is currently no Lidar coverage for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012.


Ridge and furrow: HAS/UK/48/149 0014 04-Oct-1948.



Site? Buffer?


1314737 Eastfield Farm Shop and remainder of the range of which the shop forms the south part

II Y



01889/01 ?Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Flint Scatter from Eastfield Farm, Tickhill


Y

02073/01 Medieval Barn, Eastfield Farmhouse, Tickhill

Medieval timber framed barn at Eastfield. Five-bay timber-framed barn, later extended, stone and brick clad with king post roof. South wall retains studding, downbraces etc.

Y

02074/01 Post-Medieval Farmhouse and Building, Eastfield Farmshouse, Tickhill


Y

04060/01 Post-Medieval to Industrial Period Brickyard, Tickhill

Brickyard marked on 1854 O.S. map. A modern school is now on the site.

Y

04084/01 Roman Coins, Langdale Drive, Tickhill

Three coins of the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. Y

04089/01 Medieval Metalwork Finds, North of Common Lane, Tickhill

Metal detector finds from north of Common Lane include a bronze heraldic pendant and two seals of unspecified material.

Y






HSY4324 East Field east, Tickhill, Doncaster Strip Fields Y


HSY5465 Private housing development north of Common Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster


HSY5477 Airedale Avenue, Tickhill, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y


School Y





Allocation Reference: 878 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Land at Bankwood Lane Industrial Estate

Area (Ha): 7.32 NGR (centre): SK 6088 9891 Settlement: Rossington





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 878 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Land at Bankwood Lane Industrial Estate



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One event is recorded within the northern edge of the buffer zone, fieldwalking and geophysical survey along the route of a new road, which recorded Iron Age to Roman field ditches and two flints.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded part of a linear ditch within the site. This is probably associated with a rectilinear enclosure and field boundaries of probable Iron Age to Roman date recorded to the immediate southwest. Earthwork ridge and furrow remains were recorded within the northern edge of the buffer in 1946, but this area has since been developed.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and much of the western and southern buffer as the modern Bankwood Industrial Estate. The main part of the site is a large depot, in an area formerly West End Wood, with the edge of the depot fossilising the boundary of the ancient woodland. The western edge of the site is a former sewage works within the industrial estate and the southwest edge was used as allotments prior to the creation of the industrial estate. Further character zones within the buffer comprise agglomerated fields to the north, ancient woodland to the eastern edge, allotments to the southeast and northwest, a social housing estate to the south and part of a colliery spoil heap at the western edge.

Historic landfill data records one small tip within the site, called Bankwood Lane. Two further tips are recorded within the western part of the buffer, Rossington Dumpit Site to the southwest and Bankwood Lane Allotments at the northwest edge.

The site is currently predominantly a hardcore-surfaced depot yard, mainly used for storage and parking, with five lightweight industrial buildings towards the western sides. A small area at the southwest side is grassed verges.


The 1854 map showed the majority of the site as West End Wood, which formed the western end of Park Wood. The southern and northern boundaries of the woodland are still visible in the current layout, as is most of the western boundary. The west and southwest edges of the site were part of fields to the east of Bank Wood Lane, with the northern site boundary marked by Rossington Drain. The 1892 map showed a series of footpaths running through the wood, with two boundaries marked within the wood, possibly narrow streams. By 1930, a sewage works was shown at the western edge of the site, in a former field, with filter beds and sludge beds. The southwest edge of the site was part of an area of allotment gardens. By 1962, part of the wood had been cleared, with enclosures shown at the southern and western sides of the formerly wooded area. The woodland was mainly shown as a mixture of wood and scrub by 1980, with more divisions shown within it, whilst the sewage works was shown as smaller, the filter and sludge beds having been infilled. By 1989, depot buildings were shown within the western side of the former wood, which had been cleared and formed the depot yard. The allotments to the southwest had gone by this date, and the area was shown as vacant ground to the north of factories. The sewage works was not shown in 1993.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed Park Wood to the east and Pheasant Bank Wood to the west, with Bank Wood Lane running between them on a north-south alignment and West End Lane crossing the southern end. The canalised route of the River Torne ran to the north of and parallel with Rossington Drain. The remaining area was fields. There were no changes until 1930, when New Rossington colliery village had extended into the south and southwest part of the buffer and a mineral railway line and sidings were shown to the north of Rossington Drain. By 1948, further housing was under construction in the southwest part of the buffer. A factory and depot were shown to the southwest of the site in 1989, with further works, coal and scrap yards shown to the west of Bank Wood Lane. Pheasant Bank Wood had been cleared by 1993 and may have become a spoil heap, with a



conveyor from Rossington Main Colliery extending into it.

Survival:

The extent of subsoil disturbance associated with the creation of the depot yard is unclear. Topsoil is likely to have been stripped when the hardcore surface was laid, which could have impacted on the preservation of sub-surface deposits. The main part of the site was formerly ancient woodland, and tree roots are also likely to have caused some disturbance to sub-surface deposits. Across the main depot site, the potential for the preservation of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be generally moderate. The exception is a small area in the centre recorded as historic landfill, though no map evidence for this has been found. Within the western edge of the site, the preservation is considered to be negligible to low, as this area was formerly part of a sewage works with infilled sludge beds and filter beds. The potential at the southwest edge is considered to be moderate to high, as this area does not appear to have been landscaped and was formerly in use as fields and allotments.

The depot site preserves part of the boundary of the former West End Wood, retaining some legibility of the historic landscape character of this area of ancient woodland, though this boundary has been removed at the western side. Cropmarks of a probable Iron Age to Roman enclosure and field boundaries have been recorded within the southern part of the site.



Significance:

Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman dispersed settlement and agriculture could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. The boundary of West End Wood is considered to be of Local historic significance.

Note: Site 878 forms the western side of larger Site 521.


The 2002-2012 aerial photographs shown the main part of the site as a large area of hardcore-surfaced depot yard, mainly used for storage and parking, with five lightweight industrial buildings towards the western sides. The boundary of the depot yard was formerly that of West End Wood. The photographs suggest that there is a slight embankment around the edges of this area, and it is not clear if this was part of the historic woodland boundary or if it indicates that ground levels within the depot have been lowered. A small area at the southwest side of the site is grassed verges. The former sewage works at the western edge of the site survives as a series of tanks and a single building. Only a small area at the northeast corner of the site is covered by Lidar data. This shows a drainage ditch depicted on modern mapping, and slight banking around the north edge of the site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012. Lidar tiles SK6099 & SK6199 DTM 1m.


Linear ditches and enclosure: OS/89258 0038 11-Jun-1989.





Fieldwalking and geophysical survey were conducted along the route of a new road near Finningley and Rossington. Field boundaries and enclosures of probable Iron Age or Romano-British date were identified by the geophysical survey. The fieldwalking exercise recovered only two flints.

Y





HSY4741 Bankwood Industrial estate, New Rossington, Doncaster

Other Industry Y Y


Utilities Y


Other Industry Y Y



HSY4230 Rossington Main Colliery spoil 2, Rossington, Doncaster

Spoil Heap Y

HSY4446 Park Wood, Rossington, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y

HSY4713 Central Drive, New Rossington, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4739 York Street, New Rossington, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY4768 Bank Wood Lane, New Rossington, Doncaster Allotments Y



Allocation Reference: 879 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Bankwood Lane Industrial Estate






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 879 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Bankwood Lane Industrial Estate



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One event is recorded within the northern edge of the buffer zone, fieldwalking and geophysical survey along the route of a new road, which recorded Iron Age to Roman field ditches and two flints.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded a rectilinear enclosure and field boundaries of probable Iron Age to Roman date within the southern part of the site. Earthwork ridge and furrow remains were recorded within the northern edge of the buffer in 1946, but this area has since been developed.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and much of the western and southern buffer as the modern Bankwood Industrial Estate. The main part of the site is a large depot, in an area formerly West End Wood, with the edge of the depot fossilising the boundary of the ancient woodland. Further character zones within the buffer include a former sewage works within the industrial estate and an area to the southwest used as allotments prior to the creation of the industrial estate. In the northern part of the buffer are agglomerated fields, with ancient woodland to the east, allotments to the southeast and northwest, a social housing estate to the south and drained, enclosed wetland at the northeast edge.

Historic landfill data records a small tip just to the west of the site, called Bankwood Lane. A further tip is recorded within the western part of the buffer, known as the Rossington Dumpit Site.

The site is currently a hardcore-surfaced depot yard, mainly used for storage and parking.


The 1854 map showed the site as part of West End Wood, which formed the western end of Park Wood. The southern and northern boundaries of the woodland are still visible in the current layout. The northern site boundary was marked by Rossington Drain. The 1892 map showed a series of footpaths running through the wood, with two boundaries marked within the wood, possibly narrow streams. By 1962, part of the wood had been cleared, with enclosures shown at the southern side of the formerly wooded area. The woodland was mainly shown as a mixture of wood and scrub by 1980, with more divisions shown within it. By 1989, the site was still mainly shown as wooded, though a small area at the southwest side was part of a depot associated with buildings shown at the western side of the former wood. By 1993, an irregularly-shaped pond was shown at the northern end of the site, which was still shown as largely wooded.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed Park Wood to the east of the site, with Bank Wood Lane running on a north-south alignment and along the western side of the buffer, crossed by West End Lane at its southern end. The canalised route of the River Torne ran to the north of and parallel with Rossington Drain. The remaining area was fields. There were no changes until 1930, when New Rossington colliery village had extended into the southern part of the buffer and a mineral railway line and sidings were shown to the north of Rossington Drain. A sewage works was shown between West End Wood and Bank Wood Lane in 1930, with allotment gardens to the south of the wood. By 1948, further housing was under construction in the southwest part of the buffer. The area to the immediate west of the site was shown as a depot yard and warehouse buildings by 1989, with a factory and depot were shown in the southwest part of the buffer and further works, coal and scrap yards shown to the west of Bank Wood Lane.

Survival:

The extent of subsoil disturbance associated with the creation of the depot yard is unclear. Topsoil is likely to have been stripped when the hardcore surface was laid, which could have impacted on the preservation of sub-surface deposits. The main part of the site was formerly ancient woodland, and tree roots are also likely to have caused some disturbance to sub-surface deposits. The potential for the preservation of unrecorded buried



archaeology is considered to be moderate. The depot site largely preserves the boundary of the former West End Wood, retaining some legibility of the historic landscape character of this area of ancient woodland. Cropmarks of a probable Iron Age to Roman enclosure and field boundaries have been recorded within the southern part of the site.



Significance:

Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman dispersed settlement and agriculture could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. The boundary of West End Wood is considered to be of Local historic significance.

Note: Site 879 forms the eastern half of larger Site 521.


The 2002-2012 aerial photographs shown the site as a large area of hardcore-surfaced depot yard, mainly used for storage and parking. The boundary of the depot yard was formerly that of West End Wood. The photographs suggest that there is a slight embankment around the edges of this area, and it is not clear if this was part of the historic woodland boundary or if it indicates that ground levels within the depot have been lowered. Only the northern edge of the site is covered by Lidar data. This shows a drainage ditch depicted on modern mapping, and slight banking around the north edge of the site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012. Lidar tiles SK6099 & SK6199 DTM 1m.


Linear ditches and enclosure: OS/89258 0038 11-Jun-1989.





Fieldwalking and geophysical survey were conducted along the route of a new road near Finningley and Rossington. Field boundaries and enclosures of probable Iron Age or Romano-British date were identified by the geophysical survey. The fieldwalking exercise recovered only two flints.

Y




Other Industry Y Y


Other Industry Y Y



HSY4446 Park Wood, Rossington, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y



HSY4641 Bessacarr Lane, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y

HSY4713 Central Drive, New Rossington, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4732 Welfare facilities, New Rossington, Doncaster Sports Ground Y

HSY4739 York Street, New Rossington, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY4768 Bank Wood Lane, New Rossington, Doncaster Allotments Y


Utilities Y


Other Industry Y



Allocation Reference: 880 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Tickhill






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 3 SMR record/event - 4 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 880 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Tickhill



The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site. Four monuments are recorded within the buffer. The Sunderland End or Tickhill East Paper Mill was recorded in the northeast part of the buffer and may be on the site of a medieval corn mill. A post-medieval dovecote is recorded to the north of the site off Nettle Croft. Sunderland Road is the route of a 19th-century turnpike road, and a small single-storey cottage at the junction of this road and the A1(M) may be a toll house for this road.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site. There are three grade II listed houses along Sunderland Street, one to the north of the site and the other two at the northwest edge of the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded an area of earthwork ridge and furrow remains of probable post-medieval date in the southern part of the site. A further area of ridge and furrow was recorded in the buffer to the east, in an area now partly covered by the A1(M). To the west of the site, a sinuous earthwork bank was recorded running roughly in a diagonal line on a southwest to northeast alignment. This was thought to be of medieval date.

The Historic Environment Characterisation records the current character of the majority of the site and much of the western and southern buffer as piecemeal enclosure of unknown date, with few changes from the 1854 OS map. The character of the land prior to enclosure is unknown. The northern edge of the site and the western part of the buffer fall within an area characterised as a modern private housing estate. Further character areas within the buffer include a group of 19th-century detached houses around Sunderland Street to the northwest, a further modern private housing estate to the north, the site of Tickhill Paper Mill and piecemeal enclosures and a modern horticultural nursery to the northeast. The east and southeast parts of the buffer are characterised as Parliamentary Enclosure fields.

The site is currently two fields largely in pasture usage, with hedged boundaries.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as two fields forming part of Stocks Meadows. The northern field is narrow and sinuous, and has the appearance of a field enclosed from strips in an open field. The Paper Mill Dike ran along the southern boundary. The site was unchanged by 1962, and is not covered by any further maps until 1992, by which time the current western boundary established by the creation of a housing estate to the north.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map depicts housing along Sunderland Street in the northern part of the buffer, with the remainder of the area being fields. The Paper Mill had been demolished by that date, but its location was labelled. A small gas works had been built on its site by 1893. Buildings to the immediate north of the site appeared to be a farmhouse and associated outbuildings. Other than gradual infilling along Sunderland Street, there were no substantial changes by 1956, but by 1962, the A1(M) had been constructed to the east of the site, and an estate of new housing had been constructed to the northwest area. By 1981, the Lumley Drive housing estate was shown to the west of the site, which had extended further up to the northwest edge of the site by 1992.

Survival:

The site has been in agricultural use, which may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains below the zone affected by ploughing is considered to be moderate. The site is part of an area recorded in the Historic Environment Characterisation as largely unchanged since 1854, and most of the current boundaries were depicted in 1854. It is unclear whether the ridge and furrow recorded in the southern field in 1946 still survives as earthworks.





Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 Google Earth imagery showed the site as two fields, with mature hedges around the most boundaries. The fields were in use as either pasture or rough grass. A small housing estate had been built to the immediate north after 1992. No changes were shown within the site by 2012. The ridge and furrow recorded in 1946 is not evident on the Google Earth imagery, but it is unclear whether these features currently survive as earthworks as the vertical angle is not ideal for identifying earthworks. There is currently no Lidar data for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012.


Ridge and furrow: RAF/CPE/UK/1880 3359 06-Dec-1946; RAF/CPE/UK/2563 3426 28-Mar-1948.

Medieval bank: MAL/71045 0169 03-May-1971.



Site? Buffer?

1151706 Sunderland Lodge II Y

1151707 137, Sunderland Street II Y

1191787 60, Sunderland Street II Y



00235/01 East/Sunderland End Paper Mill, Tickhill

Tickhill had two paper mills, the East or Sunderland End Mill which was pulled down c 1770, and the West, or Friars Mill [PIN00226/01], which ceased production between 1861 and 1871. The Sunderland End mill may have been built c.1640 on the site of an 'ancient' corn mill.

Y

03588/01 Post-Medieval to Industrial Period Dovecote, Tickhill

Impressive tall pantile and rubble dovecote, with some brick additions.

Y

03933/01 Post-Medieval Toll Road (Turn Pike), Tickhill

Bawtry and Tinsley Trust turnpike road identified from the OS 6" 1st edition map (1854).

Y

03936/01 Post-Medieval to Industrial Period Toll House, Tollbar Bridge, Tickhill

A small one-storey cottage stands on the site of 'Old Toll Bar House' marked on the OS 1854 map. Whether the current building is the original toll house is not clear.

Y





HSY4304 Stocks Meadow, Tickhill, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y Y

HSY5464 Lancaster Crescent, Lumley Drive, Meadow Drive, Doncaster

Private Housing Estate Y Y

HSY4265 Tickhill Low Common south, Tickhill, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y

HSY4300 Great Black Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y


HSY5517 Sunderland Street villas, Tickhill, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y

HSY5594 Site of Tickhill Paper Mill, Tickhill, Doncaster Other Industry Y

HSY5595 Nurseries, Bawtry Road, Tickhill Nursery Y

HSY5596 Piecemeal enclosure east of Tickhill Piecemeal Enclosure Y



Allocation Reference: 884 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Land East Of Poplars Farm, Auckley






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 5 records/3 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 884 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Land East Of Poplars Farm, Auckley



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. There are five findspots within the buffer zone, all located to the northwest of the site. These comprise a Roman brooch, as well as Roman and medieval pottery sherds. Three events are recorded in the buffer zone, all located to the north of the site. A geophysical survey and subsequent evaluation recorded a ditch of unknown date and some possible remnant furrows, and a second geophysical survey identified possible pits and a curvilinear ditch.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site or the buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records post-medieval ridge and furrow within the western end of the site, though recent Lidar suggests that these do not survive as earthworks. At the southern edge of the buffer zone, the remains of a 20th-century sand and gravel extraction site are recorded.

The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as industrial to modern assarted land, containing irregularly shaped fields which border the parish boundary and an area of ancient replanted woodland. It is probable that the fields were assarted from the woodland. The enclosure award map of 1778 shows a series of fields, some of which are marked 'new closes' suggesting assartment may have happened in the 18th century. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible. Within the buffer zone, to the north is a small area of woodland and an area of enclosed land, which was enclosed by Parliamentary Award in 1778 from common land. The south and west of the buffer zone is largely characterised by woodland, with the Robin Hood airport within the eastern part of the buffer zone.

The site currently comprises an irregularly shaped plot of land, divided into three distinct fields, all of which appear to be used as arable. An access road to Robin Hood airport runs along the northern site boundary, with the remaining boundaries comprising hedges.


On the 1854 map, the site was part of four fields with hedged boundaries. A roughly aligned north-south footpath was located in the northern field. By 1922 a drain was marked between the north and south fields. By 1983 one of the southern internal field boundaries had been removed. The site remained unchanged on the 1993 map.

Within the buffer zone, the area mostly comprised fields in 1854. Hurst Road was extant to the west of the site, and small areas of woodland were present to the south of the site, named Turberg Tree Wood and Hurst Wood. Hurst House is located just to the south of Hurst Wood, although by 1946 this had been demolished. To the immediate west of the site was an area marked ‘Ruins’, although it is unclear what this corresponds to. To the north is an area marked Poor’s Land. A small area in the south-western end of the buffer lay within Finningley Park, which was also wooded. By 1892 the ruins were no longer marked on the map. By 1892 Savage Wood had extended to the east into the western end of the buffer zone. Finningley Airfield was first shown on the 1955 map the east side of the buffer. By 1961, Poplar’s Farm had been built to the northwest of the site, several houses had been built along Hurst Lane and several drains had been inserted to the west of the site. At this time also, at the southern end of the buffer zone, sand and gravel pits and a refuse tip were marked to the south of Hurst Wood. By 1983, the airport to the east of the site had expanded, with some additional buildings located within the buffer zone.

Survival:

There has been little recorded below-ground disturbance within the site; as such, the survival of any previously unrecorded heritage assets within the site is considered to be moderate.





Significance:

Unknown.

Note: Site 884 is the same as Site 753.


Google Earth images from 2002-2005 show the site have to changed little from the 1993 OS map. By 2007, the airport access road which leads to Robin Hood airport was under construction, and appears complete by 2008. No change is evident on the site since then. The fields are all in use as arable land.

Lidar data is available for the majority of the site. Some linear features can be observed aligned roughly northwest to southeast across both fields, probably relating to recent agricultural activity. The post-medieval ridge and furrow recorded by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project from a 1948 photograph appears to have been plough levelled and is not visible on the Lidar data.

Photograph references:

Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012 & 2015. Lidar data file SK6498 DTM 1m.


Ridge and furrow & sand and gravel quarry: RAF/541/35 3040 19-May-1948.



00442/01 Roman pottery from Hanging Carr

Roman and Medieval pottery from ploughed field south of Hanging Carr.

Y

00442/02 Medieval pottery from Hanging Carr

Medieval pottery from ploughed field south of Hanging Carr. Y

00973/01 Roman pottery, Auckley

2nd century roman pottery recovered through ploughing. Y

02821/01 Romano-British Brooch Find, Auckley

Romano-British brooch (1st century AD) found in 1987 after removal of sugar beet.

Y

04303/01 Roman Pottery, Auckley

A quantity of 2nd century Roman pottery found during ploughing.

Y

ESY285 Geophysical Survey for the Robin Hood Airport Access Route

In April 2006 a geophysical was undertaken for the access route for Robin Hood airport. The results indicated the presence of anomalies likely to reflect ridge and furrow cultivation.

Y

ESY632 Archaeological Evaluation Robin Hood Airport Business Park, Rail Station and Access Route

A programme of archaeological field evaluation was undertaken at two sites, off Hurst Lane (Access Route) and Hayfield Lane (Rail and Business park site) in the vicinity of Robinhood Airport near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. A ditch of unknown date was recorded within the Hayfield Lane Site and some possible remnant furrows were recorded at the Hurst Lane Site.

Y


Geophysical survey was undertaken on a plot of land at Hurst Lane. Possible archaeological features were concentrated at the eastern part of the site, and consisted of possible pits and a curvilinear ditch.

Y





HSY4570 Hurst Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Assarts Y Y

HSY4489 Finningley Big Wood, Finningley, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y

HSY4491 Finningley Park fields, Austerfield, Doncaster Assarts Y

HSY4544 Savage Wood, Auckley, Doncaster Plantation Y

HSY4606 Hag and Cadman's Plantation, Auckley, Doncaster

Plantation Y

HSY4608 Hurst Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y

HSY4610 Marr Flatts Plantation, Auckley, Doncaster Plantation Y


Y

HSY4644 Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Finningley, Doncaster

Airport Y



Allocation Reference: 890 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land Rear Of 67-79 South End, Dunscroft

Area (Ha): 0.157 NGR (centre): SE 6476 1036 Settlement: Hatfield - Stainforth





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 890 Allocation Type: Not recorded Site Name: Land Rear Of 67-79 South End, Dunscroft

Area (Ha): 0.157 NGR (centre): SE 6476 1036 Settlement: Hatfield - Stainforth


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument is recorded within at the southwest side of the buffer: the remains of an Iron Age to Roman field system shown as cropmarks on aerial photographs.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the buffer and search area.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. Within the buffer, two air raid shelters were plotted from aerial photographs taken in the 1950s to the south of the site, one in an area that has since been developed with housing, the other in a field to the southwest. Post-medieval ridge and furrow earthworks were plotted in an adjacent field at the same date, with another area of ridge and furrow just extending into the northeast tip of the buffer. A trackway of probable Iron Age to Roman date is recorded as a cropmark in a recreation ground at the southeast side of the buffer. The field system cropmarks recorded by the SMR within the buffer were not plotted by the Magnesian Limestone mapping project.

Historic environment characterisation records the site as being within a planned estate of inter-war social housing, probably built for workers at the nearby Hatfield Colliery, with no legibility of the former landscape character. The site probably formed part of Hatfield Deer Park. An area in the southwest part of the buffer is recorded as the putative site of Hatfield Deer Park, with fields known as 'The Parks'. Its current character is semi-regular straight-sided fields probably enclosed after disparkment of the 500 acre deer park. To the south of the site is another social housing estate built between 1950 and 1967, also within the probable boundary of the former deer park. The northern part of the buffer comprises fields enclosed before and during the 1825 Haywood Parliamentary Enclosure award, with some survival of the historic hedged boundary pattern.

Recent aerial imagery (2015) shows the site as a disused depot, with hard surfacing in the yard area and buildings around three sides and in the southwest corner. A tarmac surfaced lane leads into the depot from Station Road.


In 1854, the site was shown as part of a field north of Sheffield Road, also known as Park Lane, with a hedged boundary to the north and east. No changes were depicted until 1932, when the site contained two buildings, a rectangular structure on the northern side connected to an L-shaped range in the northwest corner, with an access lane between housing to Station Road (formerly Sheffield Road). These buildings were labelled 'Depot' in 1962, when another smaller building was shown in the centre of the site. A further narrow structure had been added along the southern edge of the site by 1972. No major changes were shown on the 1992 OS map.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed fields in a semi-regular pattern across the majority of the area. A small area of woodland labelled Dunscroft Wood was in the eastern part of the buffer, and a farm known as Parks was at the southwest edge. A railway line and Stainforth and Hatfield Station were present at the northwest edge, and a drainage channel named Park Drain crossed the northern part of the buffer on a northeast to southwest alignment. Between 1907 and 1932, terraced housing was built along the north side of Station Road, with a school to the south and a crescent of similar housing to the southeast. A further housing estate was constructed to the south between 1956 and 1962, with more dispersed detached houses shown to the north of the site. No substantive changes were shown on the 1992 OS map.

Survival:

The site has been occupied by depot buildings from at least 1932. Though the buildings may have shallow foundations, preparation of the site for construction of the depot and nearby housing may have caused some disturbance of below-ground deposits. On the basis of available evidence, the potential for preservation of archaeological remains is unknown. Some Iron Age to Roman activity has been recorded in the area, and has the potential to extend into the site.





Significance:

Unknown.


Aerial imagery from 2002 shows the site in use as a depot, with buildings around the north, east and south sides of the site and in the southwest corner. The site is bounded by housing to the east, west and south and by a possible caravan park to the north. The depot appears to have become disused by 2008, when the roof of at least one building was in a poor condition. In 2015, the caravan park had extended to cover the area to the north of the site, and appeared to be some dumping topsoil or waste material within the depot. This is the most recent aerial imagery. There is no Lidar coverage for the site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015.

Magnesian Limestone project: RAF/541/31 4420 18-May-1948; RAF/58/469 5112 02-Jun-1950; MAL/76072 0111 22-Aug-1976



02895/01 Iron Age or Romano-British Field System, Stainforth

Iron Age or Romano-British field system shown on aerial photographs.

Y



HSY4684 Broadway, Dunscroft, Doncaster Planned Estate (social housing) Y Y

HSY4437 Hatfield Deer Park (putative location), Hatfield, Doncaster

Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/Private)

Y

HSY4472 Land to the north of Hatfield, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/Private)

Y

HSY4701 The Oval, Duncroft, Doncaster Planned Estate (social housing) Y



Allocation Reference: 893 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Cinema, Edlington Lane

Area (Ha): 0.106 NGR (centre): SK 5400 9913 Settlement: Edlington





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 893 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Cinema, Edlington Lane

Area (Ha): 0.106 NGR (centre): SK 5400 9913 Settlement: Edlington


The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site or buffer.

No Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings or Registered Parks and Gardens are located within the site or buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project did not plot any features within the site or buffer.

Historic Landscape Characterisation records the site as being within an area characterised by terraced housing of early 20th-century date, constructed to house mine workers at the nearby Yorkshire Main. Other character types within the buffer include a school, a private housing estate, a municipal depot and allotment gardens, all of 20th century date and with no legibility of former landscape types.

Recent aerial imagery (2017) shows the site as a vacant lot.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a large field to the northwest of Edlington Lane. This was unchanged by 1902. The 1930 OS map showed the site as having been developed, with a cinema ('Picture Theatre') occupying the majority of the site area, and vacant ground to the east. The eastern site boundary had been established by 1962. No further changes were shown by 1990.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows fields, their boundaries suggestive of piecemeal enclosure possibly from open field. Edlington Lane ran through the buffer. Some fields appear to have been amalgamated by 1892. Between 1902 and 1930, the area around the site had been developed as part of the New Edlington village. Terraced housing was shown to the north and west, whilst to the south of Edlington Lane was a market place and railway sidings associated with the Yorkshire Main colliery, which was outside the eastern edge of the buffer. A long building labelled 'Barnburgh House' had been built to the northeast of the site by 1962. A war memorial and possible small park/greenspace were shown between the site and Barnburgh House in 1982. By 1990 the colliery and its railway sidings had been demolished and removed.

Survival:

The site was occupied by a large building from at least 1930 to 2007. The construction and demolition of the cinema building is likely to have damaged or destroyed any sub-surface deposits. A small yard area may have been less disturbed, but there is the potential that services have been inserted in this area. The potential for the survival of significant archaeology is considered to be negligible.



Significance:

Negligible.


Aerial imagery from 2002-2007 shows a cinema building occupying the majority of the site, with a narrow triangular tarmac yard area along the eastern edge. By 2008, the roof had been removed and the cinema was under demolition. The site was shown as vacant from 2009 to 2017, by which date much of the cinema site was covered with thin scrub vegetation.




Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 & 2017.



HSY5635 Main Avenue, Edlington, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y Y

HSY5629 Victoria Road, Edlington, Doncaster School Y

HSY5656 'Cricket Estate', Edlington, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5657 Edlington Lane, Edlington, Doncaster Municipal Depot Y

HSY5640 Stavely Street, Edlington, Doncaster Allotments Y



Allocation Reference: 894 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Nurses Home, Cemetery Road






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive/ n/a



Allocation Reference: 894 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Nurses Home, Cemetery Road



The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site or buffer.

No Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings or Registered Parks and Gardens are located within the site or buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project did not plot any features within the site. A series of workers' hostels were plotted at the northeast edge of the buffer from a photograph taken in 1953, and a circular water tower was plotted to the southeast of the site at a similar date. These areas have since been redeveloped.

Historic Landscape Characterisation records the site and part of the buffer as a hospital complex, with mostly late 20th-century buildings around an early 20th-century core. Other character areas within the buffer include terraced and semi-detached housing, planned social and private housing estates, a school, allotment gardens, playing fields and a cemetery, largely dating to the 20th-century, though the terraced housing originated in the late 19th century, within former common land and piecemeal enclosures.

One area of historic landfill is recorded within the southern part of the buffer, within a former quarry.

The most recent aerial imagery (2017) shows the northwest quadrant of the site as a vacant plot with scrub vegetation coverage, and the remainder as a hard-surfaced carpark.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as within a field with slightly sinuous boundaries suggestive of piecemeal enclosure from open field. By 1892, the site was within an area of allotment gardens, and cemetery road had been laid out along the northern boundary. A track was shown through the allotments by 1930. Some development was underway within the site by 1948, and the 1957 map depicted a Nurses Home in the northwest part of the site and a tennis court along the southeast side. Possible structures (perhaps garages) were shown on the tennis court by 1976. These were not depicted on the less-detailed 1988 map, by which time the tennis court area may have been a carpark.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map shows fields to the north, east and south, and Dolcliffe Common at the western edge. Leyfield Lane (now Adwick Road) ran through the eastern part of the buffer on a northwest-southeast alignment. By 1892, development of terraced housing had commenced to the south of the site, off the newly laid-out Victoria Road and Albert Road. Victoria Quarry was shown to the southeast of the site and Woodfield Quarry to the south, while Mexborough Cemetery had been established to the northwest. The cemetery and Woodfield Quarry had expanded by 1903, but the housing to the south had only increased in a piecemeal fashion. By 1930, housing occupied most of the southern and eastern parts of the buffer; Victoria Quarry had been filled in, and Woodfield Quarry appeared disused, though still extant. Montagu Hospital had been built to the north of the site, surrounded to the north and west by allotment gardens. The cemetery had expanded further north. Housing extended up to the east and west boundaries of the site by 1948. The hospital had expanded westwards by 1957, and a row of flats or houses named Corporation Court had been constructed between the hospital and the cemetery. Woodfield Quarry had been infilled and was a playing field by that date. In 1981 a council depot, garage and builder's yard were depicted to the southeast of the site.

Survival:

The northwest quadrant of the site had a substantial building on it from the mid-20th century until 2003. It is likely that the construction and demolition of this building will have damaged or destroyed any sub-surface deposits. There may be less disturbance in the carpark areas, though some landscaping is likely to have taken place and services may have been inserted through this area. Given the extent of surrounding development, the potential for the survival of significant archaeological remains is considered to be negligible.





Significance:

Negligible.


Aerial imagery from 2002-2003 shows the Nurses Home within the northwest quadrant of the site, with a grassed lawn area to the south and a carpark occupying the eastern side. The garden had been replaced by a further hard-surfaced parking area by 2008. The building had been demolished by 2014, but the carpark was still in use, with no changes by 2017. The site of the building has a rough grass and scrub coverage.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 & 2017.

Magnesian Limestone mapping project: RAF/541/21 3184 15-May-1948; RAF/58/1094 F21 0105 21-Apr-1953.



HSY5191 Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, Doncaster Hospital Complex Y Y

HSY5187 Docliffe Common (west) Terraced Housing Y

HSY5188 Larger terraced housing at the east of 'Dolcliffe Common', Mexborough

Terraced Housing Y

HSY5189 Harlington Lane 'Poets Estate', Mexborough, Doncaster


HSY5192 Allotment Gardens, West of Montague Hospital, Mexborough

Allotments Y

HSY5193 Mexborough Cemetery, Doncaster Cemetery Y

HSY5200 Cemetery Road, Mexborough, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5204 Park Road Recreation Ground, Mexbrough, Doncaster


HSY5206 Detached housing area at Windhill, Mexborough, Doncaster


HSY5208 Site of Mexborough Miners Hostel, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5209 St Johns C of E aided Junior School, Mexborough, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5227 Playing Field, Kings Road, Mexborough, Doncaster




Allocation Reference: 897 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Princegate House, Princegate

Area (Ha): 0.07 NGR (centre): SE 57617 03089 Settlement: Doncaster





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 39 SMR record/event - 26 records/25 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 897 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Princegate House, Princegate

Area (Ha): 0.07 NGR (centre): SE 57617 03089 Settlement: Doncaster


The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site. There are 26 monuments or findspots and 25 events recorded within the buffer. The events include archaeological evaluation, excavation and watching briefs on development, as well as building appraisals. Most of the results of the fieldwork are included in the SMR monuments. The only prehistoric finds within the search area comprise a flint dagger of Neolithic to Bronze Age date found near St Sepulchre Gate in 1937, and a Neolithic bladelet found along with pottery of probable Iron Age date at Waterdale, at the southeast edge of the buffer. Hallgate follows the route of a Roman road leading to a fort at Doncaster, and remains associated with Romano-British settlement have also been recorded close to the road, including to the east and northeast of the site at Wood Street and Hallgate, with part of a cemetery also recorded at the latter site. Other Roman settlement features and remains have been recorded to the north and west at High Street and Cleveland Street, and a further cemetery was found during archaeological works at Waterdale to the southeast. Roman coin hoards have been found at High Street, Bowers Fold and in the vicinity of Hallgate, the latter disturbed in a medieval pit.

Medieval monuments include the site of a Carmelite Friary in the western part of the buffer, with a probably earlier medieval road running through it. Parts of the medieval town ditch have been revealed along the line of Printing Office Street. The manufacturing of medieval pottery is recorded from Doncaster, with kiln sites and wasters recorded close to the site from excavations along Hallgate and Wood Street, as well as lime-slaking pits possibly used to mix mortar. Footings of a medieval building were exposed in excavations at the Subscription Rooms off High Street. A timber-framed building has been recorded at High Street to the northwest, possibly of early post-medieval date. A post-medieval well was recorded during building works at Wood Street, and buildings of post-medieval date have been recorded at High Street and Wood Street. The excavations at Waterdale revealed sand and gravel extraction pits of probable post-medieval date, and First World War practice trenches associated with training and recruitment of soldiers.

There are no listed buildings, Scheduled Monuments or Registered Parks within the site. Within the buffer there are 39 listed buildings, all but one of which are grade II listed, and include houses, shops, banks, churches and a swimming baths, mostly of 18th to 19th-century date. The Mansion House on High Street is grade I listed, and is in the northwest part of the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project did not plot any features within the site or buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the character of the site and most of the southwest part of the buffer as a 20th-century shopping centre. Other character areas within the buffer include the historic urban and sub-urban commercial core of Doncaster, Georgian and Victorian terraced housing, schools and college buildings, 20th-century civil and municipal buildings and commercial and light industrial units, a leisure centre and a car park.

Recent aerial mapping shows a substantial L-plan five-storey office block named Princegate House occupying the site, with a lower three-storey block (the Staff of Life pub) abutting the southern end (just outside the site).


The 1852 OS town plan shows the site as lying within an area of formal gardens at the junction of Young Street and Whittaker Street. The gardens may have been associated with a row of substantial terraced houses to the northwest, named High Street Buildings. By 1893, the site had been developed with terraced housing, built within the former garden areas. One of the buildings at the southeast end of the site was shown as a public house in 1962. The site had been cleared by 1969, when Whittaker Street to the east was renamed Princegate. By 1984, an L-shaped building occupied the site, blocking off the access between Young Street and Princegate.

Within the buffer, the 1852 map showed a hotel and ranges of large buildings to the north, and grid-iron streets of terraced housing to the west and south. Larger terraces fronted onto Hall Gate and High Street, with formal



gardens fronted to the rear. At the southeast side of the buffer was a wide street named Horse Fair, known as Waterdale in 1893. A large building had been built on Wood Street to the northeast of the site by 1893, labelled in 1902 as a general infirmary and dispensary. A Salvation Army barracks was shown at the junction of Wood Street and Cleveland Street to the northwest of the site by the latter date, and an area named Glasgow Paddocks, with stables and horse-sale rings was shown to the southeast of Waterdale at the edge of the buffer. Some buildings between Hall Gate and Wood Street had been demolished by 1937, replaced by 1962 with larger buildings and a car park. Buildings to the northwest of the site also appeared to have been enlarged or rebuilt by that date, whilst the area to the south had been redeveloped as a series of shops by 1969, with a building called the 'Staff of Life' public house to the immediate south. Law courts, offices and college buildings were shown to the southeast of Waterdale by 1984.

Survival:

The site is occupied by a later 20th-century five-storey office block. Construction of this building is likely to have destroyed or truncated any archaeological remains associated with the 19th-century terraced housing and an earlier remains within the site, unless these are present at a substantial depth. Though the site is within an area of where remains of Roman to medieval activity have been recorded, the potential for the survival of significant archaeology is considered to be low to negligible.


Further archaeological investigations are unlikely to be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Negligible.


Aerial imagery from 2002-2017 shows the site as occupied by an L-shaped building, with a flat roof and probable lift towers. A carpark is present to the southwest (outside the site area). Street View shows the building as a late 20th-century five-storey office block, abutting the mid-20th-century Staff of Life public house.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 & 2017. Street View 2018.



Site? Buffer?

1031509 Co-operative Emporium And Danum House II Y

1151416 51, Hallgate II Y


1151418 53 And 54, Hallgate II Y

1151421 National Westminster Bank II Y

1151422 17, High Street II Y

1151423 19 And 20, High Street II Y

1151424 24 And 24b, High Street II Y


1151426 The Mansion House And Attached Railings I Y

1151427 Trustees Savings Bank II Y

1151433 Priory Methodist Church II Y



1151434 4-13, Priory Place II Y

1151449 7 And 7a, Hallgate II Y



1192021 Lamp Standard To Front Of Hall Gate United Reformed Church II Y


1192048 Georgian House II Y





1192752 43, Prince's Street II Y

1192791 Municipal Offices To West Of Mansion House II Y

1192815 Post Office II Y

1268265 18, Hall Gate II Y


1286659 Waring And Gillow II Y



1314865 Westminster Building II Y



1314879 Hall Gate United Reformed Church II Y

1314880 40, 41 And 41a, Hallgate II Y

1314903 The Yorkshire Bank II Y


1403445 St James' Pool And Health Club II Y



00422/01 Site of Carmelite Friary, Doncaster

Founded 1350, dissolved 1538. No visual remains. The Friary occupied a plot on the southern edge of the medieval town, bounded by the town ditch and the burgage plots along High Street and St Sepulchre Gate. The buildings were certainly demolished by 1767.

Y

00422/04 Medieval features, Priory Walk, Doncaster

A large (>3m) ditch running roughly west east along the line of, and set back from, Printing Office Street was excavated. This was dated to the 13th century or older and is in roughly the right place and alignment to comprise part of the town ditch.

Y

00426/01 Hallgate 1965 - Medieval Pottery Kiln

There was a pottery in Hallgate in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The main products comprised face jugs, jugs with tabular spouts, baluster and globular shaped pipkins, pancheons and some roof tiles. The kiln, defined as probably being a Type 2A two-flued, updraught kiln, was found with three pits all containing pottery wasters.

Y



00668/01 Flint dagger of Neolithic or Bronze Age date

Notched flint dagger f.37, St Sepulchregate in 1937. Y

01526/01 Timber framed building, 41 High Street, Doncaster

'…contains timber framing' (The Doncaster District' 1977 p.32) Y

01783/01 Roman Coin Hoard, High Street / Scot Lane, Doncaster

24 Denarii found at a depth of 10ft at junction of High Street and Scot Lane, in 1925. Probably part of a larger hoard. M J Dolby.

Y

01787/01 Roman Coin Hoard, Bowers Fold, Doncaster Town Centre

Roman coin hoard - about 40 AR denarii found during Bowers Fold redevelopment in 1963. Two of the coins were purchased by Doncaster Museum, both of Hadrian, from the Rome mint 119-138 A.D.

03320/01 Roman Coin Hoard (with associated finds), Doncaster

Excavations southwest of the main north-south Roman Road produced "slight Roman features" and, disturbed in a medieval pit, a hoard of 15 C2 AE coins, 3 intagli (two mounted in rings), 3 brooches and a surgeon's knife.

Y

03712/01 ?Post-Medieval Stone Lined Well, Wood Street, Doncaster

A stone lined well was discovered during building work at No. 28 Wood Street. Approx. 7m deep, empty to that depth and stone lined. Made of limestone, with use of brick in upper 2 courses, capped with Yorkstone slabs.

Y

04038/01 Medieval Building (Excavated), Hall Gate, Doncaster

Excavation at the Subscription Rooms in 1976 identified substantial footings of a late medieval building, fronting onto High Street. Well-preserved enviromental material indicated squalid conditions, with food debris and layers of cut vegetation accumulating to several centimetres, before a fresh clay floor was laid.

Y

04500/01 Romano-British Settlement at Wood Street, Doncaster

From an excavation of a single trench, there were found to be abundant remains dated to the Roman period, including pottery consisting mainly of locally produced greyware, simple field boundary ditches and a pit. These, and other finds, imply that a domestic settlement once occupied this site.

Y

04547/01 Doncaster Town Medieval Ditch, 20-28 Cleveland Street

Evaluation in 1996 identified a large feature in the north of the site, from which medieval material was recovered. This is likely to have been the medieval town ditch of Doncaster, known to have occupied this approximate area. A large Medieval ditch identified to the west [see PIN00422/04] is likely to be a continuation of this feature.

Y

04562/01 Roman Cemetery in Hallgate, Doncaster

Archaeological investigation at 53/54 Hallgate and the rear of 9 Wood Street revealed Roman inhumations and cremations, with quite a low density of burials. The excavated site is thought to be on the edge of a larger cemetery. Later Roman features cut through some of the burials, dated to the 3rd to early 4th century. Excavations at 58-59 Hallgate found no evidence of human remains, and here the cemetery may have been closer to the road, possibly destroyed by a building.

Y

05016/01 Roman Road - Hall Gate, High Street, French Gate, Doncaster

The course of the Roman road through Doncaster was suggested to be along this route by plan form analysis. This has been confirmed in one location on Hall Gate and at 8-10 High Street. The cobbled road continued to be used into the Medieval period.

Y

05017/01 Excavated Features at Hall Gate, Doncaster

A possible boundary ditch with associated bank and fence were sealed by the Roman Road that came through this area (PIN 05017). No artefacts were located to date these features more specifically. A possible Roman cremation was identified, although no burnt bone was recorded.

Y

05019/01 18/19th Century Workshop built around 1800, and surrounded by Y



Workshop, Wood Street, Doncaster

contemporary structures, probably domestic tenements. The workshop was probably built as an extension to an earlier building on Wood Street.

05020/01 Roman to Post-Medieval Activity, Hallgate, Doncaster

A Roman ditch terminus or pit was identified during excavations on this site. There was "considerable truncation of the [Roman] deposits here during the medieval and post-medieval periods." A substantial plough soil horizon covered the site dating to the medieval period, and a contemporary cobbled surface was interpreted as a pathway between open strip fields. It has previously been thought that the pre-18th century activity on Hall Gate was confined to the street frontage, but 16th century structures were located further from the road.

Y

05023/01 Medieval Pottery Kiln, Wood Street

Pottery kiln identified on excavations at Wood Street is the same type as others found in the Hall Gate area. The ceramic material found in the kiln and associated features suggests a 10th-12th century date.

Y

05384/01 Medieval lime slaking pit, Hallgate, Doncaster

Several pits, including one clay-lined and another containing lime-rich deposits. This latter interpreted as having been used to mix lime mortar.

Y

05489/01 Medieval road, off High Street, Doncaster

A medieval road, massively constructed, interpreted as being part of the primary development of the town in this area during the first half of the 12th century. Between 1350-1538 it probably lay within the grounds of the Carmelite Friary [PIN00422/01]. An open fronted building (possibly a cart shed) was constructed along this road in the 13th or 14th century, modified and improved over the next few centuries and would have stood at the northern entrance to the friary. It possibly coincided with the acquisition of the site by the friary and the closing of the former road as a through route. A later stone-built building contained a probable malting oven.

Y

05490/01 Roman remains, High Street, Doncaster

Roman remains excavated in 1976-7, sealed by a 12th century road surface. The features consisted of a construction trench and possible wall foundations, along with the remains of a surface and several post holes or small pits. The Roman features were mid-late 2nd century.

Y

05491/01 Roman features, Cleveland Street, Doncaster

A layer and pits containing Roman pottery. Excavated in 1992. Details of pottery not known.

Y

05655/01 WWI practice trenches, Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations at Waterdale in 2010-11 revealed trenches originally revetted with wood and built to British army specifications. These may have been practice trenches excavated by local units, to assist with recruitment exercises.

Y

05654/01 Roman cremation and inhumation cemetery, Waterdale

Evaluations in 2008-10 and excavation in 2010 established the presence of a Roman cremation cemetery, containing 20-30 individuals, of 1st-2nd century date was recorded. There were several cremation urns and pottery and glass vessels, many associated with votive offerings, as well as ceramic lamps, evidence of ritual feasting, pyre remains and melted glass vessels. Amphorae associated with the burials indicate that olive oil was used in some quantity, and charred remains of a number of imported fruits were identified. Two inhumation burials of 3rd/4th century date were also recorded. Early post-medieval extractive pits (see PIN 05657) to the northwest of the cemetery complex contained residual Roman material so it is possible the cemetery once extended into that area.

Y

05656/01 Probable Iron Age pit, Waterdale,

Excavations at Waterdale in 2010-11 identified a pit containing a residual bladelet (probably Neolithic) and a single sherd of

Y



Doncaster Iron Age pottery. It was cut by a Roman pit.

05657/01 Late/Post medieval features, Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations at Waterdale in 2010-11 revealed extractive pits for sand and gravel and an L-shaped line of post holes. The post holes contained pottery of Roman to medieval date, and are likely to represent a fence line or other agricultural feature of possible medieval date.

Y

ESY746 Archaeological Excavation at Yates's Wine Lodge Doncaster

An archaeological excavation was undertaken in advance of redevelopment, in an area of recently demolished buildings. Cellarage had truncated the south-eastern part of the site to 1.8m below modern ground level, while the remainder of the site comprised rough ground. No details of results.

ESY747 Archaeological Evaluation at 20-28 Cleveland Street

The site lay at the heart of medieval Doncaster, close to the reputed position of the medieval town ditch. The trial excavation in this area recorded Romano-British features.

ESY839 Archaeological Building Appraisal at 8-9 Hall Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Building appraisal was undertaken prior to the demolition of printing works and erection of a new office building. The rear wing of 9 Hallgate is listed and will be subject to alterations. The two 19th century buildings probably relate to manufacture and administration. A late 20th-century extension was associated with the print works. An archaeological watching brief is recommended during the demolition of the 19th-century buildings.

ESY840 Archaeological Evaluation at 58-59 Hallgate, Doncaster

An archaeological evaluation of seven trial trenches was undertaken in advance of redevelopment. Three trenches contained 19th-century deposits which destroyed or prevented access to earlier layers. Three contained features of post-medieval date. One trench revealed a sequence of occupation including a Roman pit, a medieval plough soil horizon, and post-medieval garden levels and floor surfaces. As a result, a watching brief was required on development.

ESY841 Archaeological Excavation at Hallgate, Doncaster

An archaeological excavation recovered evidence for three phases of activity during the Roman and medieval periods. These include use of the site as a 1st/2nd-century cemetery and cremation site, and the medieval production of pottery. In each case it is clear that the activities represented also extended into the surrounding areas.

ESY849 Archaeological Evaluation on land off Hallgate/Wood street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological field evaluation to the rear of 53 Hallgate and 9 Wood Street revealed a multi-phase occupation of the site. The SMR record suggests Roman inhumations and cremations were found, probably the edge of a cemetery. Later Roman features cut the cremations.

ESY850 Report on a second Phase Excavation of Archaeological remains on land off Wood Street, Doncaster

A second phase archaeological investigation on land off Wood Street, Doncaster aimed to investigate more fully a number of features of Roman date. This revealed what is believed to be part of a Romano-British settlement site of probably 2nd century date.

ESY851 Evaluation 10-14A Hallgate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Archaeological evaluation encountered Roman to post-medieval activity, as well as a wattle fence and ditch sealed by the Roman road that may be prehistoric, although in the absence of artefacts this is unconfirmed. The Roman road, with at least seven phases of cobbles, was situated to the north of the present street frontage. Two clay-lined pits, other discrete pits and post-holes were medieval, while further post-holes and brick cellars represented post-medieval disturbance.

ESY853 Further Archaeological investigations at

The watching brief took place intermittently and covered an area considerably greater than that originally investigated as part of the evaluation. Several phases of late medieval and



58-59 Hallgate, Doncaster

post medieval occupation and activity were identified, including stone buildings of 16th- and 17th-century origins, one of which had been modified to include a possible oven. More intensive development occurred in the late 18th century, with the construction of cellared brick and limestone buildings.

ESY854 Archaeological Field Evaluation of land at Chequer Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Five evaluation trenches indicated that prior to the 20th century, the site appeared to have been used as gardens or agricultural land. Post-holes and stake-holes cut into a post-medieval garden soil represented late 18th- to 19th-century property boundaries. The subsoil beneath appeared to have seen agricultural activity in the middle ages, and finds recovered from this level included residual sherds of Roman pottery. Nothing of further archaeological interest was encountered.

ESY871 An Archaeological Watching Brief within the 'St. Leger Tavern', Silver Street, Doncaster

A watching brief during refurbishment, with the monitoring of two foundation holes for column bases in the cellar, and four trenches for drainage at ground floor level. Made ground was encountered below the existing surfaces, and nothing of archaeological interest was recorded.

ESY872 Archaeological Watching Brief Report, at Priory Walk, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Archaeological monitoring of two geo-technical pits observed a stone structure associated with two deposits of domestic waste, one of which was dated to the late medieval or early post-medieval period. These were sealed by two layers of demolition material, the uppermost dated to the later 17th century. The archaeological potential of the site is considered to be medium to high.

ESY873 Archaeological Watching Brief at Priory Walk, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological watching brief undertaken at Priory Walk, Doncaster revealed the remains of a well of unknown date to the south of the site and a probable Victorian culvert to the northeast of the area. Later remains relating to the foundations and cellarage of post-medieval and modern buildings were found across the majority of the site.

ESY874 Archaeological Building Recording at Doncaster College, Waterdale, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Drawn and photographic building survey. The Chequer Road Boys Elementary School was built to a central hall design so that pupils could gather for special occasions. The 1926 Girls and Infants building adopted elements of the more hygienic Pavilion ventilated style of building. The 1910 High School for Girls had elements of the new thinking and a more ornate façade. The 1958 Technical College was built to serve the mining and engineering industries in and around Doncaster.

ESY877 Report on an Archaeological Evaluation on Land off Wood Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological evaluation in association with construction of a five-storey office block involved one trial trench, due to the extent of disturbance from 19th-century buildings. This contained remains dated to the Romano-British period.

ESY1028 Building Appraisal of 10-14A Hall Gate, Doncaster

Photographic survey of building to look for archaeological potential noted extensive damage of the buildings by fire. The building included the former 1920s Odeon Cinema and Art Deco shop fronts, as well as a former three-storey townhouse.

ESY1032 Trial trenching off Cleveland Street, Car Park, Doncaster

Four trenches were excavated between Priory Walk and Cleveland Street. In the southern part of the area a large ditch was recorded, running roughly along the line of Printing Office Street. This was dated to the 13th century or earlier, as were a number of pits. In the central area were a number of rubble filled pits. A pit containing Roman pottery was also recorded.

ESY1035 Priory Walk Watching Brief revealed no late Medieval/early post-Medieval



Watching Brief deposits identified in previous watching briefs.

ESY1049 Excavation at The Subscription Rooms, High Street, Doncaster

Archaeological excavation during redevelopment revealed a gravel access road to the Carmelite Friary overlying and sealing Roman remains comprising a construction trench and possible wall foundations, the remains of a surface and post holes or small pits with finds of mid-late 2nd century date. An open fronted building, possibly 13th-14th century, was constructed over the 12th-century road and extended in the 15th and 16th centuries. A late medieval building contained a malting oven, and cattle horn cores suggested a horner's workshop.

ESY1050 37-45 Printing Office Street, Doncaster

Archaeological evaluation associated with redevelopment of 37-45 Printing Office Street was restricted to a single open area to the rear of demolished properties due to extensive cellarage. Pottery recovered ranged in date from the 12th to the 18th centuries. The remains of two stone walls and a stone post were thought to be post-medieval.

ESY1051 High Street 1960 Observations made during cutting of a service trench revealed two hard-packed gravel surfaces, presumably the Roman road, and a large quantity of Roman pottery.

ESY1052 Hallgate Kiln, Bradford Row 1964-5

A medieval pottery kiln was discovered to the northeast of Hall Gate during excavations in 1964 and 1965, prior to the construction of the Bradford Row shopping centre. Also pits containing pottery wasters, from late 12th to early 14th century date.

ESY1368 Watching brief conducted during demolition of buildings at 8-9 Hall Gate, Doncaster

A watching brief was undertaken during demolition of buildings to the rear of the frontage, consisting of a brick gabled building and a 20th century extension. Limited ground reduction precluded an assessment of the below ground archaeological potential.

ESY1478 Evaluations at Waterdale, Doncaster

Trial trenching and a borehole survey were undertaken in 2008, identifying a probable Roman ditch and 19th-20th century military practice trenches, as well as truncation from modern landscaping. In 2010 further trenching recorded at least two Roman cremation burials were recorded, along with apparently unstratified Roman finds and further remains of the WWI practice trenches.

ESY1479 Excavations at Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations ahead of redevelopment revealed a cremation cemetery of 1st-2nd century date, containing 20-30 individuals, along with a small number of inhumations of 3rd/4th century date. Post-medieval features included mineral extraction pits and WWI trenches used during recruitment exercises.



HSY5911 Waterdale and Colonnades Centres, Doncaster Shopping Centre Y Y

HSY5805 High Street/ Frenchgate historic plot area, Doncaster

Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5817 Market place south and eastern sides, Doncaster


HSY5823 Priory Place, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5824 Banks and telephone Exchange, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5825 Bar and Restaurant, Cleveland Street, Doncaster




HSY5826 Bowers Fold (south west corner of Market Place), Doncaster


HSY5888 Doncaster College University or College Y

HSY5909 Chequer Road School Buildings, Doncaster School Y

HSY5910 Doncaster College (Beechfield Park), Doncaster University or College Y

HSY5917 East Laithe Gate industrial area. Other Industry Y

HSY5918 Hall Gate, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5919 South end of Hall Gate, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5920 Water Dale, Doncaster Car Park Y

HSY5921 South Parade, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5925 19th century terrace to the north west side of Waterdale, Doncaster

Terraced Housing Y

HSY5926 Crossgate House, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY5927 Waterdale Swimming Baths, Doncaster Leisure Centre Y

HSY5928 County Court and Sikh Temple, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

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