Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment
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Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 811 Area (Ha): 1.49 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5456 0539 Site Name: Land off Layden Drive, Scawsby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area Allocation Recommendations Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Uncertain Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint 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 www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 811 Area (Ha): 1.49 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5456 0539 Site Name: Land off Layden Drive, Scawsby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area Site assessment Known assets/character: 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. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: 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 investigations: 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. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 2 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: 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. Photograph references: Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. LiDAR tile SE5405 DTM 1m. Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1003672 Roman Ridge, Roman road, NW of Doncaster SM Y Y SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01018/01 Roman Road Roman Road running north west from Doncaster. Cut in 1947 Y running north west by gas main. from Doncaster 03039/01 'Roman Ridge', Stretches of Roman road used recently as a bridle path. It Y Roman Road at would have been the main Roman road from Doncaster Adwick le (Danum) towards Castleford (Lagentivm). Street/Bentley 04016/01 Enclosure, Bentley Two enclosures, plus other unidentified features. Y with Arksey 04179/01 Pottery Find, Emley Unstratified abraded pottery recovered from ploughsoil, Emley Y Drive, Scawsby Drive, Scawsby. 04915 Roman Road; Suggested Roman road following the original line of military Y Bawtry to Adwick advance from Lincoln towards York, entering South Yorkshire Le Street via in the south-east at Bawtry, travelling north-west through Doncaster Doncaster and Adwick Le Street and then on towards Casteford. 04935 Iron Age or Aerial photograph transcription identifies an enclosure and Y Romano-British field system remains. settlement site, Scawsby ESY525 Archaeological In April 1993 a geophysical survey followed by the excavation Y Evaluation of Land of a number of trial trenches was undertaken at Emley Drive. off Emley Drive No archaeological features were encountered, and the only find was very fragmentary unstratified pottery recovered from ploughsoil. ESY986 Survey of Roman Measured and photographic survey of archaeological and Y Ridge Cycle path modern features along path of cycle route route ESY1407 Evaluation Seven trenches excavated along a section of the Roman Ridge Y trenching at Roman Roman Road between Sunnyfields and Red House. At the Ridge Roman Road, southern part of the investigated area limestone rubble Adwick le Street, possibly representing a former road surface was recorded. Doncaster 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 www.archeritage.co.uk Page 3 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment true road route. SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4926 Scawsby Rosedale Schools, Doncaster School Y Y HSY4293 Former Scawthorpe, Broad Axe and High Agglomerated fields Y Fields, Adwick Le Street, Doncaster HSY4296 Land around Scawsby Village, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4925 Emley Drive Scawsby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y www.archeritage.co.uk Page 4 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 812 Area (Ha): 0.107 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5673 0084 Site Name: Garage Site, Shelley Avenue, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area 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 www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 812 Area (Ha): 0.107 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5673 0084 Site Name: Garage Site, Shelley Avenue, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area Site assessment Known assets/character: 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. 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 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. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: 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.