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Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment

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Allocation Reference: 800

Allocation Type: Housing

Site Name: Land East of Bawtry Road

Area (Ha): 0.40

NGR (centre): SK 6759 9923

Settlement: Finningley

Allocation Recommendations

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 - -

SMR record/event - -

Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No

Cartographic features of interest No No

Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a




Allocation Type: Housing

Site Name: Land East of Bawtry Road

Area (Ha): 0.40

NGR (centre): SK 6759 9923

Settlement: Finningley

Site assessment

Known assets/character:

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

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

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any

features within the site or the buffer.

The Historic Landscape Characterisation records the character of the site as within a private housing estate. This

is an area of former strip field enclosures was infilled with medium density housing between 1968 and 1997.

There is no legibility of earlier piecemeal enclosure landscape. Within the buffer, in the south and east is an area

of agglomerated fields which date to the early 20th

century. Within the north of the buffer are the vernacular

cottages of Finningley historic core. The village form, as depicted on historic maps, suggests an unplanned

coalescence of farmsteads and cottages around a triangular green at the junction of three roads. Further north

are two additional private housing estates that were developed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Historic Landfill records show that the site is located within the area of Bawtry Road landfill site.

The site is currently two grassed plots, possibly gardens associated with houses to the north.

Cartographic/historic land use assessment:

The 1882 OS map shows the site as forming part of a number of piecemeal enclosures located to the east of

Finningley village. A smaller enclosure is located to the north of the site, adjacent to Wroot Road. By 1963 the

area to the south of the site is depicted as being used as a refuse tip, and the area to the west and east as disused

sand and gravel pits. This map also shows the find spot of Roman pottery, though it is not recorded in the SMR.

By 1968, the map shows that tree planting has taken place in the surrounding fields, and by 1981 the Silver Birch

Grove development directly to the north of the site has been built, along with Finningley Infant and Juniors

School and part of the Wroot Road development. The 1985 OS map depicts the site as within a disused pit and

shows a dashed line to the southeast corner of the plot presumably indicating the landfill area.

Survival:

As the site has been used as a sand and gravel extraction pit and for landfill it is unlikely that any buried

archaeological remains survive.

Further investigations:

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

Significance:

Negligible.

Aerial Photographs & Lidar

Summary:

Recent aerial photographs show the site to be divided in two on a north alignment by a manicured hedgerow.

The site is boarded by hedgerows and mature trees. The 2002 photograph shows both the westerly and easterly

areas as well manicured and each has a structure at the southern edge. Within the western area of the site is

what appears to be a concrete platform, with a pathway leading to it from the houses. The 2008 photograph

indicates that the grass has been left to grow and a trackway has appeared leading from the road, across the

western boundary leading to the backs of the houses in Silver Birch Grove and towards the eastern boundary.



Lidar data shows an anomaly which is likely to be the concrete structure. This may be a patio or garden feature.

Photograph references:

Google Earth: 2002, 2003. 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009. Lidar tile SK6799 DTM 1m.

SMR Historic Environment Characterisation

Reference

ID

Name Details Site? Buffer?

HSY5959 Silver Birch Grove, Finningley, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y Y

HSY4542 Bawtry Road, Finningley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4782 Wroot Road, Finningley, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5953 Finningley Historic Core, Finningley, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y

HSY5956 Lindley Road, Chapel Close, Finningley,

Doncaster

Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5958 Wroot Road, Finningley, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y


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Allocation Reference: 801 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Roman Ridge Hotel, Scawsby

Area (Ha): 0.23 NGR (centre): SE 5467 0502 Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area





Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 801 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Roman Ridge Hotel, Scawsby


Site assessment Known assets/character:

The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One event is recorded at the southeast edge of the buffer, a watching brief at a playing field that did not observe any archaeological features or finds.

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 did not record any features within the site. One area of ridge and furrow was recorded as earthworks in the western side of the buffer from a photograph taken in the 1950. This area has since been developed and the earthworks no longer survive.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as part of an area of semi-detached housing that extends through the buffer to the east, south and west. Further character zones within the buffer include private and planned social housing estates and a school.

The most recent imagery of the site, from 2015, shows new housing along the southern side and housing under development on the northern side. It is bounded by Westerdale Road to the south, Rosedale Road to the west and Richmond Road to the north.


The 1854 map shows the site as part of a field, with slightly curving boundaries suggestive of piecemeal enclosure from open field. By 1930, the field had been subdivided, and the site was located within a triangular plot. By 1948, the area up to the new boundary had been laid out with new roads, though the site itself was still vacant at that date. Between 1956 and 1961, the Roman Ridge Hotel, a public house, was constructed in the centre of the site, with car parking areas to the north and south. No changes were shown within the site by 1992.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed Barnsley Road (then the Doncaster and Saltersbrook Trust turnpike) on a northwest to southeast alignment to the south of the site. A field to the east was named 'Roman Wong', and was bounded by the Roman Ridge Roman road, which is located just to the northeast of the edge of the buffer. The remainder of the buffer was fields. By 1930, the field in which the site was located had been subdivided. Two small buildings were shown to the south of Barnsley Road in 1930. The area around the site had been laid out with new roads by 1948, and housing was under construction up to the edge of the site. Further housing was depicted in the western and southern parts of the buffer by 1961, and a school had been built at the northwest edge of the buffer by 1992.

Survival:

The site has been developed since 2009. There is no potential for surviving buried archaeology within the site.


Further archaeological investigations will not be required if further development is planned at the site.

Significance:

Negligible.



Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary:

The 2002 aerial photograph showed the Roman Ridge Hotel pub in the centre of the site, surrounded by car parking areas. A small area in the southwest corner of the site had been cordoned off as a beer garden by 2008. Between 2009 and 2015 the building was demolished, and new housing development was underway. Lidar data does not show any features of archaeological interest within the site.


Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data files SE5404 & SE5405 DTM 1m.

OS/56T21 0032 13-Sep-1956.

SMR Record/event Reference ID


ESY566 Archaeological Watching Brief at Barnsley Road Playing Field, Scawsby

An archaeological watching brief that monitored the stripping of topsoil for the installation of new pathways, a games area and entrances in an area of playing fields observed no archaeological features or finds.

Y

SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference ID


HSY4923 Between Barnsley Road and Roman Ridge, Scawsby, Doncaster

Semi-Detached Housing Y Y

HSY4925 Emley Drive Scawsby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4926 Scawsby Rosedale Schools, Doncaster School Y

HSY4928 Developments south of Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster


HSY5161 Recreation Ground, St David's Drive, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y



Allocation Reference: 803 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Rockingham House, Bennetthorpe






Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 803 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Rockingham House, Bennetthorpe



There are no SMR records within the site itself. One event is recorded within the buffer zone, an archaeological watching brief located to the south of the site, which recorded no archaeological remains.

There are no Scheduled Monuments within the site or the buffer zone. Six grade II listed buildings exist within the buffer zone, to the southeast and west of the site.

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

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as a commercial core, comprising late 20th-century hotels and a nursing home, constructed following clearance of early 19th-century properties. There is no legibility of earlier landscape forms. Additional character areas within the buffer zone include various housing types, a public park and civil and municipal buildings.

The site is currently located on the northern side of Bennetthorpe, with a cricket ground to the immediate north.


In 1851, terraced housing was already present within the eastern half of the site, fronting onto Bennetthorpe. A row of smaller buildings were situated behind, possibly outhouses and toilets. The Rockingham Arms Public House was located at the western end of the site. By 1930 some of the back row of structures had been demolished and the Rockingham Arms had expanded into buildings to the west, doubling in size. By 1966 a Post Office is marked at the eastern end of the site, although by 1976 the post office and terraced houses had been demolished, leaving only the pub and associated outbuildings at the western end of the site. There is no change evident on the 1992 map.

Within the buffer zone, by 1851 the area to the south of the site was developed around Roman Road, with pubs and housing. Further to the south was Elmfield Park and to the north was fields. To the east and west of the site was development along Bennetthorpe and South Parade. By 1930 much of the area in Elmfield Park, to the south of the site, contained bowling greens, tennis courts and putting greens. A cricket ground and pavilion had been built to the immediate north of the site. Concentrated housing had been developed to the northeast of the site by 1938, with the construction of Alderson Drive, Manor Drive and Granby Crescent. By 1976 a large sports centre had been constructed to the north of the site, in the location of the previous pavilion.

Survival:

The site contained terraced housing and the Rockingham Arms Hotel in 1851. The terraced housing was gradually demolished from 1930 until 1976, leaving only the pub and associated outbuildings on the site at this time. The majority of the site has recently been developed, with the Rockingham Arms converted and a new building constructed over the site of the previous terraced houses. This will have disturbed or removed any buried archaeological deposits.


As the site has been recently developed, no further archaeological investigations are likely to be required.

Significance:

Negligible.




Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site as unchanged from the 1992 map, with the Rockingham Arms the only structure on the site. This remained the case until at least 2009. The 2015 aerial photographs are obscured by heavy cloud cover, but Google Street View images from that year indicate that the majority of the site had been developed by that date, with the Rockingham Arms converted into Rockingham House and a new structure, which appears to be townhouses or offices, over the rest of the site, with a small car park to the rear. No earthworks of archaeological interest are visible within the available Lidar data.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. Google Street View images 2015. Lidar data tile SE5802 DTM 1m.

Statutory Designations Reference ID

Name Designation/ Grade

Site? Buffer?

1132881 Gate to Elmfield House and attached walls II Y

1151442 52 and 54, Bennetthorpe II Y


1286869 Albion Place II Y


1421462 Bennetthorpe War Memorial II Y



ESY883 An Archaeological Watching Brief Report at Earl of Doncaster Hotel, Bennetthorpe Road, Doncaster

Despite the site location within an area of significant archaeological potential, particularly for the Roman period, no significant archaeological features, artefacts or deposits were encountered. It was established that the footprint of the development falls within an area of ground disturbed by previous buildings.

Y



HSY5922 Rockingham Arms and Earl of Doncaster Hotels, Doncaster

Commercial Core-Suburban Y Y

HSY5233 Town Field, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y

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

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

HSY5300 Elmfield Park, Doncaster Public Park Y

HSY5305 Elmfield House, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY5921 South Parade, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 804 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 18 South Parade, Doncaster



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 1 36 SMR record/event - 17 records/17 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 804 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 18 South Parade, Doncaster



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Fifteen monuments, two findspots and 17 events are recorded within the buffer. The findspots are of a Roman burial urn found near Hall Cross in the 18th century, and a coin hoard found at an unspecified location in Doncaster. The monuments comprise excavated evidence for activity from the prehistoric period onwards, including the course of a Roman road running through Doncaster, in some places proved through excavation and likely running along the route of South Parade to the immediate north of the site. Probable pre-Roman boundary ditches have been recorded as sealed by the road, though no dating evidence was found. Roman settlement features and evidence for cremation and inhumation cemeteries were found close to the road, with cemeteries notably recorded at Waterdale to the south of the site and at Hallgate at the western edge of the buffer. Medieval features included the former and current locations of a stone cross on South Parade, pottery kilns found in the Hallgate and Wood Street area, part of a church column, wall footings and pits, including a lime mortar mixing pit. Sand extraction pits of medieval to post-medieval date were recorded at Waterdale, along with First World War practice trenches possibly used as a recruitment tool.

The recorded events include archaeological building recording of a number of standing buildings, including a cinema and schools, trial trench evaluations, mitigation excavations and watching briefs in advance of development. The results of most of these events are also recorded as SMR monuments and discussed above. In several of the events, 19th-century and more recent buildings had disturbed sub-surface deposits, leaving limited surviving archaeological remains. The closest event to the site was immediately to the south at Chequer Road, which recorded 18th- to 19th-century property boundaries and residual pottery sherds. The site appeared to have been in agricultural and garden use in the post-medieval period.

One grade II listed building is recorded within the site. This is No. 18 South Parade and attached railings. The building is a late 18th-century house, now offices. A further 36 listed buildings are recorded within the buffer, all except one being grade II listed. Christ Church in the northern part of the buffer is grade II* listed. All of the buildings along the southern side of South Parade are grade II listed, and are of similar date and style to No. 18.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site or buffer, presumably due to its built-up nature.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the South Parade area as large, terraced houses, predominantly of late 18th-century date, built along the former Great North Road, on the route of a former Roman road, with no legibility of the earlier open field landscape. Further character zones within the buffer include further terraced housing as well as villa-type detached houses, civil and municipal buildings, schools and colleges, two churches, a recreation ground, a modern shopping centre, urban commercial core buildings, a car park and an industrial area.

The site is currently occupied by the grade II listed no.18 South Parade at the northern end, with a narrow yard behind, apparently tarmac or concrete surfaced. The building, now offices, is three storeys in height, plus basements and attic.


The 1854 OS map shows the site in its current layout, with a building on the street front and narrow garden behind. The 1892 map shows it in more detail, as an L-shaped building, with a formal garden layout behind, with geometric planting beds and a garden path leading to a back lane. The planting beds were no longer shown in 1902, though a small greenhouse was shown to the south of the house. Small buildings, possibly a coach house or sheds, were shown at the southern end of the site. These buildings had gone by 1930, when the site was open to the garden to the south, fronting onto Chequer Road, though by 1960 a depot was shown in the area to the south of the site. A building was shown along the southwest side of the yard by 1970. No obvious changes were visible on the less-detailed 1984 and 1992 maps.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed similar properties along the southern side of South Parade, with a larger



house and garden to the east, labelled 'The Hall' in 1902. To the south was an area of larger parks and gardens, between Chequer Road and a back lane running along the south edge of the South Parade properties, as well as to the south of Chequer Lane, with fields further to the south and southeast. The Town Field was shows as a largely open area at the northeast edge of the buffer, and Christ Church was shown to the north. The 1892 map showed substantial terraced properties with gardens continuing west along the main road into Doncaster, with some courts of smaller back-to-back properties off the side roads. To the north of South Parade were further parks and gardens and Hall Cross Pond. By 1902, the back lane at the south of the site had been removed, and the area to the south divided into several garden plots, one accessed from the site. Housing had been built to the north of South Parade by that date, including the large terraced properties of Regent Square. The Hall to the east had become a Nurse's Home by 1930, and schools were shown to the south of Chequer Road. The Scarborough Barracks (drill hall) were shown in the southeast part of the buffer. By 1961, a depot was shown in the former garden area to the immediate south of the site. A museum and art gallery had been built within the former barracks site by 1970, and works, warehouses and a health clinic were shown to the north of Chequer Road.

Survival:

The building at the north end of the site is a grade II listed former 18th-century house, now offices. It has basements, which are likely to have removed any buried archaeological features within its footprint. Smaller buildings have previously been recorded within the yard, but these are unlikely to have caused significance sub-surface disturbance. The site is located immediately to the south of the route of a Roman road, and Roman and medieval activity have been recorded within the vicinity, including cremation cemeteries, which were typically located alongside roads on the edges of Roman towns. There is a high potential for similar remains to extend into the site, though evaluation immediately to the south of the site recorded only medieval and later agricultural and garden features.


Given the grade II listing of the building within the site and the high potential for the preservation of Roman to medieval remains within the yard area, further consideration of the capacity of this site for housing should be made. The impact of any development on the settings of the listed building within the site and those in the surrounding area should also be considered.

Significance:

The grade II listed building is considered to be of Regional heritage significance. Remains associated with Roman settlement or burial activity could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.


The 2002 aerial photograph showed the site containing the L-shaped house/offices at the northern end, with a narrow yard behind, surfaced with hardcore and used for parking, with access via a lane leading off Chequer Road to the south. The yard appeared to have been surfaced with tarmac by 2003. No further changes were shown by 2009, and the 2015 image was obscured by clouds. Street View shows the building as a three-storey structure, labelled Swann Chambers, with doors to either side of a round headed window. The two upper storeys feature a tall central window with Ionic pilasters to either side, and smaller windows above the doors. It is recorded in the listing description as having attics and basements. Lidar data does not show any features within the yard.


Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Google Street View 2015. Lidar data tile SE5703 DTM 1m.





Site? Buffer?

1132882 1, South Parade and attached railings II Y

1132883 3, South Parade II Y

1132884 4, South Parade and attached railing II Y


1132886 9, 10, 11, South Parade II Y

1132887 15, South Parade II Y

1132888 22, 23 And 23a, South Parade II Y

1132890 Railings and gatepiers to south end of Christ Church II Y

1151416 51, Hallgate II Y


1151418 53 and 54, Hallgate II Y

1151435 The Lodge II Y

1151444 3 and 4, Regent Terrace and attached railings II Y

1151445 3 Albion Place, Hall Cross Chambers 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

1192885 7 and 8, South Parade II Y

1192921 The NCB Offices II Y

1268265 18, Hall Gate II Y

1286302 4-9, Christchurch Terrace and railings II Y

1286309 Christ Church II* Y

1286363 19, 20, 21 and 21a, South Parade II Y

1286405 The Salutation Hotel II Y


1286820 1 and 2 Regent Terrace and attached railings II Y

1314545 Hall Cross II Y



1314548 6a, South Parade II Y


1314551 Hall Cross Comprehensive School II Y

1314875 5, 6 and 7, Regent Terrace and attached railings II Y

1314879 Hall Gate United Reformed Church II Y

1314880 40, 41 and 41a, Hallgate II Y





00421/01 Ote De Tilli's Cross or Hall's Cross, Doncaster

Cross rebuilt 1793 on new site (end of South Parade - SE 5814 0303). No vestige of original remains.

Y

00421/02 Ote De Tilli's Cross or Hall's Cross, Doncaster

Current site of cross moved from original location in 1793. Y

00426/01 Hallgate 1965 - Medieval Pottery Kiln

A medieval pottery kiln discovered during excavations in Hallgate, Doncaster

Y

01016/01 Roman coin hoard found 1929

Reference to 2 coin hoards "from Doncaster" - are of 52 demarii and another of "120 coins from Wheatley Hills".

Y

01149/01 12th Century Column Piece, Regent Square, Doncaster

Column from 12th century nave arcade of St Mary Magdalene's Church. Now in Regent Square.

Y

01223/01 Roman cinerary urn, found near Hall Cross, Doncaster

Roman burial urn, found in 1748 near Hall Cross. Y

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

Excavations SW of main N-S 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

04205/01 Possible Medieval and Post-Medieval Unclassified Wall Footings, Sand Pit and Finds, Doncaster

Unclassified wall footings of a possible medieval date were found during excavations in Doncaster Town Centre

Y

04562/01 Roman Cemetery in Hallgate, Doncaster

2nd Century Roman cemetery site, cremations and inhumations. Later Roman features cutting through the cemetery.

Y

05016 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. The cobbled road continued to be used into the Medieval period, evidenced by Late Saxon and 13th century pottery in the final phases of the surface. Excavations at 8-10 High Street also identified the road.

Y

05017 Excavated Features at Hall Gate, Doncaster

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

Y

05023 Medieval Pottery Kiln, Wood Street

Type 2A kiln identified on excavations at Wood Street. The kiln is the same type as others found in the Hall Gate area. Pottery found within the kiln was of probable 11th- to 12th-century date.

Y

05384 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

05654 Roman cremation and inhumation

Excavation in 2010-11 recovered a cremation cemetery, containing 20-30 individuals, of 1st-2nd century date.

Y



cemetery, Waterdale

Associated with this were a number of complete cremation urns and pottery and glass vessels, many associated with votive offerings. A small number of 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.

05655 WWI practice trenches, Waterdale, Doncaster

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

Y

05656 Probable Iron Age pit, Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations at Waterdale in 2010-11 identified a pit containing a residual bladelet (probably Neolithic) and a single sherd of Iron Age pottery. It was cut by a Roman pit.

Y

05657 Late/Post medieval features, Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations at Waterdale in 2010-11 revealed a number of 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 later date.

Y

ESY34 Excavation at Princess Street and East Laithe Gate

A long section across the site on a north-south axis was created by the removal of much of the site.

Y

ESY841 Archaeological Excavation at Hallgate, Doncaster

Archaeological excavation on land between Hallgate and Wood Street 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.

Y

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

Archaeological evaluation to the rear of 53 Hallgate and 9 Wood Street recovered evidence for multi-phase occupation of the site.

Y

ESY850 Second Phase Excavation of Archaeological remains on land off Wood Street, Doncaster

A second phase archaeological investigation on land off Wood Street, Doncaster identified what is believed to be part of a Romano-British settlement site of probably 2nd century date.

Y

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

An archaeological evaluation at 10-14A Hallgate encountered comprehensive evidence of Roman, medieval and post-medieval activity. In addition, a wattle fence and ditch were sealed by the Roman road may present pre-Roman activity, although in the absence of pre-Roman artefacts this is still to be confirmed. The Roman road, represented by at least seven phases of cobbles was situated to the north of the present street frontage. Two clay-lined pits, in addition to other discrete pits and post-holes, were medieval in date, while further post-holes and brick cellars represented post-medieval disturbance.

Y

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

Prior to the 20th century, the site appeared to have been used as gardens or agricultural land. A number of post-holes, stake-holes and other similar features were found cut into a post-medieval garden soil horizon. These represented property boundaries of the late-18th and 19th century. The subsoil beneath this layer 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

Y



archaeological interest was encountered.

ESY869 Building Recording at Odeon Cinema, 35-36 Hallgate, Doncaster

This site was initially developed in the 19th century an earlier building was replaced by the Gaumont Place, a specifically designed cinema in 1934. Originally providing both on screen and live stage entertainment, the building underwent a number of refurbishments and alterations over the intervening years and become a three screen cinema with no live entertainment, although the stage, orchestra pit and dressing rooms remain. The building ceased operation as a cinema in April 2008.

Y

ESY870 Archaeological Watching Brief at Prince Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological watching brief on the corner of Prince Street and East Laith Road, during the excavation of a foundation trench for a five storey building, revealed a series of modern and redeposited natural deposits. No archaeologically significant remains were identified.

Y

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

The survey consisted of general and detailed photographic showing original features and the development of the buildings at the Chequer Road Boys Elementary School, the 1926 Girls and Infants school, the1910 High School for Girls and the 1958 Technical College.

Y

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

Archaeological evaluation on land off Wood Street, Doncaster on a site formerly occupied by Doncaster MBC education offices, constructed in the 19th century. This appeared to have involved ground disturbance to a relatively deep level. This left a limited area in which it was useful to carry out the evaluation. A single trench was excavated which was found to contain remains dated to the Romano-British period.

Y

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

Photographic survey of building to look for archaeological potential. Extensive damage of the buildings by fire was noted. Former 1920s Odeon Cinema and Art Deco shop fronts noted. There was also a former 3 storey townhouse.

Y

ESY1051 High Street 1960 Observations were made by Doncaster Museum's Keeper of Antiquities during the cutting of a service trench along the south-west side of High Street, running from the corner of St Sepulchre Gate to the corner of Hallgate and Waterdale. A section of two hard-packed gravel surfaces was recorded, presumably the remains of the Roman road. A large quantity of Roman pottery was also recovered.

Y

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. The kiln, defined as probably being a Type 2A two-flued, updraught kiln, was found with three pits all containing pottery wasters of cooking pots, bowls, jugs and pipkins. The kiln was in production from the late 12th century to the late 13th or early 14th century.

Y

ESY1478 Evaluations at Waterdale, Doncaster

Trial trenching identified a probable Roman ditch, and 19th-20th century military practice trenches. It was also established that archaeological deposits were located at variable heights across the site, suggesting modern landscaping. Further evaluation revealed at least two Roman cremation burials, along with a number of other, apparently unstratified Roman finds. Further remains of the 19th-20th century practice trenches were also recorded.

Y

ESY1479 Excavations at Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations were undertaken at Waterdale ahead of redevelopment in 2010/11. A cremation cemetery of 1st-2nd century date, containing 20-30 individuals was recorded, along with a small number of inhumations of 3rd/4th century date.

Y



Post-medieval features included mineral extraction pits and WWI trenches used during recruitment exercises.

ESY1480 Evaluation and watching brief at Waterdale, Doncaster

A watching brief and evaluation were carried out by Wessex archaeology in 2013. Features associated with 19th century gardens, and a buried ploughsoil containing a Romano-British sherd were recorded.

Y

ESY1569 16 South Parade, Doncaster, Watching Brief

No evidence was found for any occupation of the area prior to the construction of the current building.

Y



HSY5921 South Parade, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y Y

HSY5233 Town Field, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y

HSY5301 Carr House Road, Hyde Park, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5305 Elmfield House, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY5855 Nether Hall Housing Area, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5888 Doncaster College, University or College Y

HSY5903 Hall Cross Comprehensive School, Doncaster School Y

HSY5904 Doncaster Grammar School, Doncaster School Y

HSY5905 Christ Church, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5906 Christ Church Terrace, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5908 Regent Square, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y

HSY5909 Chequer Road School Buildings, Doncaster School Y

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

HSY5911 Waterdale and Colonnades Centres, Doncaster Shopping Centre 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

HSY5923 Health Clinic, Museum and Art Gallery and Council Offices, Chequer Gate, Doncaster

Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY5924 St Peter's RC Church, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

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

Terraced Housing Y

HSY5926 Crossgate House, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y



Allocation Reference: 805 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: The Old Vicarage, Stonegate, Thorne

Area (Ha): 0.10 NGR (centre): SE 6900 1323 Settlement: Thorne Moorends


Archaeological significance of site Regional


Suitability of site for allocation Major archaeological constraint

Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - 1 Listed Building 1 14 SMR record/event 1 record 5 records/10 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 805 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: The Old Vicarage, Stonegate, Thorne



The SMR records one monument within the site, the grade II listed Old Vicarage. Five monuments and ten events are recorded within the buffer zone, including St Nicholas’ Church to the immediate north.

One grade II listed building is located within the site, the Old Vicarage, as recorded on the SMR. One Scheduled Monument, one grade I listed building and 13 grade II listed buildings are recorded within the buffer zone. The grade I listed building is St Nicholas’ Church, immediately to the north of the site.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded earthworks associated with the Peel Hill Scheduled Monument within the buffer zone.

The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as post-medieval Nursing Home/Almshouse. This zone contains many buildings in institutional use, and it is thought that it may represent part of the early core of Thorne, possibly within or immediately adjacent to the castle bailey. Landscape character zones within the buffer include Peel Hill fortified site, St Nicholas’ Church, vernacular cottages within the historic core of Thorne, orchards, allotments and modern housing and schools.

The site contains a grade II listed former vicarage and its garden.


The Old Vicarage is shown on the 1851 OS map as an L-shaped building fronting onto Stonegate and extending east along the southern edge of Saint Nicholas churchyard. The plan of the rectory remains largely unaltered to the present day. The 1893 map records a small structure (possible an outhouse) within the southeast corner of the gardens to the east of the house. This structure had been removed by the time of the 1962 OS map.

Within the buffer zone, to the east and south, the available mapping suggests that prior to the publication of the 1966 map, much of the landscape was enclosed, with development only encroaching from the south at this date. Within the buffer zone to the north, Peel Hill Motte was depicted on the 1825 enclosure map. A ‘Quaker Meeting House’ is marked within the northwest part of the buffer zone at this date. Housing developed along the King Street and Church Street frontages throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with Market Place, a bank, a public house, a Congregational Chapel, Elm House, Stonegate House and a Pentecostal Church being marked in this period.

Survival:

Due to the lack of deep ground disturbance, the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains within the majority of the site is considered to be moderate to high. The building within the site is grade II listed. The site is within the historic core of Thorne and close to the medieval church, suggesting there is the potential for medieval remains within the site.


Given the presence of the Old Vicarage within this site and its proximity to the medieval church, it has been assigned major concerns for allocation. Further consideration of the setting of the Old Vicarage and of the physical impact on any buried archaeological remains within the site would be required to establish its capacity for housing.

Significance:

The grade II listed building is considered to be of Regional archaeological significance, whilst the grade I listed church to the north considered to be of National significance. The significance of any buried remains within the site is currently unknown.




Aerial photographs from 2002 show the Old Vicarage fronting onto Stonegate with a range of outbuildings extending along the northern edge of the plot. By 2008, the outbuildings had mainly been demolished and the area incorporated into the gardens, shown as rough grass and shrubs. The garden is subdivided by hedgerows and contains at least one mature tree. There is no Lidar coverage for this site.


Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2008 & 2009.



Site? Buffer?

1013451 Peel Hill motte and bailey castle, Thorne. SM Y

1151571 The Old Vicarage II Y

1151562 Travis Studio II Y

1151564 Premises of Richard Law Fruit shops and flat above II Y

1151566 Outbuilding to rear of number 44A II Y

1151570 1, Silver Street II Y

1192950 44A and 44B, King Street II Y

1192964 The White Hart Inn II Y

1192983 Crimean War Memorial Pump II Y

1193076 Church of St Nicholas II Y

1193099 Remains of medieval coffin approximately 3 metres to south of porch to church of St Nicholas

II Y

1193117 Stonegate House (now Masonic Hall) II Y

1286376 Thorne Hall, Ellison Street, Thorne II Y

1314819 Churchyard Gatepiers approximately 12 metres south west of Porch to Church of St Nicholas

II Y

1314820 Front Garden Wall and Gatepiers to Numer 20 II Y

1391348 1 and 2, Market Place II Y



00119/01 Peel Hill Motte, Thorne

Peel Hill Motte, medieval earthwork castle Y

00318/01 St Nicholas' Church, Thorne

Medieval church, 12th century with later additions. Y

00477/01 Medieval Timber Framed Barn, Thorne

Structure with the partial remains of timber frame of 16th century barn.

Y

03962/01 The Old Vicarage, Thorne

18th century vicarage, now a private dwelling. Y

04211/01 Methodist Burial Ground, Thorne

Methodist burial ground in Thorne. Y



04512/01 Medieval Occupation adjacent to Peel Hill, Thorne

Medieval occupation deposits containing 12th century and earlier ceramics. Evidence shows the deposits have been disturbed.

Y

ESY257 Thorne Grammar School

In 2004 a geophysical survey and a programme of trial trenching was undertaken at Thorne Grammar School. The results of the geophysical survey detected groups of linear anomalies probably reflecting traces of ridge and furrow ploughing and a former field system. The trial trenching confirmed that the anomalies detected in the geophysical survey related to the medieval/post-medieval agricultural use of the site. A number of pits and linear features dating from the 17th/18th century in the southwest of the site were discovered.

Y

ESY258 Thorne Church Hall In January 2005 a watching brief was conducted at the Thorne Church Hall. The results demonstrated that the site had suffered from recent truncation despite being in an area of high archaeological potential for medieval activity. A small area of patterned floor tiles of modern date was revealed with a cobbled floor surface.

Y

ESY260 1-2 Market Place & 8 Silver Street

In April 2005 a historic building assessment was undertaken by M & M Archaeological Services ahead of complete demolition.

Y

ESY262 Land off Ellison Street

In March 2002 three trenches were excavated on land off Ellison Street. The results indicated extensive disturbance due to the laying of drains had taken place on the site as well as numerous episodes of dumping of rubble. Red brick structures were found and interpreted as the remains of external buildings associated with the late 19th or early 20th century terraced housing.

Y

ESY263 Land adjacent to Peel Hill, Thorne

In 1994 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken on land adjacent to Peel Hill. The results revealed evidence for occupation from at least the 12th century.

Y

ESY264 Thorne Grammar School

In May 2005 a second phase of archaeological evaluation was undertaken at Thorne Grammar School. The results indicated that earthworks in the south-west corner of the school adjacent to the junction of St. Nicolas Road and Church Balk were likely to be associated with 20th century quarrying with modern dumping deposits recorded in all of the trial trenches.

Y

ESY266 Land at Stonegate In June 2005 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken for land at Elm House off Stonegate. The results revealed that the tarmac car park had been laid directly on the previous topsoil and subsoil. Two rubble filled features were cut into the subsoil and contained fragments of handmade bricks. A small quantity of late medieval and early post-medieval pottery was recovered and considered to be from activity in the general area rather than specific to the site.

Y

ESY1343 Evaluation trenching on land adjacent to Peel Hill motte, Thorne

Eight trenches were excavated to evaluate land to the south and west of Peel Hill motte. No remains predating the 18th century were encountered. Footings for 18th -20th century buildings were recorded in the southern part of the area, along with grave cuts associated with an 18th-19th century Quaker burial ground.

Y Y

ESY1374 Trial trenching at Peel Hill Motte, Thorne

Three trenches were excavated at Peel Hill Motte, Thorne. A 19th century brick floor surface contained reused bricks of 16th-19th century date. This, and the amount of brick found in later layers, suggests that the castle probably incorporated red brick. Foundation stones were excavated on the top of the motte, and these suggest a square plan. However they may

Y



related to an interior structure rather than the tower itself.

ESY1561 8 Market Place, Thorne

A watching brief was maintained when foundation trenches for a domestic extension were excavated. The trenches were relatively shallow and were mainly cut through modern brick footings. A single dressed sandstone block was recovered from the northwestern corner of the site and is thought to be of post-medieval date.

Y



HSY5654 Stonegate Road, Thorne, Doncaster Nursing Home/Almshouse Y

HSY5651 Houses to the north west of Peel Hill, Thorne, Doncaster

Villas/Detached Housing Y

HSY5652 Overgrown orchards to the west of Peel Hill, Thorne, Doncaster

Orchards Y

HSY5620 Peel Hill Motte, Thorne, Doncaster Fortified Site Y

HSY5602 Historic ‘burgage’ core, Thorne, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y

HSY5650 Allotment gardens North west of Peel Hill, Thorne, Doncaster

Allotments Y

HSY5601 St Nicholas Church, Thorne, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY4674 King Edward First School and Thorne Grammar School, Thorne, Doncaster

School Y

HSY4679 Elmhirst / Glebe Flats, Thorne, Doncaster Planned Estate (social housing) Y

HSY5619 Southfield Road, Thorne, Doncaster Villas/Detached Housing Y

HSY4677 South Common Estate, Thorne, Doncaster Planned Estate (social housing) Y



Allocation Reference: 806 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Thorne House, St Nicholas Road, Thorne



Archaeological significance of site Unknown


Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint

Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - 1 Listed Building - 12 SMR record/event - 8 records/14 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 806 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Thorne House, St Nicholas Road, Thorne



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Eight monuments and fourteen events are recorded within the buffer zone. Archaeological evaluation undertaken to the immediate southeast of the site revealed disturbed medieval occupation deposits and post-medieval occupation and agricultural remains.

One Scheduled Monument, one grade I listed building and 11 grade II listed buildings are recorded within the buffer zone to the south and southwest of the site. None are recorded within the site.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded the earthworks of Peel Hill motte within the buffer zone.

The Historic Environment Characterisation records the majority of the site as residential villas/detached housing, consisting of large detached villas (developed since 1903) standing in well preserved narrow plots predating the Thorne enclosure award of the early 19th century. A small area at the northwest side of the site is characterised as allotments, also with a boundary pattern that predates the 1825 Enclosure Award. It has significant legibility of pre-enclosure piecemeal strips.

Landscape character zones within the buffer include an area characterised as orchards, which demonstrates a high potential for medieval remains and archaeological deposits from at least the 12th century; and an area of vernacular cottages forming part of the historic core of Thorne. This is characterised as a planned layout of narrow burgage plots radiating from two main streets, corresponding to an 'island' of sand and gravels raised above the surrounding alluvium which would have been at least seasonally flooded before the drainage improvements of the 17th-19th centuries. The remainder of the buffer includes areas characterised as modern residential and institutional development, as well as the fortified site of Peel Hill motte and the religious site of St Nicholas’ Church.

The site currently comprises a large house or former house surrounded by gardens, including lawns and wooded areas.


The 1853 OS map depicts the site as a field adjacent to the southwest of High Trod Road (St Nicholas Road). Within the southwest corner of the field was a small orchard and two small structures. By 1893 the orchard within the site had been developed and subdivided into three small paddocks enclosed by trees. Four structures were also established within this area. By 1906 the site as a whole was redeveloped when Thorne House was constructed. The site was developed as a formal garden with access to the house provided by a drive way that linked to St Nicholas Street and King Street. Mixed woodland fronted St Nicholas Street and a possible pond had been dug, by 1967 the feature is no longer recorded. To the southwest of the house, at least four structures were located in the gardens.

Within the buffer zone, the 1853 map shows Peel Hill Motte and a Quakers’ Meeting House to the southeast. The urban development of Thorne is concentrated to the south and southwest at this date, with surveyed enclosure to the north, northeast and northwest. The pattern of enclosed fields was gradually developed for housing during the mid-20th century.

Survival:

Prior to the construction of Thorne House the site is likely to have been cultivated since at least the early 19th century and earlier. This may have caused some truncation of below-ground deposits. The construction of Thorne House in the early 20th century will also have impacted upon any below-ground remains within the footprint of the building. The landscaping of the gardens and planting of trees may also have had an impact on preservation. Archaeological investigations at the site to the immediate southeast have demonstrated the potential for the survival of archaeological deposits associated with medieval to post-medieval occupation and agriculture, and similar remains could survive within the site, particularly towards the southern end. The potential for the survival



of unrecorded buried archaeology below the zone impacted by any ploughing and construction is considered to be moderate to high.


Further archaeological investigation is likely be required if this site is brought forward for development. This should include an assessment of the impact of the development on the setting of Peel Hill Scheduled Monument and nearby listed buildings.

Significance:

Unknown.


Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site as occupied by a large house and its surrounding gardens and a parking area, with patches of woodland to the northeast of the building. Primary access to the house is from St Nicholas Street to the northeast of Thorne House. There is no Lidar coverage for this site.


Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2008 & 2009.



Site? Buffer?

1013451 Peel Hill motte and bailey castle, Thorne. SM Y

1151562 Travis Studio II Y

1151564 Premises of Richard Law fruit shops and flat above II Y

1151566 Outbuilding to rear of number 44a II Y

1151570 1 Silver Street II Y


1192950 44a and 44b, King Street II Y

1192964 The White Hart Inn II Y

1192983 Crimean war memorial pump II Y

1193076 Church of St Nicholas I Y

1193099 Remains of medieval coffin approximately 3 metres to south of porch to church of St Nicholas

II Y

1314819 Churchyard gatepiers approximately 12 metres south west of porch to church of St Nicholas

II Y

1391348 1 and 2, Market Place II Y



00119/01 Peel Hill Motte, Thorne

Peel Hill Motte, medieval earthwork castle. Y

00318/01 St Nicholas' Church, Thorne

Medieval church, 12th century with later additions. Y



00477/01 Medieval Timber Framed Barn, Thorne

Structure with the partial remains of timber frame of 16th century barn.

Y

03457/01 Darley's Brewery, Thorne

Brewery on the site for over a century. A stretch of wall from the earlier building survives in the blocked off yard to the left of the tower. C.W. Darley took over the brewery in 1892, leading to expansion and a number of buildings date to this period. The brewery was taken over by Vaux Breweries in 1978 and closed in 1986. The site is a good example of a medium sized tower brewery.

Y

03962/01 The Old Vicarage, Thorne

18th century vicarage, now a private dwelling. Y

04211/01 Methodist Burial Ground, Thorne

A post-medieval/modern cemetery Y

04512/01 Medieval Occupation adjacent to Peel Hill, Thorne

Medieval occupation deposits containing 12th century and earlier ceramics. Evidence shows the deposits have been disturbed.

Y

05431 Inhumation, Lower Kenyon Street, Thorne

Inhumation discovered in a garden at Thorne. Extended, laid on back and aligned W-E with head to the W. Probably adult male. No left hand. No grave cut, container or goods. Dentition examination carried out during excavation suggested a medieval or earlier date due to wear on teeth.

Y

ESY257 Archaeological Investigations at Thorne Grammar School

In 2004 a geophysical survey and a programme of trial trenching was undertaken at Thorne Grammar School. The results of the geophysical survey detected groups of linear anomalies probably reflecting traces of ridge and furrow ploughing and a former field system. The trial trenching confirmed that the anomalies detected in the geophysical survey related to the medieval/post-medieval agricultural use of the site in the form of ridge and furrows, field boundaries and drains. A number of pits and linear features dating from the 17/18th century in the south-west of the site were discovered.

Y

ESY258 Archaeological Watching Brief at Thorne Church Hall

In January 2005 a watching brief was conducted at the Thorne Church Hall. The results demonstrated that the site had suffered from recent truncation despite being in an area of high archaeological potential for medieval activity. A small area of patterned floor tiles of modern date was revealed with a cobbled floor surface.

Y

ESY260 Historic Building Assessment of 1-2 Market Place & 8 Silver Street, Thorne

In April 2005 a historic building assessment was undertaken ahead of complete demolition.

Y

ESY263 Archaeological Evaluation of Land adjacent to Peel Hill

In 1994 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken on land adjacent to Peel Hill. The results revealed evidence for occupation from at least the 12th century.

Y

ESY264 Archaeological Evaluation at Thorne Grammar School

In May 2005 a second phase of archaeological evaluation was undertaken at Thorne Grammar School. The results indicated that earthworks in the south-west corner of the school adjacent to the junction of St. Nicolas Road and Church Balk were likely to be associated with 20th century quarrying with modern dumping deposits recorded in all of the trial trenches.

Y

ESY266 Archaeological Field Evaluation of

In June 2005 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken for land at Elm House off Stonegate. The results revealed that the tarmac carpark had been laid directly on the previous topsoil

Y



Land at Stonegate and subsoil. Two rubble filled features were cut into the subsoil and contained fragments of handmade bricks. A small quantity of late medieval and early post-medieval pottery was recovered and considered to be from activity in the general area rather than specific to the site.

ESY267 Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Fieldside

In April 2005 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken at Fieldside. Although previous work in the area found evidence of medieval deposits no such features were found. The pottery recovered was mainly 18th and 19th century tablewares and utilitarian ware.

Y

ESY482 Watching Brief on the Former Express Dairy Depot on Queen's Street

In September a watching brief was conducted at the former Express Dairy Depot. The results revealed a substantial wall near the Queen Street frontage, which could have represented the first development of structures in the 19th century. Buried medieval soils were also identified along the Queen Street and south-east boundaries.

Y

ESY483 Archaeological Evaluation on land off Queen Street

In June 2001 an a programme of trial trenching was undertaken for land off Queen Street. The trenches revealed brick built structures dating to the 19th and 20th century and in trench 4 located near to Queen Street contained deposits relating to the construction of a house front onto the road, which was reported to have incorporated a date stone of AD 1640. A second trench contained a series of animals burials mainly of juvenile livestock from the farm.

Y

ESY537 Archaeological Evaluation at Priory Cottage

In September 2003 a trial trench was excavated at Priory Cottage. No features of archaeological significance were recovered but two sub-circular features, possibly modern post holes, and an irregular tree-bowl was identified.

Y

ESY1343 Evaluation trenching on land adjacent to Peel Hill Motte, Thorne

Eight trenches were excavated to evaluate land to the south and west of Peel Hill motte. No remains predating the 18th century were encountered. Footings for 18th -20th century buildings were recorded in the southern part of the area, along with grave cuts associated with an 18th-19th century Quaker burial ground.

Y

ESY1374 Trial trenching at Peel Hill Motte, Thorne

Three trenches were excavated at Peel Hill Motte, Thorne. A 19th century brick floor surface contained reused bricks of 16th-19th century date. This, and the amount of brick found in later layers, suggests that the castle probably incorporated red brick. Foundation stones were excavated on the top of the motte, and these suggest a square plan. However they may related to an interior structure rather than the tower itself.

Y

ESY1561 8 Market Place Watching Brief

A watching brief was maintained when foundation trenches for a domestic extension were excavated. The trenches were relatively shallow and were mainly cut through modern brick footings. A single dressed sandstone block was recovered from the northwestern corner of the site and is thought to be of post-medieval date.

Y

ESY1565 21 Finkle Street, Thorne, Watching Brief

An extension to the post office involved the excavation of foundation trenches some way back from the street frontage. No archaeological features were located, but a 3 centimetre thick band of peat was visible in the side of the trench. This was not deemed to require further investigation, but the area was noted as one with possible significance should future development take place closer to the street.

Y





HSY5650 Allotment gardens North west of Peel Hill, Thorne, Doncaster

Allotments Y Y

HSY5651 Houses to the north west of Peel Hill, Thorne, Doncaster

Villas/ Detached Housing Y Y

HSY4674 King Edward First School and Thorne Grammar School, Thorne, Doncaster

School Y

HSY4675 Mansion Court Gardens, Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4677 South Common Estate, Thorne, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4679 Elmhirst / Glebe Flats, Thorne Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5601 St Nicholas Church, Thorne, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5602 Historic 'burgage' core, Thorne, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y

HSY5609 Union Road, Thorne, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5620 Peel Hill Motte, Thorne, Doncaster Fortified Site Y

HSY5621 Supermarket, Field Road, Thorne, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5623 Enclosed land around water tower, Thorne, Doncaster

Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y

HSY5638 Late 19th century development around Horse Fair Green and Canal, Thorne, Doncaster

Terraced Housing Y

HSY5652 Overgrown orchards to the west of Peel Hill, Thorne, Doncaster

Orchards Y

HSY5654 Stonegate Road, Thorne, Doncaster Nursing Home / Almshouse Y

HSY5661 Queens Court, Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5662 Orchard Street, Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5663 Government buildings and Telephone Exchange, Thorne, Doncaster

Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY6009 School, North Eastern Road, Thorne, Doncaster School Y



Allocation Reference: 807 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Willow Grove, Thorne






Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 807 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Willow Grove, Thorne



The SMR records no monuments or events within the site or buffer zone.

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

The Magnesian Limestone Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site or buffer zone.

The Historic Environment Characterisation records the character of the site as Planned Estate (Social Housing), part of the ‘Tree Estate’ constructed c.1970 in a geometric layout, with fragmentary legibility of former Parliamentary Enclosure fields preserved in the exterior boundaries of the estate. Character zones within the buffer include drained wetland enclosed in the 17th and 19th centuries, with partial legibility of the enclosure landscape, further modern housing estates and a modern industrial estate which began life as an electronics works in the 1960s.

One area of historic landfill is recorded within the southeast edge of the buffer, former brickworks at King Edward Road.

The site was a part of a 1970s housing estate until the mid-2000s, when the buildings were cleared.


The 1853 map depicted the site as part of fields enclosed from North Common. The northern boundary of the site was marked by a lane running into the fields from Marshland Road. The site remained largely unchanged until housing associated with the Tree Estate was constructed between 1966 and 1971. This comprised blocks of four conjoined houses set at right angles to Willow Grove Road, with access drives in between paired groups of housing and gardens to the rear. This layout remained unchanged in 1987.

Within the buffer, the 1853 map showed regular fields enclosed from commons. The road system was shown but no buildings were located within the area. A brickworks was shown at the southeast edge of the buffer in 1892. By 1932 small areas of housing had been built to the northeast and south of the buffer, with part of the Tree Estate under construction to the south of the site by 1956. The Frontier Works was shown on the 1962 map. Further housing had been built by 1971, with no significant changes by 1987.

Survival:

The construction and demolition of housing and insertion of associated services is likely to have disturbed any buried deposits within the site. The potential for the survival of significant archaeological remains is considered to be low.


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

Significance:

Negligible.

Note: This site is almost identical to Site 413.




Aerial coverage shows housing within the site in 2002, with the buildings having been cleared by 2008, leaving the road layout intact. The land to either side of the road was rough grassland at that date. Housing still stands along the Cedar Road frontage outside the site. There is no Lidar coverage for this site.


Google earth coverage 2002, 2008 and 2009.



HSY4654 'Tree Estate (Northern Section), Thorne, Doncaster

Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y

HSY4395 Thorne Cables (Agglomerated section), Thorne, Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y

HSY4416 North Common, Thorne, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y

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

Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4667 1970s estates to the south of Moorends village, Doncaster


HSY4670 Frontier Works, Thorne, Doncaster Other Industry Y

HSY5647 Coulman Street. Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y



Allocation Reference: 808 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Station Road Allotments, Bawtry

Area (Ha): 0.477 NGR (centre): SK 6526 9336 Settlement: Bawtry





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 6 SMR record/event - 4 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes No Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 808 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Former Station Road Allotments, Bawtry

Area (Ha): 0.477 NGR (centre): SK 6526 9336 Settlement: Bawtry


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Within the buffer zone there are four monument, all located to the south of the site. These relate to two 18th century houses, a 17th century cottage and a post-medieval pinfold. All of these structures are Grade II listed. There are two events recorded within the buffer zone. To the south, trial trenches revealed three small coal-cellars where 19th-century houses once stood on Scot Lane. To the east of the site, a watching brief identified significant numbers of Roman pottery sherds and coins dating to the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. In situ column bases were also recorded.

There are no Scheduled Monuments within the site or the buffer zone. Six listed buildings are present within the buffer zone; in addition to the four mentioned above is an early-mid 19th century Grade II listed coach house and stable and the Graby, a late 18th-century public house.


The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as strip nurseries, which are first depicted in 1891. There is significant legibility of older post-medieval strip enclosures. The majority of the buffer zone comprises a mixture of modern housing, schools, a cemetery and playing fields. There are burgage plots at the southern end of the buffer zone, within which most of the current buildings are post-medieval in date, but some have possible 17th-century or earlier timber framed elements.

The site currently comprises a plot of land, internally divided into several allotments.


On the 1854 map, the site was part of a number of fields. By 1890, these are marked as Nurseries. By 1922, the current shape of the site had taken form, with the addition of some field boundaries in the south-eastern corner. No change is evident on the site since then, though it has become increasingly surrounded by development.

Within the buffer zone, fields were present to the north, east and west in 1854. The Great Northern Railway Line was present to the east of the buffer zone. A cluster of buildings, marked Providence Place, was located immediately to the east of the site, although had changed its name to Newfield Terrace by 1890. To the south of the site was the established town of Bawtry. A cemetery and chapel had been established to the north of the site, with another chapel and two schools at the southern end of the site by 1894. In 1903, the fields to the north of the site are labelled Acres. By 1929, South Avenue had been constructed at the northern end of the buffer zone, with a housing development under construction to the west of the site in 1948, which by 1967 had expanded further south. By 1962, the Mayflower County Primary School had been established to the immediate north of the site and the 1983 map showed development had occurred to the immediate south of the site, with housing and a medical centre.

Survival:

The site has been used as allotments since 1890, and before this was part of strip-enclosures. Gardening may have caused some sub-surface disturbance, but below the zone impacted by this the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be moderate.


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

Significance:

Unknown.




Google Earth images show the site as unchanged from the 1983 map, with a series of allotments within the site boundary in 2002. No change is evident on the site since that time.

Lidar data shows some former field boundaries within the site, which may be associated with post-medieval strip enclosures.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012



Site? Buffer?

1151541 The Granby II Y

1151579 Pinfold on north side of junction with High Street II Y

1191446 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11, Doncaster Road II Y

1191799 The Poplars II Y

1286917 Grove House and Grove Cottage II Y

1314813 Coach house and stable immediately to rear of Grove House II Y



03669/01 Post-Medieval Pinfold, Bawtry

Pinfold. Probably early 19th century. Coursed rubble limestone with sandstone dressings.

Y

04522/01 Grove Cottage 17th Century Cottage

Also known as Grove House - 17th century with 18th century façade.

Y

04526/01 18th Century House, Bawtry

Building - 18th century. Y

04527/01 18th Century Cottages, Bawtry

Late 18th century, pantile roof with slabbed eaves, Yorks. sash windows. Chimneys more recent.

Y

ESY466 Geophysical Survey on the River Idle Washlands

Watching brief identified significant numbers of Roman pottery shreds and coins dating to the 3rd and 4th centuries. In-situ columns bases were revealed indicating a structure, which from the finds evidence may have had a religious function. In April 2006 a geophysical survey was conducted on the River Idle Washlands. The survey was undertaken following the discovery during archaeological monitoring of a significant cluster of Roman coins, pottery and in-situ structural masonry. The survey did not locate any anomalies but there is the potential for archaeological remains

Y

ESY468 Archaeological Evaluation of the Corner Garage on High Street

In 2004 an archaeological evaluation was conducted at corner garage on High Street in Bawtry. The trial trenches revealed three small coal-cellars in the south side where 19th century houses once stood on Scot Lane. The evaluation concluded that the area of the planned medieval town probably lies outside of this area.

Y





HSY5570 Station Road Strip Nurseries, Bawtry, Doncaster

Nursery Y Y

HSY5542 Queens Crescent, Bawtry, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5569 Peakes Croft, Russet Grove, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5541 Mayflower Infant and Junior School, Bawtry,

Doncaster School Y

HSY5525 Station Road, Bawtry, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5524 Burgage area, Bawtry, Doncaster Burgage Plots Y HSY5530 Suburban Housing to the west of Bawtry

historic core, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4553 Bawtry Washlands, Bawtry, Doncaster Valley Floor Meadows Y HSY5568 Recreation ground, Bawtry, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y HSY5539 Cemetery Doncaster Road, Bawtry, Doncaster Cemetery Y HSY5571 Station Road, Bawtry, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5526 Central Drive, South Avenue, Bawtry,

Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y



Allocation Reference: 809 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: DMBC Social Services, 1-5 Croasdale Gdns

Area (Ha): 0.091 NGR (centre): SE 5420 1008 Settlement: Carcroft Skellow





Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 809 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: DMBC Social Services, 1-5 Croasdale Gdns

Area (Ha): 0.091 NGR (centre): SE 5420 1008 Settlement: Carcroft Skellow


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

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

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records levelled post-medieval ridge and furrow within the site, on a rough north-south alignment. This extends out into the buffer zone to both the north and the south. In the north-eastern area of the buffer zone, air raid shelters have been recorded, although these are no longer visible on modern aerial photographs. The ridge and furrow remains are in areas that have been built on since the photographs were taken.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and part of the southern buffer zone as a planned social housing estate, comprising simple terrace blocks ranged around square car-parking units with small separate gardens. Within the buffer zone, to the north is further social housing estate, built over the post-medieval street frontage of Chestnut Avenue. There is fragmented legibility of former landscape, with some early plots surviving at southern most extremity. The other character areas within the buffer zone comprise a mix of modern housing, with fragmented legibility of former landscape characters.

The site currently comprises a block of two-storey semi-detached houses on Croasdale Gardens, with associated front and back gardens. The building holds no architectural significance.


On the 1854 OS map, the site is shown as part of a long, narrow, north-south aligned field, with hedged boundaries. By 1932, the general area of the site and surrounding area was marked as Allotment Gardens. By 1961, these had been removed, as had all field boundaries within and surrounding the site. In 1978, the site was still open land, but by 1983 Croasdale Gardens had been built, with the houses that still stand on the site today. The site remained unchanged on the 1990 map.

Within the buffer zone, the core of Carcroft was established by 1854, with buildings along Chestnut Avenue to the west and High Street to the south. A school was present to the west of the site, on Chestnut Avenue. The area to the north and east was fields, with no visible structures. By 1906, the school was no longer labelled, though the building was still present. By 1932, much development had occurred within the buffer zone; the field boundaries surrounding the site had mostly been removed, replaced with new boundaries which marked out small plots which are probably allotment gardens. To the east and south, new housing had been constructed, with a school and St Andrew’s Church also located to the east. To the immediate west of the site, new roads and housing had also been constructed. By 1961, housing had begun to be developed to the north of the site. By 1983, the area immediately surrounding the site had become heavily developed with new roads, footpaths and houses. An electrical substation was present to the east of the site, and Trafalgar House was present to the north-east.

Survival:

The majority of the site has been built on in the mid-late 20th century. This activity is likely to have disturbed or removed any buried archaeological remains within the site. The potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be low to negligible.


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

Significance:

Negligible.




Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site to be occupied by a two-storey block of semi-detached houses, with front and back gardens. The most recent image shows the houses still present. There is no available Lidar data for the site.


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

RAF/CPE/UK/1879 3105 06-Dec-1946; RAF/CPE/UK/1880 5076 06-Dec-1946; RAF/541/31 4403 18-May-1948.

.SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference ID


HSY121 Trafalgar Estate - Crossdale Gardens, Martindale Walk.

Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y

HSY94 Trafalgar Street and Park Avenue, Carcroft Terraced Housing Y

HSY95 Owston Rd, Askern Road and Queens Road, Carcroft

Terraced Housing Y

HSY96 Victoria Street and Chapel Street, Carcroft Terraced Housing Y

HSY100 Former Allotments behind Trafalgar Street, Carcroft

Allotments Y

HSY102 Carcroft Primary School School Y

HSY108 Carcroft 'New Village' Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY111 1940's /50's terraced housing in Skellow Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY113 Skellow Estate Final Phase Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY115 Carcroft Town Centre Retail Park Y

HSY116 Carcroft Commercial Centre / Former Carcroft Common

Retail Park Y

HSY119 Trafalgar Estate / Carcroft Common Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY122 Trafalgar House, Carcroft Low Rise Flats Y

HSY123 Trafalgar Estate: North - Carcroft Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY124 Trafalgar Estate South Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY251 High street townhouses, Carcroft Villas/ Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 810 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: St Leger Homes Doncaster Ltd, DMBC Depot, Mere Lane

Area (Ha): 0.25 NGR (centre): SE 6221 0502 Settlement: Armthorpe





Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 810 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: St Leger Homes Doncaster Ltd, DMBC Depot, Mere Lane

Area (Ha): 0.25 NGR (centre): SE 6221 0502 Settlement: Armthorpe

Site assessment This site is the same as site 370


The SMR records one monument within the site and three monuments and one event within the buffer. The site and part of the buffer lie within the recorded area of Armthorpe medieval village. Further monuments within the buffer comprise the Church of St Mary and St Leonard to the south of the site, and the former location of a manor house dating back to the Norman period to the southeast. Archaeological evaluation on the opposite side of Mere Lane to the site revealed two pits, a posthole and a land surface of probable medieval date, in addition to post medieval structures and features.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. The Grade II listed Church of St Mary and St Leonard is located within the buffer, a short distance to the south of the site.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded a 20th century air raid shelter within the buffer.

The Historic Landscape Characterisation records the character of the site and the south western part of the buffer as villas/detached housing within the historic core of Armthorpe village, where few early buildings survive and the majority of the housing dates from the early 20th century onwards. The northern part of the site and north part of the buffer is classified as a primary school and its sporting facilities. The comprehensive school is first depicted on the 1931 OS map but is probably contemporary with the surrounding housing. The western part of the buffer is recorded as part of the large planned housing estate built to a geometric design to house colliery workers at the nearby Markham Main, probably in the 1920s. Two areas within the south west of the buffer are the aforementioned Markham Main Colliery and Markham Main Colliery Tip. The colliery ceased operation in 1996 and most of the buildings have been demolished. A small area within the buffer to the south of the site is defined as St Marys Church, a medieval foundation with additions and alterations made in 1884.

The site is currently a depot with sheds and a possible former house around the edges.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of a narrow field running parallel with Mere Lane. A building was shown within the south end of the field. The site remained unchanged in 1948, but by 1961 depot buildings were shown around the southern and western edges of the site, the central area probably being parking.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed St Mary's Church to the south of the site, the Rectory and its small ornamental park and other houses or farms to the east of Mere Lane, and some buildings around Mere Cottage to the north. A pinfold and well were shown to the southeast of the church, and the settlement at Armthorpe continued east along Church Street. The surrounding area was fields. A house called White House was shown to the north of the church in 1892. By 1930, considerable development had occurred to the west and north, including housing, a school and the Tadcaster Arms Hotel, and railway sidings were shown to the west of the church. In 1961, a Roman Catholic church was shown to the north of the site, with an associated school built to the northwest by 1984. The railway sidings had been removed by 1993.

Survival:

The site has been used as a depot since at least the 1960s, though the buildings appear to have been located around the edges and are not likely to have basements. The car park surface appears to be raised above the level of the adjacent street, suggesting there is a moderate potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains within the majority of the site. It is currently unclear whether the building at the southern corner is of any historic interest.




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

Significance:

Unknown.

Note: Site 810 is identical to site 370.


2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as bordered by brick walls/railings on all sides. The entire site is laid to concrete and brick sheds are present on the western edge of the site. Street View shows a two-storey building, probably a former house, at the southern corner of the site. It is rendered, and no obvious historic details are visible, so it may not be the building shown on the 1854 and later maps. Single storey brick buildings and sheds are shown along the western edge of the site, and the remainder is car park. The surface of the car park along the street frontage appears to be at least 0.5m higher than the surface of Mere Lane. No traces of archaeological features or anomalies are shown on the Lidar data.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015; Google Street View 2012. LiDAR tile SE6205 DTM 1m.



Site? Buffer?

1314821 Church of St Mary II Y



00434/01 Church of St Mary and St Leonard, Armthorpe

Medieval church at Armthorpe Y

04937 Armthorpe Medieval Village

A post-Conquest parish, possibly originating as an outlying settlement of Wheatley. The extent of the village shown on the GIS is a 'best guess' from 19th-century mapping.

Y Y

04938 Site of a former Manor House, Armthorpe

Site of a former Manor House shown on the 1854 OS map. Y

ESY274 Archaeological Evaluation at Mere Lane

Archaeological evaluation revealed 2 pits and a post hole of medieval date as well as 4 pits, a ditch and post hole of 19th-20th century date. The remains of a 19th century structure was also identified. A possible late medieval land surface was truncated by the remains of a possible farmhouse constructed in the 16th or 17th century. An internal pebble floor thought to be contemporary with the building and an external cobbled surface (probably a surrounding yard) were also discovered. Pottery finds suggest use up until the 18th century.

Y





HSY5014 Mere Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster School Y Y

HSY6002 Western area of historic Armthorpe village, Doncaster

Villas/ Detached Housing Y Y

HSY5017 Mansfield Crescent, Armthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5019 St Marys (St Leonards), Armthorpe, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5025 Markham Main Colliery, Armthorpe, Doncaster Deep Shaft Coal Mine Y

HSY5064 Markham Main Colliery tip, Armthorpe Reclaimed Coal Mine Y

HSY6006 Armthorpe former historic core (east end) Commercial Core-Urban Y



Allocation Reference: 811 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land off Layden Drive, Scawsby






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument 1 1 Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 6 records/3 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 811 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land off Layden Drive, Scawsby



The SMR does not record any features within the site. Six monuments and three events are recorded within the buffer. Three of the monuments relate to the Roman Ridge road, running northwest from Doncaster, located along the northern edge of the site. An Iron Age to Roman settlement site was recorded as cropmarks at the western edge of the buffer; two undated enclosures plus other features are recorded as cropmarks on the northern edge of the buffer and abraded pottery was found during the evaluation to the west of the site. Three events have taken place within the buffer; two associated with the Roman road, including a survey of its route and trial trenches that identified part of a probable road surface. Geophysical survey and excavation were carried out at Emley Drive to the west of the site but no archaeological features were encountered.

One Scheduled Monument, the Roman Ridge Roman road lies directly north of the site, within the buffer. The Scheduled area extends into the edge of the site. There are no listed buildings within the site or buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded evidence of a prehistoric to Roman trackway within the buffer directly east of the site, an Iron Age to Roman rectilinear enclosure and field boundaries in the north of the buffer and post medieval ridge and furrow in the south.

The Historic Landscape Characterisation records the site and the south west of the buffer as being within the area of Scawsby Rosedale School. The south and eastern area comprises Emley Drive planned housing estate. No legibility of historic landscape features are visible in these areas. In the buffer to the north and far west of the site is an area of agglomerated fields formerly known as Scawthorpe, Broad Axe and High Fields. The fields were agglomerated during the second half of the 20th century by the removal of probable Parliamentary Enclosure subdivisions. The place-name evidence of this area points towards an 'open field' heritage.

The site is currently a small field with grass coverage, with housing to the west and south.


The 1851 OS map shows the site as part of an area of fields, with the Roman Ridge Roman road running along the north of the site as a bridleway. The field directly to the northeast of the site was named Broad Axe Field. By 1948 housing development had begun to the east of the site, extending further to the south by 1966. The 1982 map shows Scawsby Rosedale School and the initial phase of development of the Emley Drive housing estate.

Survival:

The site has been part of a field since at least 1851, and is likely to have been cultivated, which could have impacted on the preservation of below-ground remains through truncation. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains below the zone impacted by ploughing is considered to be high. The Roman Ridge road, a Scheduled Monument, runs across the northern edge of the site, with the Scheduled area extending into the site, and Iron Age to Roman activity has been recorded within the buffer, though an evaluation to the west of the site did not recover any archaeological remains.


Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. The impact of development on the setting of the Roman Ridge Roman road will also need to be considered.

Significance:

Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman activity could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on its extent, nature and condition. The Roman Ridge is a Scheduled Monument, of National significance.

Note: Site 811 is the same as Site 390.




The 2002-2015 aerial photography shows the site as a small field predominantly grass covered, with a few mature trees. LiDAR data does not show any archaeological features or anomalies within the site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. LiDAR tile SE5405 DTM 1m.



Site? Buffer?

1003672 Roman Ridge, Roman road, NW of Doncaster SM Y Y



01018/01 Roman Road running north west from Doncaster

Roman Road running north west from Doncaster. Cut in 1947 by gas main.

Y

03039/01 'Roman Ridge', Roman Road at Adwick le Street/Bentley

Stretches of Roman road used recently as a bridle path. It would have been the main Roman road from Doncaster (Danum) towards Castleford (Lagentivm).

Y

04016/01 Enclosure, Bentley with Arksey

Two enclosures, plus other unidentified features. Y

04179/01 Pottery Find, Emley Drive, Scawsby

Unstratified abraded pottery recovered from ploughsoil, Emley Drive, Scawsby.

Y

04915 Roman Road; Bawtry to Adwick Le Street via Doncaster

Suggested Roman road following the original line of military advance from Lincoln towards York, entering South Yorkshire in the south-east at Bawtry, travelling north-west through Doncaster and Adwick Le Street and then on towards Casteford.

Y

04935 Iron Age or Romano-British settlement site, Scawsby

Aerial photograph transcription identifies an enclosure and field system remains.

Y

ESY525 Archaeological Evaluation of Land off Emley Drive

In April 1993 a geophysical survey followed by the excavation of a number of trial trenches was undertaken at Emley Drive. No archaeological features were encountered, and the only find was very fragmentary unstratified pottery recovered from ploughsoil.

Y

ESY986 Survey of Roman Ridge Cycle path route

Measured and photographic survey of archaeological and modern features along path of cycle route

Y

ESY1407 Evaluation trenching at Roman Ridge Roman Road, Adwick le Street, Doncaster

Seven trenches excavated along a section of the Roman Ridge Roman Road between Sunnyfields and Red House. At the southern part of the investigated area limestone rubble possibly representing a former road surface was recorded. Several of the trenches failed to find remains of the road due to disturbance caused by Brodsworth Colliery. The presumed line of the road may need to be re-evaluated in the southern portion, where a nearby and parallel bank may represent the

Y



true road route.



HSY4926 Scawsby Rosedale Schools, Doncaster School Y Y

HSY4293 Former Scawthorpe, Broad Axe and High Fields, Adwick Le Street, Doncaster

Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4296 Land around Scawsby Village, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4925 Emley Drive Scawsby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y



Allocation Reference: 812 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Garage Site, Shelley Avenue, Balby






Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 812 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Garage Site, Shelley Avenue, Balby



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

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


Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and much of the buffer zone as part of a planned estate of social housing, comprising mainly semi-detached properties with roads named after poets. The houses within this character area were mostly constructed between the late 1920s and the mid 1940s and prior to this, the area was agricultural. Traces of strip fields are visible on the 1854 OS map, suggesting consolidation from former open fields, although legibility of this former landscape is invisible. Additional character areas within the buffer zone include regenerated scrubland, allotments and industrial and educational sites.

The site is located off Shelley Avenue, and is immediately surrounded by modern housing.


In 1854 the site was located within fields which are collectively named Wood Field. A footpath was aligned north to south approximately down the centre of the site. By 1930 the site had been turned into allotment gardens, presumably in association with the housing estate which had been constructed directly to the west of the site. By 1970 Shelley Avenue had been established and three structures had been constructed on the site. There is no change on the 1994 map.

Within the buffer zone, the area surrounding the site comprises fields, with Wood Field Lane running east-west to the north of the site, and Cuckoo Lane/Common Lane running east-west to the south of the site. The fields surrounding and within the site were named Wood Field. Balby Sewage Works had been established to the northeast of the site by 1892. By 1930, modern housing had been built to the immediate west of the site, and the sewage works had expanded considerably. A sand pit was present to the northeast of the site and allotment gardens had been established to the south of the site, on the southern side of Weston Road (formerly Cuckoo Lane/Common Lane). By 1937 a school had been built within the housing estate to the west. By 1956, construction had begun on houses to the immediate east of the site, which were mostly complete by 1959, although it wasn’t until 1970 that the present road pattern was complete.

Survival:

The site is shown on the 1854 map as part of a field. By 1970 three structures had been constructed over the majority of the site. As such, the survival of any previously unrecorded buried archaeological remains on the site is considered to be low. Google Street View images from July 2015 show the site under development with housing.


As the site has been recently developed, no further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if further development is planned.

Significance:

Negligible.




Twenty-first century aerial photographs show that by 2002 there was little change on the site since the 1994 map, with three buildings present on the site, with a small area of grass and hardstanding. Google Street View images from July 2015 show that these structures had been demolished and the site was under development at this time, with what appears to be housing. No earthworks of archaeological interest have been identified within the available Lidar data for the site.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. Google Street View 2015. Lidar data tile SE5600 DTM 1m.

ULM (RC8FK217) 13-JUN-1983



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

HSY5405 Balby Sewage Works, Balby, Doncaster Utilities Y

HSY5413 Tickhill Road, Balby, Doncaster Hospital Complex Y

HSY5414 Poets Estate, Balby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5415 Woodfield Primary School, Balby, Doncaster School Y

HSY5418 Lambeth Road, Balby, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY5422 Woodfield Road, Balby, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y



Allocation Reference: 813 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 87 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 8 SMR record/event - 18 records/9 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 813 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: 87 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster



The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site. Within the buffer, four findspots, nine monuments and nine events are recorded, all concentrated in the northern part of the buffer, with the majority being located to either side of Priory Place, between St Sepulchre Gate and Cleveland Street. The findspots comprise an Upper Palaeolithic flint point/blade, a Neolithic to Bronze Age flint dagger and a Roman altar, all found during various excavations at St Sepulchre Gate, and fragments of Roman amphora found during construction of a road between St Sepulchre Gate and the station. The monuments mainly represent buried remains recorded through excavation, including Roman wall foundations and pits, and medieval features related to the former town boundary ditch, a 12th-century road and the site of the Carmelite Friary of 1350-1538. The site of West Bar, one of the gates into the medieval town, is located near the junction of St Sepulchre Gate and West Laithe Gate, north of the site. The events are evaluations, watching briefs and excavations associated with the remains recorded as monuments.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site. Eight grade II listed buildings are within the buffer zone, again all in the northern part of the buffer and concentrated in the area to the north of Duke Street. The exception is the station booking office, which is located in the northwest part of the buffer.

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

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and much of the eastern part of the buffer as part of the later 20th-century Waterdale and Colonnades shopping centre, with no legibility of the former layout of market gardens in earlier strip enclosures and early to mid-19th-century terraced housing, which was demolished in advance of the commercial development. Other character areas within the buffer include a late 20th-century planned social housing estate to the south, the ring road to the south and west of the site, urban commercial development including retail warehouses and light industrial premises to the west, along with the railway and former rail yard and a small area of surviving 19th-century terraced housing. The modern Frenchgate shopping centre and Grand Theatre are located at the northwest side of the buffer, and the northeast side is occupied by part of the historic core of the urban area, where burgage plots and streets associated with the medieval town layout are still visible in the current plan. Subdivisions within this character area include Priory Place, identified as late 19th-century terraced housing on the site of the former Carmelite Priory, modern banks and telephone exchange at St Sepulchre Gate and a modern bar and restaurant at Cleveland Street, both constructed in the late 20th- to early 21st century.

The site is currently occupied by a later 20th-century three-storey retail/office building, fronting onto St Sepulchre Gate.


The 1852 OS town plan depicts the site as a developed area fronting onto St Sepulchre Gate, bounded to the north by a street called Spring Gardens. The development comprises probable shops or larger terraced houses on the St Sepulchre Gate frontage, with back to back and courtyard housing behind, and probable privies in the yards. The 1902 map shows the courtyard within the site as Mandall's Yard. By 1937, fewer buildings are depicted within the site, suggesting most of the courtyard housing had been demolished. The 1962 map shows a single large building occupying the plot, unlabelled, with a separate building to the immediate north. By 1984, the current layout of the building was shown, though no changes to the plan were shown, suggesting the northwest corner, outside the current site, had been divided into two separate premises after 1962.

The 1852 OS town plan depicts most of the buffer zone as developed, with Doncaster Station at the western edge and some fields around it. The development within the vicinity of the site was mainly terraced and courtyard housing of varying sizes, as well as small scale manufactories. Schools and chapels are also depicted. By 1902, a larger building, possibly a works, is depicted to the east of the site along Spring Gardens, and further larger works



and shops were depicted in the north and west parts of the buffer. Much of the smaller housing appears to have been demolished by 1938, with large areas of vacant plots in the vicinity of the site. In 1962, there were still extensive undeveloped areas to the north of Spring Gardens and to the west and southwest of St Sepulchre Gate. A postal transport depot was depicted to the south of the site. By 1969, Trafford Way had been constructed to the immediate southwest of the site, cutting through formerly developed areas. The transport depot had been demolished by 1984, and large buildings constructed to the north of Spring Gardens and Duke Street, probably retail buildings associated with the Waterdale/Colonnades commercial district. Further buildings had been constructed along the Trafford Way frontage to the immediate south of the site by 1992.

Survival:

The site is currently covered by a mid-20th-century three-storey retail/office building. It is not known if the building is cellared, but it is likely to have caused substantial sub-surface disturbance which may have damaged or removed any earlier archaeological features within at least some parts of its footprint. The site was formerly occupied by terraced and courtyard housing, extant in 1852, which may also have had cellarage. The potential for the survival of archaeological remains is considered to be low; however, excavations in Doncaster centre have demonstrated the potential for the survival of remains in areas around cellarage, and the extent of truncation within the site is currently unknown. The site is outside the Roman and medieval towns, but fronts onto a road likely to be of at least medieval origin, and it is therefore possible that remains associated with roadside activity could survive within undisturbed areas of the site.



Significance:

Unknown.


Google Earth imagery from 2002-2009 depicts the site as a single Z-shaped building, with areas of both flat and pitched roof. A separate building with a flat roof adjoins it to the north, along the Spring Gardens frontage, and a wide pavement or parking area is shown to the front. Street View imagery shows the St Sepulchre Gate frontage of the building within the site as a Co-Operative funeral centre. The building is a three-storey structure of plain, unremarkable mid-20th-century design, of yellowish-red brick, with a modern shopfront on the ground floor and rows of wide windows above. Lidar data does not show any features other than the building footprint.

The building adjoining to the north, outside the site, is more interesting in its design, with moulded terracotta tiles on the St Sepulchre Gate frontage. It has wide, flat-arched windows on the second storey and smaller windows of the same design on the third storey. It has two modern shopfronts at ground floor level. It is plainer, and rendered, on the Spring Gardens frontage, but its eastern two bays, a tattoo shop, has similar arched windows to second and third storeys.

Photograph/Lidar references:

Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2016. Lidar data tile SE5703 DTM 1m.



Site? Buffer?

1031509 Co-operative Emporium and Danum House II Y

1151433 Priory Methodist Church II Y

1151434 4-13, Priory Place II Y

1192791 Municipal Offices to west of Mansion House II Y

1192815 Post Office II Y



1193202 Station Booking Hall and Offices II Y

1261881 The Grand Theatre, Top Rank Bingo Hall II Y

1314550 Nag’s Head and Number 33 St Sepulchre Gate II Y



00422/01 Site of Carmelite Friary, Doncaster

Site of a Carmelite Friary, founded in 1350 and dissolved in 1538. No visual remains survive. 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 ditch was excavated running roughly west-east along the line of, and set back from, Printing Office Street. 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. Further features included medieval pits of the same period, an undated wall footing and a number of robber trenches. Several shallow post-medieval pits were found, one containing a jetton dated c.1580.

Y

00423/01 West Barr, or Gillot Bar, Doncaster

No visual remains. Y

00668/01 Flint dagger of Neolithic or Bronze Age date

Notched flint dagger f.37, St Sepulchre Gate in 1937. Y

01014/01 Fragments of Roman amphora

Roman amphora sherds discovered while making a road from St Sepulchre Gate to the Railway Station.

Y

01224/01 Roman Altar found in St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Roman altar found in Sepulchre Gate in 1781. Dedicated to the Deae Matres.

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. In the south of the site, household waste may have been discarded along the margin of the ditch. Finds included a bone pin, green glazed pottery, and bone.

Y

05029 Roman linear features, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Three wide, parallel ditches of Roman date that probably represent parts of the town defences at different periods from the mid-2nd to 4th centuries AD. Also a gully and a number of pits, as well as an unstratified coin hoard and a redeposited Late Upper Palaeolithic flint backed blade.

Y

05378 Late Upper Paleolithic point, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Obliquely blunted point (angle backed blade) in a fine dark grey translucent flint. Similar to finds at Creswell. Found in shallow undated feature near a Roman gully.

Y

05488 Medieval features at St Sepulchre gate, Doncaster

Medieval features identified during a 1976 excavation and possibly associated with the nearby Carmelite Friary. Features included ovens, a stone-lined well and several pits, one stone-lined with an associated culvert. A small kiln or hearth was also encountered, but no evidence was found for buildings. Finds comprised medieval pottery including complete jugs, building materials and a small bronze bell.

Y

05489 Medieval road, off High Street, Doncaster

A medieval road, massively constructed of rammed gravel, cambered, and with a sandstone cobble and rubble base. It was interpreted as being part of the primary development of

Y



the medieval town in this area during the first half of the 12th century, then becoming the main access of the Carmelite Friary from 1350-1538. Repaired probably up until 16th century. An open-fronted building, probably a cart shed, was constructed along it and would have stood at the northern entrance of the friary, with a later stone building containing a probable malt kiln nearby.

05490 Roman remains, High Street, Doncaster

Roman remains excavated in 1976-7 on the site of the Subscription Rooms. They were sealed by a 12th century road surface and consisted of a construction trench and possible wall foundations, along with the remains of a surface and several post holes or small pits. The finds included a complete hobnailed boot, four intaglios, a number of coins and brooches and a bronze scalpel handle. The Roman features were to the mid-late 2nd century date.

Y

05491 Roman features, Cleveland Street, Doncaster

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

Y

ESY746 Archaeological Excavation at Yates's Wine Lodge Doncaster

An archaeological excavation was undertaken at Cleveland Street, in 1996. The site was partially disturbed by cellars.

Y

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. Romano-British and medieval features were recorded [no details].

Y

ESY872 Archaeological Watching Brief Report, at Priory Walk, Doncaster

The excavation of two geo-technical pits was monitored, exposing a stone structure associated with two deposits of domestic waste, one dated to the late medieval or early post-medieval period. A layer of demolition material sealed the domestic despots. A further made ground layer dated to the later 17th century was present approximately 400mm below existing ground level.

Y

ESY873 Archaeological Watching Brief at Priory Walk, Doncaster

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. Later remains relating to the foundations and cellarage of post medieval and modern buildings were found across the majority of the site.

Y

ESY1032 Trial trenching off Cleveland Street, Car Park, Doncaster

Four trenches excavated between Priory Walk and Cleveland Street recorded a large ditch, 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, probably robber, pits. A pit containing Roman pottery was also recorded.

Y

ESY1035 Priory Walk Watching Brief

A watching brief revealed none of the late medieval to early post-medieval deposits identified in previous watching briefs.

Y

ESY1038 Excavation at St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Excavation in 1976 identified Roman features comprising three wide ditches probably representing vicus defences, as well as pits, a gully and a coin hoard. Medieval features included four ovens, a well, a stone-lined pit with associated culvert and several rubbish or cess pits. No evidence for of buildings or burgage plots was identified.

Y

ESY1049 Excavation at The Subscription Rooms, High Street, Doncaster

An archaeological excavation on the southern side of High Street in 1977 identified a gravel road representing an access route to the Friary, and a couple of buildings fronting onto it of medieval date. The road immediately overlay and sealed Roman remains comprising a construction trench and possible wall foundations, along with the remains of a surface and

Y



several post holes or small pits. The finds included a complete hobnailed boot, four intaglios, a number of coins and brooches and a bronze scalpel handle. These dated the features to the mid-late 2nd century.

ESY1050 37-45 Printing Office Street, Doncaster

An archaeological evaluation in 2002 was restricted to a single open area to the rear of demolished properties. Pottery recovered ranged in date from the 12th to the 18th centuries. The remains of two stone walls and a dressed stone post were also discovered. These features are thought to be post-medieval in date.

Y



HSY5911 Waterdale and Colonnades Centres, Doncaster Shopping Centre Y Y

HSY5717 Plant Works, Doncaster Other Industry Y

HSY5800 Frenchgate Junction, Doncaster Ring Road / Bypass Y

HSY5804 Frenchgate Centre (within Bar Dike), Doncaster Shopping Centre Y

HSY5805 High Street/ Frenchgate historic plot area, Doncaster

Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5823 Priory Place, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

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

HSY5825 Bar and Restaurant, Cleveland Street, Doncaster

Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5887 St James Street Estate, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5912 Cleveland Street / Trafford Way, Doncaster Ring Road / Bypass Y

HSY5915 Doncaster Station, Doncaster Train Station Y

HSY5929 Gordon St and Stewart St, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5930 Grand Theatre, Doncaster Entertainment Complex Y

HSY5931 Frenchgate Centre (outside the Bardike), Doncaster

Shopping Centre Y

HSY5932 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y

HSY5933 St Sepulchre Gate retail warehouses, Doncaster

Commercial Core-Suburban Y

HSY5934 St James Church , Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5936 Car Park in former rail yard, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Car Park Y

HSY5937 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y



Allocation Reference: 814 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: The Former Woodlands Hotel Carpark

Area (Ha): 0.21 NGR (centre): SE 5359 0756 Settlement: Adwick le Street/Woodlands





Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 814 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: The Former Woodlands Hotel Carpark

Area (Ha): 0.21 NGR (centre): SE 5359 0756 Settlement: Adwick le Street/Woodlands


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument is within the buffer, the Woodlands Colliery Village, designed by Percy Houfton in c.1908 for the Brodsworth Colliery Company. The design followed garden village principles, and was laid out in geometric patterns with regular open green space and the incorporation of mature trees. The design of the housing and municipal buildings was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site. Six grade II listed buildings are within the buffer, all associated with the Woodlands Colliery Village to the west of the site, apart from the Miners’ Welfare Institute which originated as Woodlands Hall, a mansion house built in the late 18th century.

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 site as part of the c.1908 suburban commercial core associated with Woodlands Colliery Village, built in a typical Edwardian style. Further character zones recorded within the buffer include the Park and Woodlands North components of the colliery village to the west of the site, forming the earliest and most architecturally-significant elements of the housing estates. Ornamental parkland at the southwest edge of the buffer originated as a landscape park associated with Woodlands Hall, built c.1795 and converted into a miner’s welfare centre in the early 20th century. To the south of the site is the Miner’s welfare recreation grounds and to the northeast and southeast is the 1920s-30s extension of the village in a less significant architectural style and street layout.

The site is currently a car park behind a former hotel now converted into housing.


The 1851 OS map shows the site as part of -1906, part of a field, bounded on the southwest by the Great North Road. The site was developed between 1906 and 1930, by which date the site was shown as a carpark to rear of Woodlands Hotel, a large building at the corner of the Great North Road and Princess Street. One small building was shown along the northwest side of the site, possibly a bus shelter. The site layout was unchanged in 1982.

Within the buffer, the 1851 map shows the landscape park associated with Woodlands Hall to the south of the Great North Road, in this area fields with liberally scattered trees. By 1892, Woodlands Cottages had been built at the northeast corner of the park. Area to northwest and east is occupied by regular fields suggestive of parliamentary enclosure. The Woodlands Colliery village had been built by 1930, with housing surrounding the edges of the park to the south of the site, a sports ground to the southeast of the site with football and cricket pitches, and more traditionally arranged housing along grid-pattern streets to the north and northeast of the site. Schools were located to the west of the site, and Woodlands Cottages were still shown.

Survival:

No major disturbance has been shown within the site on historic mapping. It is possible that some disturbance associated with the insertion of services may have occurred, but in general the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be moderate.


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

Significance:

Unknown.




The 2002 aerial view shows the Woodlands Hotel, which has been altered to the rear since the 1982 map, and has lost the northern and southern wings shown on historic mapping. The area of the site is a tarmac-surfaced carpark to the northeast of the hotel, with a tree-lined border around the north, east and south sides. The small building shown on the Princess Street frontage on historic mapping is no longer present. The nature of the land use in this area means that no further features are visible on the Lidar data.


Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. Lidar data file SE5307.



Site? Buffer?

1151487 Terry Holt Cottage II Y

1191719 5 and 6, The Park II Y

1191727 Woodlands Middle School II Y

1314835 Woodlands First School II Y

1314856 7-10, The Park II Y

1380321 Miners' Welfare Institute II Y



04432/01 Woodlands Colliery Village

Model village constructed in the early 20th century for miners at the nearby Brodsworth Colliery.

Y



HSY5724 Great North Road, Woodlands, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y Y

HSY4892 The Park, Woodlands, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4893 Woodlands Park, Woodlands, Doncaster Private Parkland Y

HSY4894 Woodlands (North of Church), Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4895 Churches and other public buildings, Woodlands, Doncaster

Religious (Worship) Y

HSY4897 Woodlands East, Adwick le Street, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4898 Miners Welfare Grounds, Adwick le Street, Doncaster

Sports Ground Y

HSY4899 Woodlands East (north of welfare ground), Doncaster




Allocation Reference: 816 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Whyte Chemicals, Denaby Lane

Area (Ha): 5.12 NGR (centre): SK 4938 9960 Settlement: Denaby





Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 816 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Whyte Chemicals, Denaby Lane

Area (Ha): 5.12 NGR (centre): SK 4938 9960 Settlement: Denaby


The SMR records one monument within the site, the former site of Denaby Main Colliery. One monument and one findspot are recorded in the buffer: the site of the mid-19th-century Denaby Main Pottery to the northwest of the site and a Roman coin found in the eastern part of the buffer. Two events are recorded within the buffer, both associated with archaeological evaluation and excavation at the Denaby Main pottery.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. One grade II listed milepost is located within the buffer, along Doncaster Road.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. Within the buffer, a 20th-century air raid shelter was recorded to the east of site, and the site of a late 19th- to mid-20th-century explosives factory to the south.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the site and part of the buffer as a modern industrial estate, on the site of the former Denaby Main Colliery. Further character zones within the buffer comprise regenerated scrub on the site of part of the Denaby Main colliery to the northeast, reclaimed colliery spoil heaps at the northern edge, modern planned social housing estates to the east, a modern leisure centre and regenerated scrubland to the northwest, valley floor meadows, modern sewage works and playing fields to the west.

The site is currently occupied by large light industrial buildings and part of a road network.


The 1854 map shows the site as two large fields, with a lane leading through the on a southwest to northeast alignment, terminating in a field to the east. By 1892, a brick works was shown at the eastern side of the site, with a kiln and a clay pit in the corner of the un-named lane previously shown and a new lane heading northeast to join Doncaster Road. A further clay pit was shown to the east along the lane. The brick kiln and western clay pit were not shown in 1902, and the second pit was disused. In 1930, most of the site was shown as allotment gardens, with a swimming pool to the north of the lane. The swimming pool had been demolished by 1956. A hachured area was shown on the site of the former clay pit and brick works at the western side of the site in 1958 and 1966, suggesting the pit had not been fully infilled; this was also shown in 1972, though had not been depicted on earlier maps. A playing field occupied the northwest part of the site in 1972, and all the field boundaries to the south of the lane had been removed. By 1994, the playing field was still shown, and two warehouses had been built in the southern part of the site.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed an engine house to the north, off Doncaster Road, and three small sandstone quarries to the northwest. A railway line ran through the northern part of the buffer, roughly parallel with the road and the River Don. The remainder of the buffer comprised fields, many reminiscent of piecemeal enclosure from medieval open field, with Denaby Wood to the south. By 1892, the quarries were shown as disused, and terraced housing was under construction to the south of Doncaster Road in the northeast part of the buffer. Denaby Main colliery was shown to the north of the railway line, an explosive works to the south of the site, and Mexborough Bone Mills to the northwest. The bone mills were disused in 1902. A Mission Room and the Reresby Arms public house were shown just south of Doncaster Road in 1892. By 1930, a sewage works had been built to the west of the site. The explosive works was not shown at this date or in 1948, with its location depicted as fields, but this may be a deliberate omission for security reasons, as it is shown again in 1956 and was much more extensive in 1958. Housing to the northeast of the site had been demolished by 1972, with further housing having been built further south along the eastern side of the buffer. A factory was shown on the site of the explosive works at that date. By 1994, the area south of the site was shown as works and depots, and housing had extended up to the eastern boundary of the site. Denaby Main colliery was shown as disused at that date.



Survival:

The site has been used as fields and allotments, and has had two small clay pits excavated within the northern part. Development in the 20th century included a small swimming baths and two warehouses, with further light industrial units built on the site after 1994 though this may not have included substantial sub-surface disturbance. On the basis of current evidence, the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology within the site is unknown. Remains of the 19th-century brick kiln may survive at the western side of the site.


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

Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with the brick kiln are considered to be of Local archaeological significance.


The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as occupied by light industrial sheds and concrete-surfaced parking areas, with an area of rough ground and scrub to the east. The roundabout at the north end of the site has been built between 1994 and 2002 in association with the construction of a road bridge over the railway. There is no Lidar data available for this site.


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

RAF/CPE/UK/2011 5373 16-Apr-1947; RAF/543/9F22 0325 19-Jun-1957.



Site? Buffer?

1151532 Milepost approximately 70 metres to west of junction with Denaby Lane

II Y



01822/01 Roman Bronze Coin Find, Denaby

Roman coin - AE (bronze/copper) sestertius of Domitan presently located at Doncaster Museum.

Y

03621/01 Denaby Pottery Works

Pottery (south of railway where it crosses road to Denaby Main) built for manufacture of firebricks. 1864, taken over by a potter. 1868, closed and converted to bone and glue works.

Y

04408/01 Denaby Main Colliery

Coal mine - Opened in 1868, closed in 1968. Only baths left - part used by British Coal archive

Y

ESY59 Archaeological Evaluation at Denaby Main A6023 Diversion

In August and September 2000 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken at Denaby Main. The results identified the probable remains of the late 19th century bone mill.

Y

ESY60 Excavation of Denaby Main Pottery Works

Trial trenching and excavation were undertaken at the site in 2000 and 2001. This identified the remains of the mid-19th-century Denaby Pottery works, including 3 buildings/work areas, 4 kilns and a large assemblage of pottery and kiln furniture. Evidence for the conversion of the site into a bone works was also recovered.

Y





HSY5321 Denaby Lane Industrial Estate, Denaby Main, Doncaster

Other Industry Y Y

HSY4558 The Ings, Denaby / Mexborough, Doncaster Reclaimed Coal Mine Y

HSY5229 Site of Mexborough Power Station, Mexborough, Doncaster

Regenerated Scrubland Y

HSY5313 Dearne Valley Leisure Centre, Denaby Main, Doncaster

Leisure Centre Y

HSY5316 Cliff View (former western housing area), Denaby Main, Doncaster


HSY5318 Denaby Main village (former western allotment section), Denaby Main, Doncaster


HSY5320 Harrogate Drive area, Denaby Main, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5377 Undeveloped site of Denaby Main Colliery, Doncaster

Regenerated Scrubland Y

HSY5378 Land north of Denaby Old Village, Doncaster Valley Floor Meadows Y

HSY5380 Denaby Main Sewage Works, Doncaster Utilities Y

HSY5381 Allotment Gardens, Denaby Main, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY5382 Playing Field north west of Denaby Main Village, Doncaster

Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y



Allocation Reference: 817 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Polypipe Plc, Broomhouse Lane, Edlington

Area (Ha): 7.03 NGR (centre): SK 5453 9911 Settlement: Edlington





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: 817 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Polypipe Plc, Broomhouse Lane, Edlington

Area (Ha): 7.03 NGR (centre): SK 5453 9911 Settlement: Edlington


There are no SMR records within the site. Within the buffer zone, the findspot of two Roman coins is recorded to the south of the site.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. The outline of a 20th-century spoil heap associated with the Yorkshire Main Colliery is recorded in the eastern half of the buffer zone, and fragmentary traces of post-medieval ridge and furrow are plotted at the southern end of the buffer zone.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and some of the eastern buffer zone as an industrial estate. Prior to this, the area was agricultural and probably enclosed in a piecemeal fashion. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible. Further character types within the buffer zone include various housing types, a municipal depot, a farm complex and spoil heaps.

The site is located at the north-eastern end of New Edlington, and is currently occupied by large industrial buildings. Modern houses are located to the west of the site, with the regenerated ground of a former spoil heap to the east.


On the 1854 map the site was depicted as fields. By 1930, the site was located with the southern area of Yorkshire Main Colliery. The southern part of the site appears to remain undeveloped, although numerous railway tracks, an engine house, water tower, tanks and baths occupied the northern end of the site. By 1982, several works buildings had been constructed at the eastern end of the site. By 1994 the colliery had shut down, and the railway tracks and associated structures had all been removed from the northern end of the site. The works buildings were still present at the eastern end of the site.

Within the buffer zone, the area surrounding the site was fields in 1854. Broom House Lane was extant to the south of the site, with Broom House located off the southern side of the road. A small area of plantation was present to the north of the site, named South Flat, and another to the east of the site, named Warmsworth Plantation. By 1930 significant change had occurred within the buffer zone, with Yorkshire Main Colliery and Miners’ Welfare Ground established to the immediate north of the site, and a housing estate to the immediate west of the site. By 1938 a spoil heap had developed to the east of the site, which gradually grew until by 1994 it occupied the majority of the eastern end of the buffer zone, and beyond. Houses had been developed to the south-west of the site by 1973. By 1980 an industrial estate had been built to the immediate west of the site. By 1994 the colliery had been removed, leaving a large blank area within the northern buffer zone.

Survival:

The site was fields by 1854, but by 1930, the Yorkshire Main Colliery had been established to the immediate north of the site, with some of the railway tracks and associated structures occupying the northern end of the site. The southern end of the site remained empty at this time, although by 1982 numerous works building had been constructed at the eastern half of the southern end of the site, which had spread across the entire southern area by 2002. Ground disturbance related to the colliery structures and infrastructure at the northern end of the site, and the later works buildings at the southern end of the site suggest that the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains within the site is low.


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



Significance:

Negligible.


Aerial photographs show that many new buildings had been constructed on the site by 2002, with the southern end of the site mostly occupied by industrial buildings, and the northern end seemingly used for storage. There is no available Lidar data for the site.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015.

RAF/541/170 3229 21-Sep-1948, OS/89258 0010 11-Jun-1989.



00932/01 Roman Coin Finds, Broom House, Edlington

Two coins found in grounds of Broom House - 1933. One of Tiberius A.D. 22-27. One of Jordianus II, A.D. 241.

Y



HSY5655 Broomhouse Lane Industrial Estate, Edlington, Doncaster

Business Park Y Y

HSY4358 Broomhouse Lane, New Edlington, Doncaster Spoil Heap Y

HSY4363 Lord's Head Lane, New Edlington, Doncaster Spoil Heap Y

HSY5607 Broomhouse Lane, Alverley, Doncaster Plantation Y

HSY5613 Miners Welfare Ground, Edlington, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y

HSY5616 Edlington Lane, Edlington, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5635 Main Avenue, Edlington, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

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

HSY5657 Edlington Lane, Edlington, Doncaster Municipal Depot Y

HSY5659 Broom House Farm, Edlington, Doncaster Farm Complex Y




Allocation Type: Employment

Site Name: Land off Hatfield Lane, Armthorpe

Area (Ha): 12.7

NGR (centre): SE 6367 0566

Settlement: Armthorpe





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone

Scheduled Monument - -

Listed Building - -

SMR record/event - 2 records/1 event

Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes

Cartographic features of interest No No

Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a




Allocation Type: Employment

Site Name: Land off Hatfield Lane, Armthorpe

Area (Ha): 12.7

NGR (centre): SE 6367 0566

Settlement: Armthorpe

Site assessment


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two monuments and one event are recorded

within the buffer. Excavation at West Moor Park revealed that an agricultural and industrial Romano-British

landscape of enclosures, 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. The possible site of a

medieval grange associated with Roche Abbey is located to the north of the site.

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

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded evidence

of numerous Iron Age ditches within the buffer, probably field boundaries. Two of these also run across the

southern end of the site.

The Historic Landscape Characterisation records the character of the site and part of the buffer as surveyed

enclosure, with fields enclosed from Long Sandall Common by Parliamentary Award in 1785. There is partial

legibility of former common edges. The northern buffer is an area of Drained Wetland, likely to have been

dominated by peat formation until its drainage, in the 17th and 18th centuries. Despite the loss of hedged

boundaries typical in this area the area still retains a strong geometric pattern produced by its drainage patterns.

The eastern edge of the buffer are recorded as large shed type distribution centres built adjacent to Junction 4 of

the M18. The southwest of the buffer recorded as a Planned Social Housing Estate, built to a geometric design to

house colliery workers at the nearby Markham Main.

The site is currently part of a large field in arable cultivation.


The 1854 OS map shows the site within an area of piecemeal enclosure and strip fields which are thought to have

been enclosed by Parliamentary award in 1785. The area was labelled as ‘The Lings’. There were no changes to

the field boundaries or surrounding area until 1968, when large scale housing development at Armthorpe began

to encroach on The Lings from the southwest. By 1981 the A630 and Hatfield Lane had been constructed.

Survival:

The site has been fields since at least 1854. Ploughing may have truncated sub-surface archaeological features

but there is no evidence for deep ground disturbance within the site. The potential for buried archaeological

remains below the level impacted by ploughing is therefore considered to be moderate to high. Iron Age to

Roman field boundaries have been recorded within the site and buffer as cropmarks, and nearby excavation

demonstrated the survival of associated remains at West Moor.


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

Significance:

Unknown. Remains of Iron Age to Roman dispersed settlement and field boundaries could be of Local to Regional

archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.



Aerial Photographs & Lidar

Summary:

The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site to be within an arable field that is regularly ploughed. The site is

bounded by a mixture of mature trees and hedgerows. Cropmarks show a substantial slightly curved linear

feature running across the site on a southeast to northwest orientation. The feature seems to widen towards the

northern end. It is possible that, given the proximity to known Iron Age/Romano British settlements, this feature

could form part of the wider prehistoric landscape, possibly a palaeochannel. There is a very faint outline of this

feature visible on LiDAR data.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. LiDAR tile SE6305 DTM 1m.

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


02548/01 Iron Age and

Romano-British

Settlement,

Armthorpe

Initially identified by the presence of cropmarks shown in

aerial photographs, excavations in the West Moor Park area of

Armthorpe have revealed extensive settlement remains dating

from the late Iron Age (early 1st Century AD) to late Romano-

British (late 4th century) period.

Y

04941 Armthorpe Grange The possible site of Armthorpe Grange, a monastic grange of

Roche Abbey from at least 1186.

Y

ESY270 Archaeological

Investigations at

West Moor Park

Excavation revealed that 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

SMR Historic Environment Characterisation

Reference

ID


HSY4510 Long Sandall Common, Doncaster. Surveyed Enclosure

(Parliamentary/ Private)

Y Y

HSY4508 West Moor Park (Rands section) Distribution Centre Y

HSY4509 West Moor, Armthorpe, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y

HSY4511 West Moor Park (Phase 2), Armthorpe,

Doncaster

Distribution Centre Y

HSY5017 Mansfield Crescent, Armthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y



Allocation Reference: 819 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Sel Imperial Ltd, Cross Bank, Balby






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: 819 Allocation Type: Employment Site Name: Sel Imperial Ltd, Cross Bank, Balby



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


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

The Historic Environment Characterisation records the site as part of an area of heavy metal trades and other works, adjacent to the railway, where industrialisation began in the later 19th century. There is no legibility of the former drained wetland landscape. Further character zones within the buffer include a surviving area of drained wetland retaining many historic field boundaries that probably resulted from the extensive drainage programme of the 17th century; a sewage works, sports grounds and playing fields, terraced and planned social housing, allotment gardens, regenerated scrubland, a traveller community site and suburban commercial core.

The most recent imagery of the site (2015) showed it as almost entirely occupied by factory buildings, with small parking or storage areas to the west and northeast.


The site was shown as two fields by 1854, with the northwest boundary formed by Cross Bank lane and the eastern boundary by a land drain. By 1892, the northern part of the site was a garden with a buildings shown along the western side, on the Cross Bank frontage, possibly at least three small terraced cottages. Two wells were shown behind the buildings, and a possible large pond feature in the garden. The southern side was part of a larger field. By 1930, Cross Bank had been renamed Garden Terrace, but was again shown as Cross Bank in 1961, by which date two works buildings were shown within the former garden in the northern part of the site. A plastics factory had been built in the southern part by 1977, when one of the northern buildings was shown as a research laboratory. The site layout remained largely unchanged by 1992.

Within the buffer zone, several buildings were marked along roads to the north and west of the site in 1841, with the remaining area shown as fields. By 1892, the fields to the north and east of the site had become gardens for houses on the Cross Bank and Balby Carr Bank frontages. Terraced housing had been built along the west side of Cross Bank by 1903, extending southwards by 1930. Allotments were shown to the southwest of the site at that date. By 1939, a rope works had been constructed to the immediate north of the site, with a bowling green and a tennis court shown adjacent to the works. The works to the north had been extended by 1977, and was labelled 'wire rope works', whilst the former gardens to the east of the site had become a refuse tip to the rear of a tungsten carbide products works. The area was largely unchanged by 1992.

Survival:

The site is mainly occupied by factory buildings. The extent of sub-surface disturbance caused by these buildings is currently unknown, but is likely to be extensive, meaning that the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is low to negligible. There may be a limited potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains associated with the later 19th-century terraced cottages within the car park area at the western edge of the site, though this is a very small area and may also have been disturbed by construction in the main part of the site.


Further archaeological investigations are not likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Negligible.




The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site occupied by factory buildings. The buildings shown in 2002 correspond to the 1992 OS map, with a barrel-roofed shed added at the eastern end by 2003. Car parking is shown in a small area to the west of the main factory building, and the northeast corner is used for storage. Lidar data shows only the building locations.


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

Lidar data tiles SE5601 & SE5701 DTM 1m.



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

HSY4232 Balby, Loversall and Potteric Carr, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y

HSY5278 Carr Hill, Doncaster Sports Ground Y

HSY5405 Balby Sewage Works, Balby, Doncaster Utilities Y

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

HSY5418 Lambeth Road, Balby, Doncaster Allotments Y

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

HSY5428 Sandford Road, Balby, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY5430 Lambeth Road, Balby Doncaster Romany or other Traveller Community site

Y

HSY5432 Sandford Road, Balby, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y

HSY5460 Lambeth, Road, Balby, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY5467 Burton Avenue, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5468 Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

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



Allocation Reference: 824 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land behind Lumley Drive, Tickhill

Area (Ha): 8.29 NGR (centre): SK 5988 9284 Settlement: Tickhill





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - 1 Listed Building - 3 SMR record/event 1 record 7 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 824 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land behind Lumley Drive, Tickhill

Area (Ha): 8.29 NGR (centre): SK 5988 9284 Settlement: Tickhill


The SMR records one monument within the western edge of the site, the location of a former fish pond with a sluice at the northeast end; however, historic mapping shows that this is actually located in the field to the immediately west of the site. One findspot and six monuments are recorded within the buffer. Two monuments are further fish pond sites, located to the west and northwest of the site, and a third is a former extension of the Paper Mill Dike running through the field to the west of the site. The surviving part of this dike forms the southern boundary of the site. Further monuments comprise a possible medieval bank and two field boundaries, all recorded as cropmarks, the former probably now under housing off Lumley Drive, and the location of a timber-framed building on Sunderland Street at the north end of the buffer. The building is thought to have been of 16th-century date but now demolished. The findspot was of a coin from the reign of Elizabeth I, dated 1595, found towards the north edge of the buffer.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site. One Scheduled Monument extends into the northwest edge of the buffer, the medieval Tickhill Castle. The former fish ponds in the area may originally have been associated with the castle. There are three grade II listed houses along Sunderland Street at the northern edge of the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded a sinuous earthwork bank in the eastern part of the site, running roughly in a diagonal line southwest from the northeast corner of the field. This was thought to be of medieval date. Two areas of earthwork ridge and furrow were recorded in the eastern part of the buffer.

The Historic Environment Characterisation records the current character of the site and much of the southern, eastern and western 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. Further character areas within the buffer include agglomerated fields to the southwest, a 19th-century farm complex and the medieval castle to the west, mid-to late 20th-century detached housing and a modern planned housing estate to the north, along with a group of 19th-century detached houses around Sunderland Street. The site of Tickhill Paper Mill extends into the northeast edge of the buffer, with Parliamentary Enclosure fields at the east and southeast edges.

The site is currently five fields in a mixture of arable and pasture usage, with hedged boundaries.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as four fields forming part of Stocks Meadows, with some boundaries the same as at present. The Paper Mill Dike ran along the southern boundary, and another drainage ditch formed the western boundary. The site was unchanged by 1962. By 1983, the site was two fields, with part of the current northern boundary established by the creation of a housing estate to the north. In 1992, the current northern edge of the eastern field had been established, and the area to the west was a single field at that date.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map depicts a narrow, rectangular fish pond in the field to the immediate west of the site, with a sluice off the drainage ditch along the western edge of the site. To the west of the site was Tickhill Castle on the eastern edge of the historic settlement core of Tickhill. Housing was also shown along Sunderland Street at the northern edge of the buffer, with the remainder of the area being fields. The fish pond had been filled in by 1893. Other than gradual infilling along Sunderland Street, there were no substantial changes by 1956, but by 1962, the A1(M) had been constructed along the eastern edge of the buffer, and an estate of new housing had been constructed in the northeast area. By 1983, the Lumley Drive housing estate was shown to the immediate north of the site, which had extended further to the east by 1992.

Survival:

The site has been in agricultural use and this 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. A linear bank of uncertain origin has been recorded within the site as an earthwork and cropmark, and appears to have been levelled by ploughing since 1971. This could relate to a medieval boundary. The site is close to the medieval Tickhill Castle. The site is part of an area recorded in the Historic Environment Characterisation as largely unchanged since 1854, but detailed map analysis demonstrates that most of the current boundaries are modern, with the exception of the southern, eastern and western boundaries at the edge of the site and the western boundary of the eastern field.



Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 and 2003 Google Earth aerial imagery showed the site as two fields, in arable use. By 2007, the large western field had been subdivided into four separate areas, though no physical boundaries were shown between them. The boundaries of the eastern field were formed by hedges and the Paper Mill Dike forms the southern boundary of the whole site. In 2008, the western field appears to have been laid out for show-jumping events, but by 2012, it was in arable use again, and small hedges or scrub boundaries were shown between the western fields.

The linear bank recorded by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project is visible as a cropmark within the eastern and one of the central fields on Google Earth imagery; it appears from the photographs to have been plough-levelled, but this is uncertain. It does not relate to any field boundaries shown on the historic OS maps. There is currently no Lidar data for this site.


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

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project:

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

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



Site? Buffer?

1004828 Tickhill Castle SM Y

1151706 SUNDERLAND LODGE II Y

1286897 BECTON HOUSE II Y

1314771 89, SUNDERLAND STREET II Y



02166/01 Post-Medieval Timber Framed House, 50/52 Sunderland Street, Tickhill

Timber-framed house two-bay house (50/52 Sunderland Street), demolished c.1967. Thought to be late 16th century in date.

Y



02945/01 Medieval Fish Pond, Tickhill Castle

Possible site of fishponds, though the site is described as part of the castle moat, and marked as such on the 1928-48 OS 6"" map.

Y

04068/01 Post-medieval field boundary, Tickhill

Two linear features intersecting at right angles to quadrant fields in which they are located. The 1854 O.S. map records field boundaries which correspond to these features.

Y

04069/01 Post-Medieval Dam, Tickhill

Pond situated at the south-eastern end of Paper Mill Dike, with a sluice at north-eastern end. Marked on 1854 1st Edition OS map.

Y

04070/01 Post-Medieval Fishpond and Sluice, Tickhill

A linear fishpond with sluice at the northeast end. Identified from the 1854 O.S. map.

Y

04074/01 Unclassified Linear Cropmark, Tickhill

Ploughed out bank or wall running in arc from the back of burgage plots facing Sunderland Street to a modern field boundary. Possibly now under modern housing.

Y

04088/01 Sixpence of Elizabeth I, York Road, Tickhill

Sixpence of Elizabeth I, dated 1595. Y

04148/01 Medieval Dyke, Tickhill

An extension of Paper Mill Dyke, now filled in, joined up with a pond at SK 5963 9254. Identified from the 1854 OS map.

Y



HSY4304 Stocks Meadow, Tickhill, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y Y

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

Y

HSY4292 Stump Cross Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

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

Y

HSY5464 Lancaster Crescent, Lumley Drive, Meadow Drive, Doncaster


HSY5491 Tickhill Castle, Tickhill, Doncaster Fortified Site Y

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

HSY5518 Sunderland Street (south side) Tickhill, Doncaster

Villas/ Detached Housing Y

HSY5519 Hansby Close, Tickhill, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y

HSY5520 Stocks Meadow 2, Tickhill, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y

HSY5523 Mill Farm and Castle Farm, Tickhill, Doncaster Farm Complex Y

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



Allocation Reference: 825 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Fields off Drake Head Lane, Conisbrough

Area (Ha): 5.37 NGR (centre): SK 5247 9865 Settlement: Conisbrough





Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 825 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Fields off Drake Head Lane, Conisbrough



The SMR records one findspot within the site, with four flint tools of unspecified date, recovered as surface finds in a ploughed field. One further findspot and two monuments are recorded within the buffer zone. The findspot is a further collection of flints, including a Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead and two worked flakes, found in the field just to the north of the site. The monuments are the suggested route of a Roman road from Templeborough to Doncaster, which is thought to have run in the vicinity of the current Sheffield Road in the northern part of the buffer, and the site of a windmill at the western edge of the buffer, which was marked as disused by 1851 and demolished in the late 20th century.

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 the southeast part of the buffer as relatively small fields created during the Parliamentary Enclosure of Conisbrough Common in 1858, with only fragmentary visibility of the former commons persisting in place names. The eastern part of the buffer is characterised as agglomerated fields created through the loss of field boundaries in the later 20th century, with partial legibility of former strip enclosures in surviving boundaries. The west and northwest parts of the buffer comprise modern private housing estates, with an estate of planned social housing in the northern area. To the south of the site is a mid-19th-century farm complex, now a horticultural nursery.

Historic Landfill data records two areas of tipping within the buffer, along the line of a former railway. These are Common Road/Snake Lane disused railway cutting in the southeast part of the buffer, used for deposits of inert, industrial and commercial waste; and Crookhill Road railway cutting to the south, used for industrial, commercial and household waste and liquid sludge.

The site is currently two fields in arable cultivation, with boundaries formed by drainage ditches and low hedges.


The 1854 OS map depicted the site as part of a large area of unenclosed land, known as High Field, and described on the map as commons. The site had been enclosed by 1892 (in 1858, according to the HEC data), with the fields having largely the same layout as in the present. The exception was the southern field, which extended further to the west, with this boundary altered between 1948 and 1956 to the current extent.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed the Conisbrough corn windmill and an old limestone quarry within the common land to the southwest of the site, and Fairy Hole Flat limestone quarry and limekilns to the north of the site, off Drake Head Lane. Conisbrough Common was located in the southeast part of the buffer, with a group of enclosures or intakes between it and the High Field common. Both commons had been enclosed by 1892, when a row of terraces called Don View Cottages and a farm called Limestone Grange were shown at the northwest side of the buffer, off Sheffield Road and Drake Lane respectively. The windmill appeared to be disused by that date. By 1930, Hollyhead Farm and an adjacent isolation hospital had been constructed to the south of the site, and several detached or semi-detached housing was shown to the west of Limestone Grange. The LNER Gowdall and Braithwell line had been constructed through the southeast part of the buffer by that date. By 1956, a small amount of new housing was under construction between Crookhill Road and the old windmill, and to the north of Drake Head Lane, with further housing built in these areas by 1962. The isolation hospital was shown as Conisbrough General Hospital by that date. The railway appeared to be disused by 1972 and dismantled by 1980, though the cutting was still shown. By 1987, the cutting was shown as a tip site. The 1994 OS map showed housing extending up to the western boundary of the site, and further housing to the southwest of the hospital.



Survival:

The site has been in arable cultivation since the mid-19th century, which may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. Below the plough zone, the potential for the survival of buried remains is considered to be moderate. Flint artefacts have been recovered from the southern field within the site and the field to the north, outside the site, suggesting there is the potential for the survival of associated deposits within the site.



Significance:

Unknown.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as two fields in arable cultivation, with low hedged boundaries. To the southwest of the site, Conisbrough Hospital had been demolished and replaced with housing by 2002. A series of faint linear cropmarks are visible on this image, crossing the site from northwest to southeast, but it is unclear if these are archaeological or geological in origin. Possible ridge and furrow cropmarks are visible in the field to the east of the site. No cropmarks are visible on any of the later images, and no changes within the site are shown up to 2015. There is no Lidar data for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2015.



01061/01 Flint Tool Finds, Conisbrough Parks

Four flint flake tools found in ploughed field; 2 scrapers, 1 flake, 1 blade.

Y

01818/01 Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead and Worked Flint Finds, Conisbrough

Flints - barbed and tanged arrowhead and 2 worked flakes. Y

03608/01 Tower Mill, Conisbrough

Windmill southeast of the Castle, marked on historic maps as "disused" windmill. Demolished between 1978 and 1987 and housing built over the site.

Y

04914 Roman Road; Brough to Doncaster via Templeborough

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

Y





HSY4195 Common Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y Y

HSY5337 Corn Hill, Wood View and Sheaf Close, Conisborough, Doncaster


HSY5338 Temple Stow Court and Hereward Court Gate, Conisborough, Doncaster.


HSY5375 Rye Croft, Conisbrough, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5376 Suburban expansion north east of Conisbrough, Doncaster


HSY5396 Holyhead Farm, Conisbrough, Doncaster Nursery Y

HSY5406 Land between Warmsworth and New Edlington, Doncaster


HSY5410 Nearcliff and Farcliffe Woods, Conisbrough, Doncaster

Semi Natural Woodland Y

HSY5597 Butt Hole Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y



Allocation Reference: 826 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Field off Clifton Hill, Conisbrough






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 Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 826 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Field off Clifton Hill, Conisbrough



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

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are 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. The location of a World War II searchlight battery is recorded at the northern edge of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the southern half of the buffer as medium-sized piecemeal enclosure at Clifton Hill, with a semi-regular pattern, possibly enclosed following the disparkment of Consibrough Park, with no legibility of the former parkland landscape. Character areas within the northern part of the buffer include an area relatively small fields created during the Parliamentary Enclosure of Conisbrough Common in 1858, to the northeast of the site, a modern private housing estate to the immediate north of the site, and an estate of planned social housing in the northern area. A former fire clay quarry is located in the northwest part of the buffer, subsequently used as a landfill site.

Historic Landfill data records two areas of landfill within the buffer. To the immediate southeast of the site is the former Crookhill Road railway cutting, used for tipping industrial, commercial and household waste and liquid sludge, and at the western side of the buffer is the Ashfield Quarry/Ashfield Brickworks tip, used for the disposal of a wide variety of industrial and household materials.

The site is currently a field in arable use, with the northwest boundary formed by a housing estate and the southeast boundary by a strip of green space on the route of a disused railway line, part of which is covered by the site. The field is bounded to the northeast by Snake Lane and to the southwest by Clifton Hill.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as within at least three fields of slightly irregular shape bounded to the west by Clifton Hill road. The current southeast field boundary was formed by 1930, by the construction of the LNER Gowdall and Braithwell railway line. At this time, the field boundaries were removed creating a larger single field between the railway, Clifton Hill and Snake Lane. The current northwest boundary was established by 1969, by the construction of housing estate. The railway line was disused by 1969, and was gradually infilled with waste material. It was shown as levelled by 1994.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map depicted a large area of unenclosed common land called High Field to the east of the site, and an area of enclosures of irregular size and shape to the west, called Medley Field. An area called Brick Field was shown at the northwest edge of the buffer, at the eastern extent of housing within Conisbrough which lay just outside the buffer. Carr Grange and an old limestone quarry were just outside the eastern edge of the buffer. An unnamed footpath or lane ran along the northern edge of the site, shown as Snake Lane in 1892. By that date, the common had been enclosed, and the Ashfield Fire Clay Works and clay pit were shown in the northwest part of the buffer. The clay pit had extended further south by 1902. By 1930, the LNER Gowdall and Braithwell line had been constructed through the eastern part of the buffer, forming the southeast boundary of the site. A recreation ground had been constructed to the south of the fire clay works at that date, with a cricket ground, tennis court and bowling green and a pavilion, and Manor Farm had been built at the southern edge of the buffer. By 1962, the brickworks and clay pit were shown as disused, and the Windmill housing estate had been built in the north and northwest part of the buffer, and this was being extended towards the northwest boundary of the site in 1969. The clay pit was shows as a slag heap at that date. Further housing had been built in the northeast part of the buffer by 1987, when the railway cutting was partially infilled by waste material. The whole of the cutting had been infilled and levelled by 1994.



Survival:

The majority of the site has been in arable cultivation since the mid-19th century, which may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. Below the plough zone, the potential for the survival of buried remains is considered to be moderate. Within the former railway cutting at the southeast edge of the site, the potential for the survival of buried remains is negligible.



Significance:

Unknown.


Google Earth imagery shows the majority of the site as a field in arable cultivation from 2002-2015. The southern edge of the site extends into the area of a former railway line, which is shown as a linear green space covered by grass, with trees along the boundaries and a footpath along the former railway route. No changes are shown within the field from 2002 to 2015, with the only changes on the railway line being alterations in vegetation coverage. There is currently no Lidar data for this site.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015.



HSY4388 Clifton Hill, Conisbrough, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y Y

HSY4195 Common Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y

HSY5335 Windmill Estate, Conisborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5387 Former Fire Clay Quarry, Clifton Hill, Conisbrough

Landfill Y

HSY5395 Cornhill, Conisbrough, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y



Allocation Reference: 832 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Auckley

Area (Ha): 2.23 NGR (centre): SE 6509 0092 Settlement: Auckley





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 2 SMR record/event 1 record 3 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance [Extensive/Partial/Low] n/a



Allocation Reference: 832 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Auckley

Area (Ha): 2.23 NGR (centre): SE 6509 0092 Settlement: Auckley


The SMR records one monument covering the site and extending across the entire buffer: the site of the Doncaster Roman pottery production industry, an area where intensive pottery production has been recorded and numerous kilns excavated. Two further monuments and one event are recorded within the buffer. The monuments are a possible post-medieval dovecote within the old village of Auckley and a pit containing a high concentration of late Neolithic to early Bronze Age pottery and flint, found during an evaluation at Main Street, Auckley, in the northwest part of the buffer. This evaluation was also the event recorded on the SMR.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site. There are two grade II listed buildings within the southern part of the buffer, the church of St Saviour and the Old Vicarage. These are located within visual distance of the proposed development site.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. Three large sand and gravel extraction areas are recorded within the buffer, to the immediate southwest of the site and to the northwest side of the buffer. These were photographed in the 1940s and 1970s.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as the Brookehouse Farm complex, which was shown in 1854 and may have been established shortly after the enclosure of the area by Parliamentary Award in 1778. There is no legibility of the probable former open field landscape. Further character zones within the buffer comprise a large area of mid- to late 20th-century sand and gravel extraction to the southwest of the site, St Saviour's Church to the south, and modern detached housing to the north, east and south. A mid-20th-century planned social housing estate and late 19th-century to modern school are located at the eastern edge of the buffer, and an area of medium sized fields enclosed prior to 1778 at the northwest edge, which has been largely impacted by quarrying in the mid-20th century.

Historic Landfill data records one area of landfill within the southern part of the buffer, part of the former Auckley Quarry sand and gravel pit.

The site is currently a pasture field and farm complex, bounded on the northeast by Main Street and on the southwest by a plantation.


The 1854 OS map depicts a farmhouse and outbuildings along the eastern edge of the site, fronting onto Main Street. The farmhouse was towards the central part of the site with outbuildings including several barn ranges to the south. The farm complex was surrounded by a field to the north and west. The 1892 map showed further small structures to the south of the barns, possibly pig sties or chicken sheds. These had been removed by 1902. The 1930 map showed buildings, probably associated with Brooke Farm, in the field at the southwest corner of the site, with a chimney and tank labelled. The farm was first labelled in 1962, as Brooke Farm. Some of the barns had been demolished by 1993.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map depicts a cluster of buildings around the church and Parsonage to the south of the site, and another to the north at the Green, with several buildings also shown in a ribbon development along Ellers Lane to the east. A gravel pit was shown to the east of the church settlement, and the remainder of the buffer was fields. Bell Butts Lane ran along the northern edge of the field containing Brooke Farm, with a pinfold at the junction between it and Main Street. A school was shown at the eastern edge of the buffer by 1892, when the church was shown as a Mission Chapel. The 1962 map depicted two irregular ponds and an area of boggy ground to the immediate southwest of the site, the first indication of large-scale sand and gravel quarrying in this area, which either occurred between mapping episodes or was not depicted, the latter being more likely as the quarrying was shown on a 1940s photograph but not on the 1950s OS maps. A large disused quarry was also shown in the northwest part of the buffer, and the small quarry shown to the south of the school had been greatly expanded and become disused by 1962. New housing, detached and semi-detached, was shown to the



southeast of the site. By 1975, a series of large rectangular ponds associated with quarrying were shown further to the southwest, and the ponds shown in 1962 had silted up and were tree-covered. More housing had been built to the east of the site, with the area to the east of Main Street mainly fully developed by that date, and the school had been expanded. The quarries to the northwest and southeast of the buffer had been infilled and landscaped.

Survival:

The extent of survival of historic fabric within the farmhouse is currently uncertain, but both it and the surviving barn may be considered heritage assets in their own right, probably being constructed as a later 18th-century model farm. Remains of footings of the demolished barns may survive within the vicinity of the surviving barn, and ruins of the later 19th-century buildings at the southwest corner of the site also survive. The buildings may have truncated or destroyed any earlier remains within their footprint, but in the remainder of the site, the potential for the survival of buried archaeology is considered to be moderate to good. The site lies within an area known as a centre for Roman pottery production, and Neolithic to Bronze Age activity has been recorded within the buffer to the northwest.


Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. This may include an assessment of the heritage value of the standing buildings. A consideration of the impact of development on the setting of the grade II listed church and Old Parsonage to the south of the site should also be made.

Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with prehistoric to Roman activity could be of Local to Regional significance, depending on its extent, nature and condition.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the farmhouse within a garden enclosure, with a smaller building to the west of the farm also within the enclosure and one barn surviving to the south, with a smaller structure at the southern end of the complex. The barns formerly shown in the southwest corner of the site are depicted as ruins in 2002. The surrounding area was shown as two pasture fields at that date and in 2005, and as a single field in 2008.

The Main Street frontage of the farmhouse is obscured by mature trees, but Street View shows a brick boundary wall along the farmhouse frontage and a more substantial stone wall along east side of the southern half of the site. The surviving barn is brick built with a pitched terracotta pantile roof. it is two storeys in height with open arches on the ground floor and small windows or hatches on the upper storey, in the eastern elevation. Two brick buttresses stand against the northern gable end. A small brick-built barn or stable is located at the southern end of the farm complex, possibly with a pitched roof, and is in a poor condition. There is currently no Lidar coverage for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2015.

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project:

Sand and gravel quarries: RAF/CPE/UK/1880 2115 06-Dec-1946; MAL/71047 0171 03-May-1971.



Site? Buffer?

1151573 Church of St Saviour II Y






03577/01 Post-Medieval to Industrial Period Dovecote, Auckley

Possible dovecote within the structure of buildings in the Old Village of Auckley.

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

04492/01 Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age Pit, Main Street, Auckley

Geophysical survey and trial trenching identified a pit, containing a surprisingly high concentration of pottery and flint, mostly dating to the late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age. No bone was recovered, making it highly unlikely to be a cremation episode. The pit was an apparently isolated feature.

Y

ESY323 Archaeological Evaluation on Land off Main Street

In 1994 a geophysical survey and programme of trial trenching indicated the presence of a pit containing lithics dating the feature to the late Neolithic or Bronze Age date.

Y



HSY4964 Brookehouse Farm, Auckley, Doncaster Farm Complex Y Y

HSY4545 The Carrs, Auckley, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y

HSY4577 Hurst Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Other Mineral Extraction & Processing

Y

HSY4958 Spey Drive, Auckley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4959 Auckley Junior School, Auckley, Doncaster School Y

HSY4966 St Saviours, Auckley, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY4968 Auckley, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 833 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Sandy Lane, Doncaster






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: 833 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Sandy Lane, Doncaster



The SMR records one monument covering the site and southern part of the buffer, the location of Doncaster Airfield, a military airfield opened in 1939 and was used during the Second World War. It then became a licensed airfield for light aircraft until its closure in the late 1980s, after which the area was developed as a leisure and business park.

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 did not record any features within the site, though it is within the outline showing the location of the military airfield, which also extends through the southern part of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as a sewage works, first depicted in 1930 with no legibility of the previous character of drained wetland. Character areas within the buffer include a large area of regenerated scrubland on the site of a former tip in the south. Two schools first depicted in 1972 are recorded to the immediate south and southeast of the site, and industrial site and depot (now a museum) to the immediate east. In the northern part of the buffer is planned social housing first shown in the 1930s, with a wedge-shaped area of allotment gardens in the western buffer.

Four historic landfill sites are recorded within the buffer, the nearest being an area classified as part of the sewage works, to the immediate west of the site. Two large areas classified as both Doncaster Airport Tip and Sandy Lane tip site are located across the southwest part of the buffer, and Middle Bank landfill site extends into the western edge of the buffer.

The site is currently occupied by disused sewage works structures and rough grass vegetation.


The 1854 map shows the site as a field bounded to the east by Sandy Lane, with a drainage ditch running along the southern and western boundaries. The 1892 map also shows a drainage ditch along the northern boundary. By 1930, a sewage pumping station was shown within the site. This comprised two buildings towards the street frontage, with a series of three filter tanks and four pairs of filter beds to the west. The current boundaries of the site had been established by 1938. The layout of the works was largely unchanged by 1961, though this map showed an embankment along the west and part of the south boundaries, and an outfall feeding into the drainage ditch to the south. A 1976 map labelled the northern building as the screen house and the southern building as the pump house, and showed tanks to the north and south of the northern building. There were no changes shown within the site by 1993.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows Carr House Cottage and Carr House and its gardens to the north and northwest of the site. Carr House Lane crosses the northern tip of the buffer, with the remainder of the area being fields. The enclosures to the southwest of the site were part of Carr House Field and those to the southeast part of Low Pasture. By 1892, Carr House was in use as a fever hospital. A farm called Carrhouse Grove was shown at the southern edge of the buffer at that date. The 1902 map showed that most of the field boundaries in Low Pasture had been removed. By 1930, housing development had taken place to the northeast of the site and in the northwest part of the buffer, mainly semi-detached houses, and the area to the west of the site was shown as allotment gardens. Carr House and Cottage had been demolished by 1938 and also replaced by semi-detached houses. By 1956 several works or depots were shown to the east of the site, probably part of Doncaster Airfield, which was not shown on the map, perhaps for security reasons. The airfield was first shown on the 1961 map, extending up to the southern boundary of the site. By 1976, Elmfield School had been built to the immediate south of the site, and St Peter's School to the southeast. The area to the south of Elmfield School was shown as a disused tip, which was shown in 1984 but had been levelled and landscaped by 1992, when the area was still shown as part of Doncaster Airport.



Survival:

The site has been occupied by a sewage pumping station since at least 1930, with several tanks and filter beds shown within the site, which are likely to have truncated or removed sub-surface deposits. There are also likely to be buried service pipes within the site which will also have impacted on sub-surface deposits. The area is former wetland, and it is possible that some archaeological or palaeoenvironmental deposits could remain at a considerable depth below the current surface, so the extent of likely truncation is currently unknown. In general, the potential for survival of significant buried archaeology within the site is considered to be low.


Further archaeological investigations are unlikely to be required if the site is brought forward for development, though an assessment of the heritage value of the buildings may be advised.

Significance:

The surviving sewage works buildings may be considered to be of minor Local heritage value, as early 20th-century municipal infrastructure. The significance of any buried archaeology is considered to be Negligible.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery depicts two sewage works buildings within the site, though these appear to be disused by that date. One of the buildings has a series of rectangular tanks to the west. The area surrounding the structures was covered with rough grass, with a hedged boundary around the site. To the west, the tip site is shown as levelled but largely un-vegetated. This area became gradually grassed over by 2009. No changes were shown within the site itself by 2015. The buildings are obscured by trees in Street View imagery, but at least two double-height brick built buildings with inset blind arches with stone or paler brick lintels are visible from the entrance. These buildings were first shown in 1930. Lidar data shows the settling tanks at the southern side of the site and three smaller tanks or hollows to the northeast, around the northern building, the Screen House.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar tiles SE5802 & SE5902 DTM 1m.

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Project:

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



04358/01 Doncaster Airbase and Military Airfield

The airport opened in 1939, but was taken over early by the RAF as a 'Scatter Field', with a decoy airfield situated at Armthorpe to the northeast. At the end of hostilities, it opened as a licensed airfield for light aircraft. The airfield was closed in the late 1980s. Some of the dispersal pans still exist on the boundaries, but it is assumed that there will be nothing left to reflect 83 years of aviation history on this site.

Y Y





HSY5271 Sewage Works, Sandy Lane, Doncaster Utilities Y Y

HSY5240 Potteric Carr Road, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y

HSY5241 The Dome, Doncaster Leisure Centre Y

HSY5266 St. Peter's primary school, Sandy Lane, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5268 Aeroventure, Sandy Lane, Doncaster Municipal Depot Y

HSY5270 Lakeside primary school, Sandy Lane, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5272 Chequer Avenue, Doncaster Allotments Y

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

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

HSY5292 Belle Vue Stables, Bennetthorpe, Doncaster Racecourse Y

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



Allocation Reference: 834 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Pitt Street, Mexborough

Area (Ha): 2.92 NGR (centre): SE 4847 0020 Settlement: Mexborough





Summary

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



Allocation Reference: 834 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Pitt Street, Mexborough

Area (Ha): 2.92 NGR (centre): SE 4847 0020 Settlement: Mexborough


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument is recorded within the southern part of the buffer; the Scheduled motte and bailey castle at Castle Hills.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. One Scheduled Monument, the medieval motte and bailey castle at Castle Hills, is recorded in the southern part of the 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 area to the south as playing fields, established by 1966 on the site of former allotment gardens and municipal water works, with no legibility of earlier land uses. Further character zones within the buffer mainly relate to housing, with early 20th-century terraced housing to the south, 1920s-40s planned social housing estates and semi-detached housing to the west and of the site and at the south edge of the buffer, modern social and private housing estates and semi-detached housing to the north, east and southwest. Industrial elements within the buffer comprise the former site of a glassworks and the tip of a reclaimed coal mine in the southeast edge. A school is located at the southern edge, adjacent to the medieval castle site. Allotment gardens extend into the western edge, and an area of surviving common land into the southeast edge. The northeast part of the buffer comprises agglomerated fields with considerable boundary loss since 1850 leading to a loss of the former character of strip fields enclosed from open field.

One area of historic landfill is recorded within the northeast part of the buffer, the Coalfields Brickworks Quarry, comprising inert and industrial waste.

The site is currently playing fields, bounded by housing to the north, east and south.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of a large field in an area called Clay Field. By 1892, an old quarry was shown within the central part of the site, with a small water works adjacent to the east. A second small hollow was shown at the southeast side of the site by 1903. By 1930, much of the site comprised allotment gardens, though the water works and old quarry were still shown. The allotment gardens were not shown in 1957, with the site comprising open ground around the water works. The works was shown as 'warehouse' in 1966, but as Water Works in 1980, by which date it had been expanded. The works had been demolished by 1994.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows fields to the north, east and west of the site, and Doncaster Road at the southern end of the buffer. Castle Hill is shown to the south of this road, and a building called Willows was depicted to the north. Old coal shafts were shown to the west of the site in 1892, by which date some new terraced housing was shown at Town End to the east of the site, with a larger building called Clayfield House to the northeast. The Willows was no longer shown, but detached and terraced housing was shown in the southwest part of the buffer. The Bull Green Glass Works was shown to the east of Castle Hill, but was no longer depicted in 1903. A brick works was shown adjacent to the housing at Town End in 1903, and further housing was located at the eastern edge and southwest sides of the buffer. The Coalfield Brick Works had expanded by 1930, and new housing was shown to the south of the site and in the northwest part of the buffer. Further housing was under construction to the northwest of the site by 1948, and the brick works clay pit had extended north up to the edge of Clayfield House. A playground was shown to the south of the site by 1957, and new streets were shown to the north and east of the site, as well as new housing in the southeast part of the buffer. The site was surrounded by housing to the north, east and west by 1966. Clayfield House had been demolished by 19666, and the brickworks expanded further. The clay pit was disused by 1980, though the works still stood in 1994.

Survival:

The central and southern part of the site is likely to have been disturbed by the small quarry and the waterworks



shown in 1892. The waterworks extended into the central part of the site. There is likely to have been buried pipes associated with the waterworks, and connecting it to a small reservoir depicted to the northwest of the buffer from 1892 onwards, and these will also have truncated buried deposits. Within the northern part of the site, the potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate.

Iron Age to Roman cropmarks associated with small scale settlement and agricultural activity have been recorded just to the northeast of the buffer and such remains could extend into the site. The medieval castle of Mexborough is located within the southern part of the buffer, but it is likely that the site lay outside the medieval settlement area. Buried remains of the late 19th-century waterworks buildings are likely to survive within the site.


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

Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with the water works may be considered to be of Local archaeological significance.


The 2002 to 2009 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as part of an area of playing fields, with a football pitch extending into the southern part. No remains of the waterworks are visible. Street View imagery from the adjacent streets shows the site as a sloping field, sloping downhill from north to south. There is currently no Lidar data for this site.


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



Site? Buffer?

1013650 Castle Hills motte and bailey castle, Mexborough SM Y



00122/01 Motte and Bailey Castle, Castle Hills, Mexborough

A circular bailey c.25m in diameter with a peripheral motte, c.8m high and c.5m across at the top. The bailey is surrounded by substantial banks with the entrance via a defensive approach on the northwest side that survives as an earthwork. The monument is situated on the north bank of the River Don where it would have commanded the area of the ancient ford at Strafford Sands. The stone visible in the top of the motte may be the foundations of a stone tower.

Y

02001/01 Iron Age or Romano-British Field System, Enclosures and Trackways, Mexborough

Cropmarks of two sub-rectangular enclosures are visible, the largest being 80m by 70m, with two or three smaller enclosures appended to them or within them, and associated fields and trackways.

Y





HSY5228 Clayfields Road Playing Fields, Mexborough, Doncaster

Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y Y

HSY4281 Open land to the north east of Mexbrough, Doncaster


HSY4558 The Ings, Denaby / Mexborough, Doncaster Reclaimed Coal Mine Y

HSY5189 Harlington Lane 'Poets Estate', Mexborough, Doncaster


HSY5194 Hirst Gate / Windmill Crescent, Mexborough, Doncaster


HSY5210 Windhill Estate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5249 Cross Gate, Mexborough, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5250 Allotment Gardens, Hall Gate, Mexborough, Doncaster

Allotments Y

HSY5252 North Gate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5259 Castle Hills, Mexborough, Doncaster Public Park Y

HSY5260 Church Street Mexborough, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5288 Doncaster Road Junior School, Mexborough, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5290 Land at Doncaster Road, Mexborough Commons and greens Y

HSY5293 Pastures Mews / Pastures Court, Mexborough, Doncaster


HSY5294 Doncaster Road semis, Mexborough, Doncaster

Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5295 New Street, James Street, Clayfield Court, Mexborough, Doncaster

Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5419 Site of Bull Green Glassworks, Mexbrough, Doncaster

Other Industry Y



Allocation Reference: 835 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Warmsworth Reservoir, Warmsworth

Area (Ha): 0.59 NGR (centre): SK 5419 9994 Settlement: Warmsworth





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 Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 835 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Warmsworth Reservoir, Warmsworth

Area (Ha): 0.59 NGR (centre): SK 5419 9994 Settlement: Warmsworth


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument is recorded within the northern part of the buffer, the suggested route of a Roman road from Templeborough to Doncaster, which is thought to have run in the vicinity of the current Sheffield Road.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. A series of rectangular structures were recorded in the northeast part of the buffer, forming part of a military camp and workers' hostels associated with World War II activity. The camp has since been built over by housing on Norbreck and Lunbreck Roads.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and area to the north as early 20th-century allotment gardens probably contemporary with the first phase of colliery housing at Edlington, with the boundaries partially preserving the legibility of a strip field shown in 1854. Further character areas in the buffer include mid-20th-century terraced and semi-detached housing to the north and northeast and a late 20th-century private housing estate to the west, an industrial estate and semi-detached housing to the south, a cemetery and part of an area of agglomerated fields in the southeast. The edge of a modern dolomite quarry extends into the northwest end of the buffer.

The site is currently a covered reservoir at the southeast side of a block of allotment gardens.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of a long, rectangular strip field forming part of an area called Beck Field. Between 1956 and 1962, a covered reservoir was constructed within the site, with allotment gardens shown to the north.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows mainly strip fields forming part of Beck Field. Edlington Lane ran through the eastern side of the buffer on a northeast to southwest alignment, cutting through the fields, and Warmsworth Beck ran in a largely canalised route through the southern part of the buffer. Sheffield Road at the northern end of the buffer was shown as the Tinsley to Bawtry turnpike, with a small limestone quarry depicted just to the north of the road. A lime kiln was shown in the quarry on the 1892 map. The quarry and limekiln were disused by 1903. By 1930, the LNER Gowdall and Braithwell railway line had been constructed along the southern edge of the site, with Warmsworth Goods Station to the southwest. A mineral railway from Yorkshire Main Colliery connected to the main railway to the south of the site. Terraced housing had been built in the northeast part of the buffer, with allotment gardens to the south, and a new cemetery was shown to the south of the railway, and by 1956 a row of semi-detached houses with long gardens was shown to the northeast, off Sheffield Road, and several narrow rectangular buildings were shown to the northeast of the site, probably the remains of the military camp recorded on a 1947 aerial photograph. This had been replaced with semi-detached housing by 1966, with further housing built between the mineral railway and Edlington Lane. By 1980, semi-detached housing had been built along Sheffield Road at the north end of the allotment gardens to the north of the site. Both railway lines had been dismantled by 1980. The 1994 OS map showed an industrial estate to the south of the railway and a new housing estate to the west of the site.

Survival:

The site contains a covered reservoir, the construction of which is likely to have truncated or destroyed any archaeological remains within its footprint. The potential for survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be negligible.


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



Significance:

Negligible.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as a covered reservoir, grassed over, with allotment gardens to the north and a narrow area of green space to the south along the former railway route. A new road, Warmsworth Halt, also runs along part of the railway route and housing estates are shown to the east and west of the site. No changes were shown within the site up to 2009, with the 2015 image obscured by clouds. Street View imagery from 2008 shows the reservoir as a low grassed bank. The bank is also shown in the Lidar data.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 & 2009. Street View: 2008. Lidar data tile SK5499 DTM 1m.

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project:

Military camp: RAF/CPE/UK/2011 5384 16-Apr-1947.



04914 Roman Road; Brough to Doncaster via Templeborough

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

Y



HSY5667 Edlington allotments Allotments Y Y

HSY5404 Dolomite Quarry, Sheffield Road, Doncaster Quarry Y

HSY5580 Common Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY5658 Glebe Street, Warmsworth, Doncaster Other Industry Y

HSY5660 Edlington Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster Cemetery Y

HSY5665 Edlington Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5666 Ash Dale Road, Warmsworth, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5673 Edlington Lane, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5675 Sheffield Road, Warmsworth, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 836 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land South of Woodfield Way, Balby






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 2 records/7 events 8 records/21 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 836 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land South of Woodfield Way, Balby



The SMR records two monuments and seven events within or partially covering the site. The monuments relate to archaeological fieldwork, with one located in the western part of the site, comprising the remains of a field system and a number of circular features including at least one roundhouse. Pottery from the site dated to the Iron Age and Roman periods, including a metalworking crucible of Iron Age date. The second monument covers only a small area at the northeast side of the site and extends north into the buffer, and related to a number of rectilinear field boundary ditches, with at least two phases of enclosure, and round houses contemporary with the second (late Iron Age to early Roman) phase of activity. The first phase of fields dated from the mid- to late Iron Age period.

The events within the site include an evaluation apparently covering the entire site area, which identified two enclosures, and a number of other linear ditches and pits. Palaeoenvironmental evidence suggested the enclosures were for stock control, and that the site was used seasonally, depending on the height of the water table. The exact location of these features and the coverage of the trial trenching is not clear from the event record. Geophysical survey and evaluation was undertaken across the western end of the site and the southwest part of the buffer, but no results for these are mentioned in the event records. Geophysical survey to the immediate southwest of the site, and just intruding into the southern tip, recorded limited evidence for linear boundary ditches, whilst a watching brief during construction of a spine road through the western part of the site recorded the field boundary ditches and at least one roundhouse, along with Roman pottery and an Iron Age crucible, relating to one of the monuments. A watching brief covering the eastern edge of the site did not identify any archaeological features.

In addition to the two monuments already mentioned, five further monuments and one findspot are recorded within the buffer. The findspot was of a rim sherd from a Roman urn from the northern part of the buffer. The monuments included ditched enclosures at Loversall in the eastern part of the buffer, of middle Iron Age date, and cropmarks of a probable farmstead of a similar date further to the east; Iron Age to Roman cropmarks and an artefact scatter including prehistoric flints and Roman to medieval pottery in the southern tip of the buffer (though the cropmarks are not recorded on the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project); a square enclosure and field boundaries associated with Roman activity and a ditch possibly forming a boundary for a medieval deer park, to the northeast of the site. Some of these remains are recorded from the 14 further events recorded in the buffer. These include geophysical survey, evaluation, excavation and watching briefs, and have been undertaken in areas to the southwest, north, northeast and southeast of the site. Remains recorded mainly date to the Iron Age to Roman period and include field systems and small-scale settlement associated with the wider agricultural landscape in the area east of Doncaster. Remains associated with a post-medieval farm and 18th- to 19th-century field drainage were also recorded.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded two roughly parallel linear ditches in the central part of the site, and a linear ditch further to the east, all of uncertain date. Geophysical survey has indicated that further remains of field boundaries survive within the site, not visible as cropmarks. Within the buffer, field ditches and more complex enclosures have been recorded to the north of the site, forming part of the Iron Age to Roman agricultural landscape recorded across the wider area east of Doncaster. Earthwork ridge and furrow was recorded in the southeast part of the buffer from photographs taken in the 1940s.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the eastern half of the site and south, southeast and northwest parts of the buffer as drained wetland, probably enclosed as part of the massive drainage programme in the 17th century. Many of the field boundaries shown in 1854 survive. The western half of the site and northeast part of the buffer are characterised as agglomerated fields, where widespread boundary removals have led to a reduction of the former character of drained wetland, which would have been the same as



the eastern part of the site, though there is partial legibility in the pattern of field drains. Other character zones within the buffer comprise a post-medieval plantation at the southeast edge of the buffer, modern private housing estates and an early 20th-century to modern hospital at the western side, and a supermarket at the southwest edge.

The most recent imagery (2009) shows the site as up to eleven fields, largely in use as rough pasture. Woodfield Way runs through the site, but is too recent to be visible on the aerial imagery.


The 1854 OS map shows numerous small, regular fields within the site, along with three narrow plantation belts on the same alignment as the field boundaries. Buildings at Carr Lodge, in the central/south part of the site comprised four ranges arranged in a square, with a small surrounding area of gardens. A fish pond was shown to the west of the lodge, possibly just within the southern site boundary. The northern site boundary was formed by a substantial drainage ditch called Division Drain. Some field boundaries in the western part of the site had been removed by 1894. The LMSR Dearne Valley Railway had been constructed through the eastern part of the site on a northeast to southwest alignment by 1930, subdividing several of the fields. Carr Lodge had been expanded into its courtyard by 1938. A small building shown as Carr Lodge Cottages was depicted to the north of Carr Lodge in 1967. The railway line had been dismantled by 1989, though the embankment was still extant. The buildings at Carr Lodge had been extended to the north by 1984.

The 1854 OS map shows most of the buffer as fields, mainly similar small regular fields to those within the site, forming part of areas known as Potteric and Loversall Carrs. Beeston Plantation was shown at the eastern edge of the buffer, and St Catherine's house to the west, and several smaller plantations were interspersed amongst the fields. A small contagious diseases hospital had been built to the northwest of the site by 1902. A triangular railway junction and sidings had been built to the east of the site by 1930. By 1939, St Catherine's was shown as a Certified Institution, with several new buildings added around the main house. Most of the trees in Beeston Plantation appear to have been felled by 1956, though it was still depicted on the map, and was afforested again by 1961. the contagious disease hospital had become a community centre by that date. By 1967, housing had extended into the northwest edge of the buffer. A new hospital had been built to the west of the site, northeast of St Catherine's, by 1974. The 1984 map showed a new road under construction to the east and northeast of the site, becoming the A6182 and cutting through Beeston Plantation by 1989.

Survival:

The site has been drained and in agricultural use since probably the 17th century, and this may have impacted on the preservation of archaeological remains, though excavation within the western part of the site has indicated that buried archaeology does survive below the zone impacted by ploughing. Further remains are likely to survive within the undisturbed areas of the site. The footings of Carr Lodge may also survive.


Some archaeological evaluation has already been undertaken within the site, and it is highly likely that further archaeological investigation will be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with the Iron Age to Roman agricultural landscape and small-scale settlement could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. Remains associated with Carr Lodge are likely to be considered to be of Local archaeological significance.


The 2002 Google Earth aerial imagery shows the site as 11 fields, mainly in rough grass coverage, with two narrow plantation belts within the eastern part of the site. Carr Lodge and cottages had been demolished, with the footings visible as paler scars. Field boundaries in the eastern part of the site are defined by a mixture of hedges and drainage ditches, whilst those to the west are bounded only by ditches. Some development was underway to the northeast of the site, with light industrial or retail unit shown in 2003 and further buildings including a motel and restaurant shown in 2008. At that date the footings of the Carr Lodge buildings had grassed over, and an area of scrubby trees was shown to the west of the former house. Housing had been built up to the



western edge of the site by that date, and a supermarket was constructed to the southwest. Further development was underway to the north of the site by 2009. The 2015 image was completely obscured by clouds. Street View imagery shows the new road, Woodfield Way, that was constructed through the western part of the site after 2009. This shows the fields to either side as covered with rough scrub and grasses.

Lidar data shows the drainage ditches forming the field boundaries, and the footprint of Carr Lodge. There is some uneven ground in the western field, including a slightly platform at the southwest corner and two small hollows towards the northeast side, but it is unclear if these are of archaeological interest. Further small hollows are shown in fields at the northeast side of the site, but again these are very slight and of uncertain origin.


Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View: 2016. Lidar tiles SK5799, SK5899, SE5700 & SE5800 DTM 1m.

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project:

Undated ditches within the site: ULM (RC8FK217) 13-JUN-1983.

Iron Age to Roman field boundaries: RAF/CPE/UK/2563 4494 28-Mar-1948; MAL/77017 0214 28-Jun-1977; ULM (RC8FK217) 13-JUN-1983; SE5800/23 NMR 17746/1 21-Aug-2002.

Ridge and furrow: RAF/CPE/UK/1880 2105 06-Dec-1946.



01869/01 Romano-British Urn, found at Carr View Farm

Rim of Romano-British urn from Carr View Farm. Y

02134/01 Possible Iron Age or Romano-British Enclosures and Field Boundary, Loversall

Ditched enclosures noted on aerial photographs were excavated in 2007. Environmental evidence suggests that there were hedges alongside the ditches, which appear to have contained standing water. Radiocarbon determination on wood from one of the enclosure ditches indicates a date of 380-190 BC (middle to late Iron Age). Pollen analysis suggested an alder carr woodland habitat near the site, with some evidence of cereal cultivation nearby.

Y

02135/01 Iron Age or Romano-British Enclosures, Hut Circles and Field Boundaries, Loversall

Romano-British cropmark showing a double ditched enclosure, two hut circles and field boundaries.

Y

02621/01 Romano-British Cropmark with associated Artefact Scatter, Loversall

Romano-British cropmarks and artefact scatter including Romano-British, Medieval and Post-Medieval pottery, slag and flints.

Y

05037 Roman Square Enclosure, Balby Carr

A square enclosure associated with contemporary ditches. Radiocarbon and artefact finds within the ditch fills suggests the enclosure began silting from the late 2nd century AD. There was no evidence of occupation within it, but remains suggestive of cooking refuse were found within the ditch fills. Environmental samples suggest that there was some cultivated land in the surrounding area, but this site would have been wet and more likely to be associated with pastoral agriculture.

Y

05038 Possible-Medieval Deer Park Boundary, Balby

A ditch identified by geophysical survey and excavation may be a boundary for a medieval deer park associated with Draw Dykes, a fortified manor built after 1220. The manor is said to

Y



Carr have been associated with a park of a thousand acres. Modern and historic field boundaries may have fossilised this boundary feature.

05039 Balby Carr Brickwork Field System and Settlement

A number of ditches from a 'brickwork' plan field system were excavated in 2002, with environmental evidence suggesting that the site is likely to have been pasture with hedges at the field boundaries. Radiocarbon determinations on waterlogged wood from these features dates to between 50 BC to 130 AD. There were at least two phases of ditch construction, the first in the mid- to late Iron Age, the second in the late Iron Age to early Roman period. Round houses identified on this site appeared to be contemporary with the later phase of the field system, with earlier-phase settlement recorded to the west.

Y Y

05617 Iron Age to Romano-British features, Carr Lodge Farm, Doncaster

Fieldwork in 2012 identified the remains of a field system, as well as a number of circular features including at least one roundhouse. Roman-British pottery was recovered from a number of the ditches, along with an Iron Age metalworking crucible. Geophysical survey indicated that late Iron Age and Roman field systems extended further to the north and south.

Y Y

ESY286 Archaeological Field Evaluation at Carr Lodge Farm

Evaluation in 2000 identified two enclosures and a number of other linear and pit type features. No datable cultural artefacts were recovered, but two ditches produced pieces of roundwood that could be scientifically dated. Palaeoenvironmental date suggested that the two main enclosures had hedged banks and were almost certainly used for stock control. The evidence suggests that in the past the site was used for agricultural purposes, with seasonal activity dependent upon the height of the water table.

Y Y

ESY887 Second Phase Archaeological Evaluation, Balby St. Catherines Hospital

A 30ha site was evaluated. [No results mentioned.] Y Y

ESY890 Archaeological Field Evaluation at Balby, Doncaster

An archaeological evaluation comprising geophysical survey and trial trenching demonstrated that the archaeology of this site restricted to a few isolated features associated with agricultural use.

Y

ESY892 Geophysical Survey at Balby, Doncaster

[No results mentioned.] Y Y

ESY988 Watching Brief at White Rose Way, Doncaster

The area was machine-stripped under supervision, with no archaeological remains observed and no finds recovered.

Y Y

ESY1060 First Point, Balby Carr Evaluation Areas A1 A2 A3

The evaluation uncovered features associated with a 19th-/ 20th-century farmhouse.

Y

ESY1061 First Point, Balby Carr, Doncaster Areas B1, B2, B3, E

Trial trenching that uncovered a ring ditch and V-shaped ditch. The ring ditch was fully excavated.

Y

ESY1064 Balby Carr Bank, Doncaster

Excavation revealed two phases of drainage of late 18th-/early 19th-century and late 19th-/ early 20th-century date. Part of a modern landscaped pond was also identified.

Y

ESY1065 First Point, Balby Carr, Doncaster Area D1

Archaeological excavation revealing Iron Age settlement dated by radiocarbon to c.400-200 BC.

Y

ESY1066 Catesby Business Park, Doncaster

Evaluation at Balby Carr consisting of three trenches. Shallow ditches possibly associated with the adjacent late prehistoric and Romano-British field systems were identified. An undated

Y



row of wooden stakes was found.

ESY1067 Balby Carr, Harley Davidson Site

Trial trenches revealed ditches associated with a larger prehistoric field system.

Y

ESY1068 Balby Carr Harley Davidson Site Excavation

Excavation following an evaluation phase identified prehistoric settlement and trackways.

Y

ESY1069 Balby Carr Zone D2, Phase 1

Excavation revealed part of a large enclosure, a rectilinear field system and a series of drainage gullies of pre-Roman date.

Y

ESY1070 Balby Carr Balancing Pond

Strip and record excavation uncovered four archaeological features.

Y

ESY1071 Ikea Site, Balby Carr, Doncaster

Geophysical survey and trial trenching in 2004-5 were carried out on proposed site of an Ikea.

Y

ESY1072 Balby Carr Geophysical Survey

Geophysical survey prior to excavation did not provide clear readings of archaeological features despite extensive cropmarks in the area.

Y

ESY1073 Catesby Business Park, Balby Carr Evaluation

Trial trenching across 6.3 ha site revealed field boundary and enclosure ditches dating to the Iron Age to Romano-British period.

Y

ESY1074 Catesby Business Park, Balby Carr Excavation

Excavation revealed late Iron Age to Romano British fields and enclosures.

Y

ESY1382 Geophysical survey at Carr Lodge Farm, Loversall

Geophysical survey on two plots at Carr Lodge Farm recorded evidence of historic ploughing, as well as limited evidence for archaeological features consisting largely of linear ditches.

Y Y

ESY1383 Watching brief at Carr Lodge Farm, Doncaster

A watching brief conducted ahead of construction of a spine road recorded archaeological features including ditches comprising part of a field system, along with at least one roundhouse. Romano-British pottery and an Iron Age metalworking crucible were recovered.

Y Y

ESY1466 Watching brief, White Rose Way, Doncaster

A watching brief conducted on road widening works identified no archaeological finds or features.

Y Y



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

HSY4232 Balby, Loversall and Potteric Carr, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y

HSY4228 Beeston Plantation, Loversall, Doncaster Plantation Y

HSY5322 St. Catherine's, Tickhill Road, Doncaster Hospital Complex Y

HSY5329 Whisperwood Drive, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5330 Balby Carr School, Balby, Doncaster School Y

HSY5334 Woodfield Way, Balby, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y



Allocation Reference: 838 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Kirk Street/Ramsden Road/Eden Grove






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record/1 event 7 records/3 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 838 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Kirk Street/Ramsden Road/Eden Grove



The SMR records one monument and one event within the site. The monument is the site of the Crimpsall Repair Works, a railway locomotive repair works constructed at the beginning of the 20th century, and demolished in the 21st century. The event related to building recording of the works undertaken prior to demolition. Five findspots and two monuments are recorded within the buffer. Three findspots are located at the same point to the southeast of the site, and comprise an early Bronze Age macehead found near the entrance to the a railway workshop, and two references to a Roman flagon found in gravel deposits at a depth of around 10 feet, near the plant works. Both these records are likely to refer to the same artefact. A further findspot of a coin hoard is from an unknown location within Doncaster, and is unlikely to have been found within the buffer. The fifth findspot is of Mesolithic to Neolithic flints, recovered during fieldwalking to the northwest of the site. The two monuments are to the northwest of the site, and include an 18th-century farmhouse and the possible adjacent site of a deserted medieval village. One of the events comprised geophysical survey and fieldwalking on the possible DMV site, which were inconclusive though prehistoric flints and medieval pottery were found in the topsoil. A further event mostly outside the buffer but extending into the northern tip was a watching brief at Crimpsall Sluice, which did not identify any archaeological deposits.

There are no Scheduled Monuments, listed buildings or registered parks within the site. Three grade II listed buildings are within the northeast part of the buffer, all associated with the Doncaster Plant Works.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project did not record any features within the site. Areas of possible earthwork ridge and furrow were recorded in the vicinity of the supposed medieval settlement and at the northeast tip of the buffer. Field boundaries of probable Iron Age to Roman date were plotted at the northwest edge of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the site and much of the buffer as part of the Plant Works, with the northwest tip of the site being within an area characterised as regenerated scrubland and part of the southern side classed as early 20th-century terraced housing. Other character zones within the buffer include a farm complex, agglomerated fields, allotments, housing estates, a church and chemical works.

Historic landfill data records an area of landfill within the northern part of the site, known as the Old Works, and licensed for the deposition of inert waste.

Recent aerial imagery (2017) shows the site as a vacant plot, with the northern half shown as stripped of topsoil and the southern half rough grassland.


The 1854 OS map shows the majority of the site as part of an unenclosed area called Hexthorpe Ings, bounded on the north by the River Don. A pond and drainage ditch was shown within the site. The southwest part of the site was within an area of strip enclosures, with allotments in the central south area. The 1893 map shows a series of stones in lines within the Ings, possibly boundary markers relating to use of the land. By 1903, the southern two thirds of the site were occupied by buildings associated with the Plant Works, with railway lines running through. The northern edge of the site was still fields at that date. This area had been taken into the works by 1930, when it was occupied by occasional railway lines. The western end of the site was still fields and allotment gardens at that date. Railway lines extended into the northwest part of the site by 1956, and in 1962 this area was shown as a spoil dump. The allotment gardens at the southwest edge were no longer labelled in 1970, though the area was still largely undeveloped. A small area of allotments was shown within the site to the immediate west of the works building. By 1986, the western end of the site had been incorporated into the plot containing the works, and the spoil tip was no longer shown.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map mainly shows fields, with ings, or floodplain meadows to either side of the River Don, and strip fields to the north and south. A small area of settlement was shown at Newton to the northwest of the site, and allotment gardens to the southeast. By 1893, a gasworks and the Great Northern Railway Plant



Works had been built in the northeast part of the buffer, and housing was beginning to encroach into the southeast edge of the buffer. Further housing and a church had been built to the south by 1903, and the works had expanded southwards. The area immediately south of the site had been developed with housing by 1930. In 1970, a sports ground was shown to the west of the site.

Survival:

The buildings within the site were all cleared c.2007, and the site was subsequently stripped of topsoil. The buildings occupied the southern half of the site, which is likely to have been more disturbed than the northern side, which was mainly occupied by railway lines and sidings through the 20th century. There is a record of historic landfill within the northern side of the site, which suggests that this area has been disturbed at some point, though the nature of the landfill is unclear. The buildings were subject to historic building recording prior to demolition. Given the landscaping of the site, the archaeological potential is considered to be low.


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

Significance:

Negligible.

Aerial Photographs& Lidar Summary:

Aerial imagery from 2002 showed the southern half of the site as still occupied by buildings from the railway works, including large sheds, though most of the railway lines to the north and west appeared to have been dismantled. The northern and west sides of the site were covered with scrub and grass vegetation, with a small possible sewage works or storage tanks in the northeast corner. the buildings were cleared between 2004 and 2008, and the site was shown as largely stripped of surfacing at that date. The northern side appeared to have been levelled with brought-in material. The sports ground to the west had also been stripped of topsoil. Some drainage ditches appear to have been dug within the southern half by 2009. A square platform had been created in the northern part of the site by 2014, when this area was still shown as unvegetated, whereas the southern half was covered with regenerated rough grass. No further changes were shown by 2017. Lidar data shows earthwork bunds within the cleared area and no features of likely archaeological origin.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 & 2017. Lidar 2m DTM.

Photographs transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone aerial mapping project: RAF/541/170 5080 21-Sep-1948; MAL/67023 0041 31-Mar-1967; SE5603/3 DNR 1274/31 27-Jul-1978.



Site? Buffer?

1420744 E2 New Erecting Shop, Doncaster Plant Works II Y

1314901 Original Plant Works Building To South West Of Doncaster Station II Y

1151419 Main Engine Shop To Rear Of Original Plant Works Building At Doncaster Station

II Y





00666/01 Early Bronze Age Stone Hammerhead

Stone Hammerhead. Early Bronze Age narrow butted macehead found in 1947 near entrance to railway workshop in Campsall.

Y

01016/01 Roman coin hoard found 1929

Reference to 2 coin hoards "from Doncaster" - are of 52 denarii and another of "120 coins from Wheatley Hills".

Y

01855/01 2nd Century Roman Flagon, Doncaster

2nd century flagon found in river gravel near plant works. No references. [Probably the same as 04311/01].

Y

02902/01 Newton Shrunken Medieval Settlement, Sprotbrough

Newton Medieval shrunken village visible in a field east of the hamlet as a number of features that appear to be the remains of house platforms. Fieldwalking and geophysical survey carried out on the putative site of the former medieval village in 2010 identified a possible stone revetment wall and pottery of 12th-16th century date.

Y

04201/01 18th - 19th Century Farmhouse & outbuildings, Newton

Three storey farmhouse, one room deep, pantile roof with stone-coped gables, central doorway. Pebble dashed, with modern windows. The west wing is older, with stone slabs and pantile roof.

Y

04311/01 Roman Flagon, Doncaster

Second century flagon found at plant railway works in 1963, at a depth of about 10 feet, in river gravel and silt. [Probably a duplicate of 01855/01].

Y

05031/01 The Crimpsall Repair Works, Doncaster

Built in 1900-01 the Crimpsall Repair Works reflected the growth of Doncaster as a major centre for locomotive and carriage works for the GNR. Much of the site has been cleared ahead of redevelopment.

Y

05635 Mesolithic to Bronze Age flints recovered during fieldwalking, Newton, Doncaster

Flint artefacts including Mesolithic microliths and microburins, Neolithic/Bronze Age side scrapers and a late Neolithic arrowhead were recovered during fieldwalking on the putative site of Newton shrunken medieval village.

Y

ESY1443 Geophysical survey and fieldwalking east of Newton, Doncaster

Fieldwalking, resistivity and magnetometry surveys were carried out on the putative site of the former medieval village of Newton. The geophysical surveys identified a possible revetting wall, which may have provided stable ground for the house platforms. However, the feature could be a natural rock outcrop. An assemblage of residual prehistoric flints and medieval pottery of 12th-16th century date was recovered from the fieldwalking exercise.

Y

ESY526 Watching Brief at Crimpsall Sluice

In December 1999 a watching brief was undertaken at Crimpsall Sluice. The results revealed deposits of alluvial material extending to a depth of 3.5m. No archaeological deposits were encountered during the excavations.

Y

ESY888 Building Recording at Crimpsall Repair Works, Hexthorpe, Doncaster

Historic building recording of former railway works, Hexthorpe, Doncaster. A survey of the works, including measured drawings (plans and sections), a full photographic record and a comprehensive architectural and archaeological description of the buildings was undertaken, supplemented by documentary research.

Y Y



Historic Environment Characterisation Reference ID


HSY5703 Hexthorpe Ings, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y Y

HSY5705 Eden Grove, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Sports Ground Y

HSY5708 The Plant, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Other Industry Y Y


HSY5717 Plant Works, Doncaster Other Industry Y Y



HSY5808 Hexthorpe Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y Y

HSY5704 Old Hexthorpe, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Allotments Y

HSY5715 Ramsden Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5721 St. Jude's Church, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5723 Marshgate Prison, Doncaster Prison Y

HSY5777 Newton Ings, Newton , Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY5781 Newton Lane, Newton, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY5782 Newton, Doncaster Farm Complex Y

HSY5785 Shady Side, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5788 Hexthorpe, Doncaster Other Industry Y

HSY5789 Travis Gardens, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5790 Old Hexthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5791 Wharncliffe Street, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5806 Urban Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY5807 Urban Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY5809 Bridge Street, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Chemical Y

HSY5810 Hexthorpe Road. Hexthorpe, Doncaster Chemical Y

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