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ROSSINGTON GOLF DEVELOPMENT, DONCASTER ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT Report Number 2015/26 August 2015 ROSSINGTON GOLF DEVELOPMENT, DONCASTER ArcHeritage, Campo House, 54 Campo Lane, Sheffield S1 2EG Phone: +44 (0)114 2728884 Fax: +44 (0)114 3279793 [email protected] www.archeritage.co.uk KEY PROJECT INFORMATION Project Name Rossington Golf Development, Doncaster ArcHeritage Project No. 48 Report status Final Type of Project Desk-based assessment Client GR Planning NGR SK 634 974 (centred) Author Mark Stenton Illustrations Mark Stenton Editor Glyn Davies Report Number and Date 2015/26 03.08.2015 Copyright Declaration: ArcHeritage give permission for the material presented within this report to be used by the archives/repository with which it is deposited, in perpetuity, although ArcHeritage retains the right to be identified as the author of all project documentation and reports, as specified in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (chapter IV, section 79). The permission will allow the repository to reproduce material, including for use by third parties, with the copyright owner suitably acknowledged. Disclaimer: This Report has been prepared solely for the person/party which commissioned it and for the specifically titled project or named part thereof referred to in the Report. The Report should not be relied upon or used for any other project by the commissioning person/party without first obtaining independent verification as to its suitability for such other project, and obtaining the prior written approval of York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited (“YAT”) (trading as ArcHeritage). YAT accepts no responsibility or liability for the consequences of this Report being relied upon or used for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was specifically commissioned. Nobody is entitled to rely upon this Report other than the person/party which commissioned it. YAT accepts no responsibility or liability for any use of or reliance upon this Report by anybody other than the commissioning person/party. © 2015 York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research Limited. Registered Office: 47 Aldwark, York YO1 7BX. A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No. 1430801. A Registered Charity in England & Wales (No. 09060) and Scotland (No. SCO42846) ArcHeritage i CONTENTS KEY PROJECT INFORMATION ........................................................................................................... 3 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... III 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1 2 LOCATION, GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY ............................................................................... 1 3 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 1 3.1 Aims....................................................................................................................................... 1 3.2 Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 1 3.3 Designations .......................................................................................................................... 2 3.4 Assessment criteria ............................................................................................................... 2 3.5 Local Planning Policies .......................................................................................................... 3 4 ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ................................................................ 3 4.1 Undated ................................................................................................................................ 4 4.2 Prehistoric and Roman .......................................................................................................... 4 4.3 Medieval................................................................................................................................ 5 4.4 Sixteenth to eighteenth centuries ......................................................................................... 6 4.5 Nineteenth century ............................................................................................................... 7 4.6 Modern ................................................................................................................................. 9 5 SITE VISIT ............................................................................................................................... 11 6 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON DESIGNATED HERITAGE ASSETS ..................................................... 12 6.1 Nationally listed assets ........................................................................................................ 12 6.2 Locally listed assets ............................................................................................................. 14 6.3 Historic hedgerows ............................................................................................................. 15 7 ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL AND SIGNIFICANCE................................................................ 15 8 CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................................................... 17 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................... 18 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................... 18 FIGURES......................................................................................................................................... 21 PLATES........................................................................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX 1 – GAZETTEER OF KNOWN CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSETS ............................................ 32 Rossington Golf Development, Doncaster ArcHeritage Desk-based Assessment Report Report No 2015/26 ArcHeritage ii Figures Figure 1: Site location map Figure 2: Known cultural heritage sites Figure 3: 1838 Rossington tithe map Figure 4: 1854 OS map Figure 5: 1893 OS map Figure 6: 1938 Rossington Hall estate sale map Figure 7: 1950 Aerial photographs showing gravel extraction Figure 8: 1967 OS map Plates Plate 1: Northern corner of Site, looking south-west Plate 2: Former Clay Hole, Old Gravel Pit and Pigeon Cote Close fields, looking north Plate 3: Pithill Farm, looking north-west from Littleworth Lane Plate 4: Looking south from Littleworth Lane Plate 5: Looking south-west from Littleworth Lane Plate 6: Access road leading to Gypsy Plantation and water tower Plate 7: Mid-20th-century disused gravel pit in Gypsy Plantation Plate 8: Looking south-east across mid-20th-century former gravel extraction site Plate 9: Looking south-east across mid-20th-century former gravel extraction site Plate 10: Looking west from former gravel extraction site towards Church Field Plate 11: Flooded gravel pit Plate 12: Looking south, with Sixteen Acre Plantation on right Plate 13: Walled kitchen garden, looking south-west Plate 14: Site of Brick Ponds, looking north-east Plate 15: Nine Acre Plantation, with former Bone Close on right Plate 16: South-west part of the Site, with the former Pond Close on the right Plate 17: Former Deer Park, looking west Plate 18: The Old Park, looking south-east Plate 19: Paddocks in south-west corner of the Old Park Plate 20: Former Rossington Hall lodge, looking east Rossington Golf Development, Doncaster ArcHeritage Desk-based Assessment Report Report No 2015/26 ArcHeritage iii NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY This report present the results of a desk-based assessment of land at Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (centred on NGR SK 634 974). The report was commissioned by G.R. Planning. Research for the report indicates that Rossington Bridge Roman fort, a Scheduled Monument of national significance, is located partially within the Site. The fort has not been subject to archaeological excavation and, as an SM, is of national significance. Further features relating to the fort may also survive outside the Scheduled area. The Site formed part of a wider agricultural landscape during the Iron Age and Roman periods. Aerial photographs show extensive cropmark features throughout the majority of the Site; these are likely to be the remains of field boundary ditches, tracks and settlement enclosures. The majority of the Site formed part of Rossington Common during the medieval and early post-medieval periods. During these periods, the land is likely to have been used for low-level agricultural activity, such as the grazing of animals. Arable farming took place in the western part of the Site, which formed part of Rossington’s Church Field. Low-level agricultural features relating to land divisions, drainage and ploughing may be present in this part of the Site. Rossington Common was enclosed in 1774 to form part of the Shooter’s Hill estate. Field systems, tracks and land drains survive from this period and from the 19th and 20th centuries. Any subsurface archaeological deposits from these periods are also likely to be low-level agricultural features relating to land divisions, access, drainage