Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment
Allocation Reference: 097 Area (Ha): 0.72 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6589 1199 Site Name: Land at Kirton Lane, Stainforth Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 2 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a
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Allocation Reference: 097 Area (Ha): 0.72 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6589 1199 Site Name: Land at Kirton Lane, Stainforth Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any findspots, monuments or events within the site. One findspot, one monument and two events are recorded in the buffer zone. The findspot was of a Roman coin to the west of the site, whilst the monument and both events relate to investigations of an Iron Age to Roman settlement and field system in the area to the immediate north of the site. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded earthwork ridge and furrow within the site and the buffer zone; however, the site has been developed since the photographs were taken and no earthwork features survive within it. Three 20th-century spoil heaps are also shown in the buffer, to the northwest and south of the site. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as Agglomerated Fields, with significant loss of field boundaries in the 20th century reducing the visibility of pre-1825 piecemeal enclosure from a former open field. Character zones within the buffer include Agglomerated Fields; Deep Shaft Coal Mine; and Semi-detached Housing. The site is currently occupied by a depot and yard. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown as fields on the 1825 Fishlake, Stainforth and Hatfield enclosure map. No changes were shown within the site on OS maps produced between 1853 and 1975. A house and a depot had been built in the site by 1984. Various features were marked within the buffer zone on the 1853 OS map including fields, land drains, Polton Toft Road, Hugh Hill Lane, areas named ‘Poltoncrofts’ and ‘Thwaites’ and Wormley Bridge Drain. Housing had been built in the western part of the buffer by 1932, with the Hatfield Colliery mineral railway and spoilheap shown on the 1948 map. Further housing and a mineral railway extension were shown in 1962. The mineral railway had been dismantled by 1984. The colliery spoilheap had been extended by that date and occupied much of the southern part of the buffer. Survival: The site has been drained and may have been cultivated since at least the early 19th century, which could have impacted on the preservation of below-ground remains through truncation and desiccation. The construction of the house and the depot buildings may have impacted on archaeological remains within their footprints. Archaeological remains may be present in the yard and lawn areas where there has likely been minimal disturbance. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains within undisturbed areas is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman field systems could be considered to be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs show the site occupied by the depot and its yard, and the house and its gardens/lawns. There is no Lidar coverage for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth: 2002, 2008, 2009, 2015. Bing Maps: 2015. RAF/CPE/UK/1880 4061 06-Dec-1946; RAF/541/31 3421 18-May-1948; MAL/74062 0061 29-Nov-1974; MAL/74062 0062 29-Nov-1974.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00561/01 Roman Coin, Antoninus of Galerius found in garden of 15 Mayfield Road, Y Stainforth Stainford (A.D. 293-305). 05653 Romano-British Geophysical surveys identified evidence for enclosures, field Y settlement and boundaries and discrete features across a wide area on either field system, north- side of a large colliery spoil heap, which is likely to overlie east of Stainforth further remains. Trial trenching to the west of the spoil heap recorded settlement features, field boundaries, post-holes, gullies and pits, along with associated pottery indicating a 2nd- 3rd century date for the main phase of activity. A few sherds of Iron Age pottery suggest an earlier origin, though the nature of this earlier phase is yet to be established. ESY97 Casual One field walked by SYCAS staff and some first year university Y Fieldwalking, Fields students in 1985-6. north east of Stainforth, Doncaster ESY1474 Evaluations on land In 2008, a sedimentological investigation was undertaken, with Y north-east of 21 boreholes excavated in two transects to characterise the Stainforth, South depositional sequence across the site. No stratified Yorkshire archaeological deposits were identified, and the palaeoenvironmental potential of the samples was considered to be low. Geophysical survey in 2009 identified extensive remains of settlement and agricultural features, probably of Romano-British date. These comprised trackways, field boundaries, enclosures and possible hut circles. Evaluation trenching in 2014 recorded Romano-British features including possible boundary ditches, gullies, pits and post-holes and associated pottery.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4455 'Ash Fields', Stainforth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4469 Hatfield Main Colliery, Stainforth, Doncaster Deep Shaft Coal Mine Y HSY4797 Measham Drive, Stainforth Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y HSY4890 Mayfield Avenue, Stainforth, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y
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Allocation Reference: 101 Area (Ha): 6.867 Allocation Type: Employment NGR (centre): SE 6777 1435 Site Name: Land north of A614/M18 Junction, Thorne Settlement: Thorne Moorends
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 - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - 1 record/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 101 Area (Ha): 6.867 Allocation Type: Employment NGR (centre): SE 6777 1435 Site Name: Land north of A614/M18 Junction, Thorne Settlement: Thorne Moorends
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument and two events are recorded within the buffer zone. The monument relates to one of the events, an augur survey undertaken to examine buried alluvial deposits within the floodplain sequence. The other event was an evaluation near Cossons Road, which did not identify any significant archaeological remains. One Grade II listed building is recorded within the buffer zone, a wharf on the River Don, near Quay Road. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. Post-medieval ridge and furrow earthworks and cropmarks are recorded in fields within the east and north parts of the buffer zone. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as Drained Wetland, enclosed from common land as part of the 1825 Parliamentary Enclosure Award, with no legibility of the former common. The present boundaries are largely defined by the 19th-century drainage layout. Character zones within the buffer are defined as agglomerated fields retaining significant legibility of the pattern of early post-medieval piecemeal enclosure from valley floor meadows; post-medieval vernacular cottages at Thorne Waterside; 20th- century enclosure of former valley-floor meadows with no legibility of the previous layout and modern motorway and trunk road infrastructure and a distribution centre and sewage works. The site is currently five small fields utilised as rough grassland, bounded to the southeast by the M18 and to the west by Selby Road. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown as fields on the 1854 OS map. With the exception of the removal of a small number of field boundaries, no further changes were shown within the site on OS maps produced after that date, though the southern boundary of the fields changed substantially in association with the construction of the M18 in 1975. Various features were marked within the buffer zone on the 1855 OS map including fields, Gyme Close Drain, Waterside Drain, Shepherd House and other buildings, the Ship Inn, Hangman Hill and Brickholes Drain. A sewage works and two orchards were shown within the buffer on the 1932 OS map. The M18 motorway was under construction along the southeast boundary of the site by 1975, and the sewage works had expanded by 1981. Poultry Houses and an access road had been constructed to the north of the site by that date. Survival: The extent of disturbance caused by the construction of the motorway and associated landscaping is currently unknown, but this may have impacted on the survival of buried archaeological remains within the southern and eastern part of the site. Where disturbance has been minimal and within the rest of the site, there is a moderate potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs show the site as five small fields in use as rough grassland. Most of the
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fields have hedged boundaries. There is no Lidar coverage for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth: 2002, 2008 & 2009. Bing Maps: 2015.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151572 River Don wharf opposite west end of Quay Road II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 04973 Holocene Sediment Fishlake is within the boundary of the Humberhead Levels, Y Sequences, which is demarcated in the north by the River Aire and the Fishlake Vale of York. The levels developed from the glacial Lake Humber and are filled with up to 20m of clay in places. The sediments recorded from a study of this area represent alluvial floodplain deposits. ESY538 Archaeological Between January and February 2006 an archaeological Y Evaluation and evaluation was conducted on land adjacent to Cassons Road. Mitigation on Land The excavation of trial trenches revealed a tree trunk. Extant adjoining Cassons field boundaries were also recorded but no deposits of Road archaeological significance were observed. ESY762 Auger Survey and An auger survey and scientific dating of a sediment sequence Y Feasibility Study for was conducted on 6th and 7th February 2009. The auger OSL dating of survey was used to characterise the sediments in the study alluvial sediments. area. 13 hand auger cores were taken and the results used to select two locations for mechanical coring in 2009. OSL dating was conducted on one of the cores and carbon dating on the other which was unsuitable for the OSL technique.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4416 North Common, Thorne, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y HSY4383 Land west of the Don, Fishlake, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4452 River Don between Fishlake and Stainforth Valley Floor Meadows Y HSY4604 M18 J6 (north end), Thorne, Doncaster Motorway and Trunk Road Y Junctions HSY4605 M18 J6 (Southern End), Thorne, Doncaster Motorway and Trunk Road Y Junctions HSY4607 Car distribution centre, J6 M18, Thorne Distribution Centre Y HSY4611 Sewage Works, Thorne, Doncaster Utilities Y HSY4613 Small Depot at Hangsman Hill Thorne (site of Other Industry Y Ship Inn/ Low Hill Mill), Thorne, Doncaster HSY5668 Thorne Waterside, Thorne, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y
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Allocation Reference: 102 Area (Ha): 37.7 Allocation Type: Minerals NGR (centre): SK 5484 9667 Site Name: Holme Hall Quarry, Stainton Lane Settlement: Stainton
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 102 Area (Ha): 37.7 Allocation Type: Minerals NGR (centre): SK 5484 9667 Site Name: Holme Hall Quarry, Stainton Lane Settlement: Stainton
Site assessment Known assets/character: There are no SMR events or monuments recorded within the site and one event recorded within the buffer. Archaeological fieldwalking at Cockhill House Farm, immediately adjacent to the site, recovered a concentration of Roman material, possibly indicating the presence of a small Roman farmstead. Prehistoric material was also recovered, although this was widely dispersed across the area. There are no listed buildings or Scheduled Monuments within the site or the buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded two areas of post medieval ridge and furrow within the buffer; one to the east of the north site and one to the south of the south site. Historic Landscape Characterisation records the eastern half of the north site as agglomerated fields which were originally part of an open field system consolidated over time into enclosed strip fields, and subsequently agglomerated in the second half of the 20th century. The western half of the north site is an area of relatively modern assarts. The woodland is likely to have been a coppice wood and final clearance occurred in the late 20th century. The south site lies within an area of agglomerated fields. Many of the field boundaries were removed in the 1950s and 1960s. Prior to enclosure the area was probably part of town fields belonging to Wadworth. Legibility of the previous character is fragmentary as some boundaries of the parliamentary enclosure still exist. The areas surrounding the sites comprise of surveyed enclosure, further assarts and areas of ancient woodland. The site is divided into two parcels, a larger northern group of fields containing Peter Wood Farm, bounded to the north by the M18, and a smaller southern parcel comprising a single field between Cockhill Plantation and Long Gate. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map depicted the site as a mixture of agglomerated fields and ancient woodland. The northern parcel was fields with Rakes Lane running through the centre. The southern parcel was made up of four enclosures, part of an area labelled as Owt Moor. By 1892, Peterwood Farm had been built in the centre of the northern parcel, and by 1969 the M18 had been constructed along the northern boundary. Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed Armroyd Holt wood in the north, Four Acre Holt to the south of the northern parcel and Cockhill Plantation between the two parcels. Cockhill House was depicted to the south and a limekiln and Limestone Quarry were located to the north of the south parcel. No major changes to the area can be identified on historic mapping other than the construction of the M18 by 1969. Survival: The sites are located in an area of fields and former woodland and is presently used for agriculture. No development is known to have occurred on the majority of site and, although some sub-surface deposits may have been damaged by ploughing and tree roots, the potential for the survival of previously unrecorded buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate. Roman artefacts have been found in the area between the two site parcels, and such remains could continue into the site. Peter Wood Farm may contain surviving later 19th-century buildings. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Remains of Roman settlement and agricultural activity could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. Peter Wood Farm may contain buildings of Local heritage value.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Aerial photographs from 1999 show the north site as various sized arable fields with Peter Wood Farm located in the centre of the site and Rakes Lane running in a north-south direction through the middle. The site is bounded by the M18 in the north, and a mixture of farmland and woodland to the south and west. The south site is one arable field bounded to the north by woodland, to the south by a road and to the east and west by farmland. No LiDAR is available for this area. Photograph references: Google Earth: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009. Bing Maps: 2016. RAF/541/35 4079 19-May-1948, RAF/541/35 4025 19-May-1948.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID ESY280 Archaeological Artefactual material was found by have been distributed only Y Y Fieldwalking at thinly across the site, and the medieval period was almost Cockhill House completely unrepresented in the material recovered. One Farm, Stainton concentration of Roman material was clearly visible from the results, occurring in an area about 60 x80 meters in field South 1. The size of concentration is consistent with the probable presence of a small Roman farmstead. There was a wide coverage of prehistoric material from across the survey, but no clear concentration was definable.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4208 Sand field, Wadworth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4238 Wood Lane 2, Edlington, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4242 Peter Wood Fields, Wadworth, Doncaster Assarts Y Y HSY4164 Stainton Lane, Stainton Assarts Y HSY4165 Station Lane, Stainton, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y HSY4167 Cockhill Common, Stainton Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4194 Wood Lane, Edlington, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4198 Edlington Wood, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y HSY4200 Wadworth Wood South, Wadworth, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y HSY4240 Peter Wood, Wadworth, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y HSY4243 Wood Lane, Wadworth, Doncaster Assarts Y HSY4279 Tickhill Back Lane, Stancil, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y
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Allocation Reference: 105 Area (Ha): 1.62 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6664 0933 Site Name: South of Backfield Lane, Hatfield Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
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 - - Listed Building - 3 SMR record/event - 3 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 105 Area (Ha): 1.62 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6664 0933 Site Name: South of Backfield Lane, Hatfield Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records two monuments, one findspot and one event within the buffer zone. The monuments comprise a timber framed medieval building and a post-medieval timber framed barn, both located to the northwest of the site. The findspot is of Roman pottery, to the southeast of the site. The event relates to archaeological monitoring of development groundworks, which recorded a post-medieval ditch and pit. This is located to the northwest of the site, although the majority of the event lies outside of the buffer. No Scheduled Monuments are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. Three listed buildings are recorded within the buffer zone, two to the immediate north of the site comprising a house and a stable block, both of which are Grade II listed. A further Grade II listed building lies to the northwest of the site, comprising a Methodist church. 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 present character of the site as surveyed enclosure established as part of the 1825 Parliamentary Enclosure Award, with most of the boundaries still in existence today as historic hedgerows. There is no legibility of former open field, but a significant area of well-preserved enclosure landscape is complete within this area. To the immediate north of the site is the medieval core of Hatfield, within which are typical 'strip plots' established by at least the early 19th century. The area represents piecemeal developments within the 'morphological frame' of probable medieval strip plots, with fragmentary legibility of former characters. To the north of the site is the well preserved section of ‘Firth Field’, retaining nearly all of the hedgerows first shown on 1825 'Haywood' enclosure award map. To the west and south of the site, the character is much the same as that within the site itself. Further to the south and east of the site is modern housing and the M18 motorway, with no legibility of former landscapes. The site currently comprises two fields bounded by hedgerows, although the northern boundary is a recent addition. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site is shown on the 1854 OS map as part of two fields, with the northern extent of the fields extending out of the site boundary and right up to Back Field Lane. There was very little change on the site until 1962, when what is now the northern site boundary was constructed, presumably a property boundary for the bungalows situated to the north. This shortened the length of the two fields that comprise the site. No change has occurred on the site since then. Within the buffer zone, Back Field Lane, immediately to the north of the site, was extant by 1854, although was called Town Side Road at that date, with the name change having occurred by 1892. A handful of buildings appear on this road, one of which is situated immediately to the north of the site, but the High Street, slightly further to the north, is well developed, with several pubs, churches, and other residential and recreational/functional buildings. By 1906, the building immediately to the north of the site on Back Field Lane had been extended. In 1952, buildings were shown on Back Field Lane, immediately to the north of the site (now marked as The Shires Bungalows). By 1962, a handful of buildings had been constructed to the south-east of the site, off New Mill Field Road. By 1981, the M1 is present in the eastern part of the buffer, constructed in the 1970s. Little significant change has occurred within the buffer zone since then, with the northern area being well- developed, and the southern area having some development, but with more fields. Survival: Due to the relative lack of deep ground disturbance on the site, the potential for the survival of any unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be moderate.
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Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs show the site as two fields in arable usage in 2002. Usage since then is unclear, although it may have been given over to waste/scrub land. The fields have hedged boundaries, with the northern boundary being of later 20th-century origin. Lidar data for this site did not show any previously unrecorded features. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009. Lidar data tile SE6609 DTM 1m.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151622 Number 54 (Pyenest flat 1-4 inclusive) II Y 1192399 Hatfield Methodist Church II Y 1286620 Stable-block approximately 20 metres to rear of the mews II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01528/01 Timber Framed Barn of 18th century date showing clear replacement of Y Barn, Hatfield timber frame elements in brick. 01529/01 Timber Framed Anglers Shop, timber framed building, Hatfield. Medieval. Y Building, Hatfield 02787/01 Roman Pottery Roman Samian sherds, (?) Dr 18/31. Y Find, Hatfield ESY987 St Lawrence Plot A and access road topsoil stripping. Showed 17th/18th Y Vicarage, High century ditch Street, Hatfield
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4476 New Mill Field, Hatfield, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4471 Site of proposed Hatfield Services, M18, Regenerated Scrubland Y Hatfield, Doncaster HSY4483 Well preserved section of 'Firth Field', Hatfield, Surveyed Enclosure Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4619 Old Mill Field (North), Hatfield Woodhouse, Surveyed Enclosure Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private)
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HSY4711 Medieval core plots of Hatfield, Doncaster Burgage Plots Y HSY4714 Old Epworth Road, Hatfield, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y HSY4715 Old Thorne Road, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4717 New Mill Field Road, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4718 Hatfield Manor House, Hatfield, Doncaster Elite Residence Y HSY4721 Manor Lane / Manor Gardens, Hatfield, Villas/ Detached Housing Y Doncaster HSY4727 Cricket Ground, Hatfield, Doncaster Sports Ground Y
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Allocation Reference: 106 Area (Ha): 13.56 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6227 0393 Site Name: Land off Barton Lane and adj. Oak Wood Settlement: Armthorpe
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 2 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 106 Area (Ha): 13.56 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6227 0393 Site Name: Land off Barton Lane and adj. Oak Wood Settlement: Armthorpe
Site assessment Known assets/character: There are no SMR records within the site itself. Within the buffer zone, two monuments are recorded to the south of the site, relating to a possible stretch of Roman Road, and a ditch associated with it. One event exists within the buffer zone, to the southwest of the site, which relates to a fieldwalking survey which was undertaken over three fields and recovered only recent artefacts. A watching brief was carried out within the same area, but did not identify any archaeological features or deposits. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records fragmentary traces of Iron Age to Roman field boundaries within the site, which extend into the eastern and southern buffer zone and beyond. With the south end of the buffer zone, post-medieval ridge and furrow has also been recorded. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the majority of the site and southern part of the buffer as former commons enclosed in 1779 by Parliamentary Award. There is no legibility of the former common land. A small area in the northwest part of the site is part of a reclaimed coal mine and contains a spoil tip associated with the adjacent Markham Main colliery deep shaft mine. Further character zones within the buffer include private and social housing estates, a school and an industrial estate. The site currently comprises an irregular parcel of three fields. A modern housing estate lies to the north, with fields to the south, east and west. A small strip of woodland, Oak Wood, is present between the two largest fields, and is not part of the site. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: On the 1854 map the site was part of three fields. A small strip of woodland was present between the two main fields, labelled Oak Wood. The entire area of the site and surrounding fields to the south was named South Moor, with the northernmost field part of an area called South Field. Barton Lane ran down the western boundary of the site. By 1948 Barton Lane had been re-aligned slightly, with a dogleg added to the northeast. This was probably done in conjunction with the construction of Markham Main Colliery, to the immediate west. By 1892 little had altered on the site, although by 1992 the housing estate to the north and east had been constructed, creating some of the site boundaries and forming the site into the shape in which it remains today. In 1854, the area surrounding the site was mostly fields. To the east of the site was Tranmoor Wood, with Tranmoor Lane a little further to the east. Immediately outside the southern site boundary was an unnamed structure, and further to the south was Elm Wood and Ox Carr Wood. To the west was South Moor Wood. A small gravel pit was located to the northwest of the site, by Kirk Hill. By 1894 the structure to the south of the site was labelled Low Farm. By 1948 Markham Main Colliery was established to the west of the site, and Barton Lane had been re-routed slightly to the northeast. By 1982, a substantial housing development had been constructed to the northeast of the site. This had expanded further by 1992, creating the current northern site boundaries. Survival: The site was enclosed in 1799 and is likely to have been in agricultural use since that time. As such, due to the lack of deep-ground disturbance on the site, the potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains is considered to be high. Cropmarks of probably Iron Age to Roman field boundaries have been recorded within the site and associated buried remains could extend throughout the site. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation will be required if the site is brought forward for development.
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Significance: Unknown. Remains of Iron Age to Roman field systems and settlement could be considered to be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on their nature, extent and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site as unchanged from the 1992 map. All three fields appear to be used for agricultural purposes. Within the buffer zone, by 2002, the colliery buildings and infrastructure are no longer present, with the area undergoing regeneration. No features were identified within the available Lidar data for the site. Photograph references: Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. Lidar data tiles SE6203 & SE6204 DTM 1m. ULM BTO 0039 01-Jul-1975, SE6203/13 DNR 872/7A 03-Jul-1976, MAL/79009 0217 23-Mar-1979, MAL/80007 0075 30-Mar-1980.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01258/01 Possible stretch of A possible stretch of Roman Road is thought to lie on land Y Roman Road at south of Low Farm, Armthorpe. Armthorpe 01258/02 Ditch at Armthorpe Ditch associated with possible stretch of Roman Road at Y Armthorpe. ESY273 Fieldwalking Survey In 1999 a fieldwalking survey was undertaken over 3 fields Y and Watching Brief with a short cereal crop. Over 800 fragments of unglazed field at Markham Main drain were collected and 3 pottery sherds all of 20th century origin. In August 2002 a watching brief was carried out at the site. No archaeological features or deposits were identified.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4519 Land to the north of Cantley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY5064 Markham Main Colliery tip, Armthorpe, Reclaimed Coal Mine Y Y Doncaster HSY4513 Markham Main Colliery Site, Armthorpe, Reclaimed Coal Mine Y Doncaster HSY4979 Armthorpe Southfield Primary School, School Y Armthorpe, Doncaster HSY4988 Barton Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY4991 Tranmoor Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5007 Brampton Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5020 Barton Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY5025 Markham Main Colliery, Armthorpe, Doncaster Deep Shaft Coal Mine Y
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Allocation Reference: 107 Area (Ha): 1.99 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5610 1333 Site Name: Land at Victoria House, High St, Askern Settlement: Askern
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 107 Area (Ha): 1.99 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5610 1333 Site Name: Land at Victoria House, High St, Askern Settlement: Askern
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two events are recorded within the buffer: trial trench evaluations off Market Place towards the northern end of the buffer and off Doncaster Road at the southern edge. No remains of archaeological interest were found in either event. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. In the western part of the buffer, the extent of Askern Main Colliery and spoil heaps was recorded. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the southern two thirds of the site as an industrial area, with the principal complex being a sawmill, and much of the rest of the polygon being scrub vegetation on land previously used for tipping; however, there is no cartographic evidence for industrial activity or tipping with the site itself. The northern third is described as part of the urban commercial core of Askern, which defines the likely extent of the medieval settlement, though most of the current buildings date to the 20th- century redevelopment associated with the colliery. The settlement was briefly a spa town in the late 18th to early 19th century. Further character zones within the buffer include Askern Lake public park to the east, probably a naturally waterlogged area perhaps landscaped during the spa town phase; the site of Askern Main Colliery to the west, sunk in 1911 and demolished by 2003; and the Instoneville planned miners' housing estate to the west and southwest. The site is currently shown as rough grass and scrub between the landscaped former colliery site to the west and High Street to the east. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map depicted the southern two thirds of the site as part of a field behind a large building. The northern part of the site included garden plots to the west of houses fronting onto High Street, including Victoria Place. The 1892 map depicted the large building as Spring House, with a possible orchard along the street frontage on the western side of the site, and showed Victoria Place as two fairly large semi-detached houses. The buildings between Spring House and Victoria Place were unnamed. Three houses were shown at Victoria Place in 1906, with a narrow yard to the rear. Victoria Place was no longer labelled in 1932, but the buildings were still shown and the layout of the site relatively unchanged. In 1961, the houses to the south of Victoria Place were shown as Victoria House, Albert Cottage and Albert House, and outbuildings and a greenhouse were shown to the north of Spring House. Two cottages were shown in the southwest corner of the field, outside the site area. By 1986, the Victoria Place houses had been demolished, probably in association with the widening of High Street in this area. Albert House and Cottage had also been demolished, though Victoria House survived, along with the outbuildings north of Spring House. Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed the core of Askern to the north, including several hotels and properties with summer houses. Askern Lake was located to the northeast, and numerous spa baths were depicted to the east of High Street. To the southeast of the site was an area called Askern Mather, which included Mather Pits, possibly old gravel pits. Two limestone quarries and a gravel pit were shown to the south and southwest of the site. In 1892, Mather Pits appeared to be laid out with a scenic walk and seats, and a ridge known as Askern Hill was shown to the immediate west of the site. The Crown Hotel was shown to the immediate north of the site. A spa well was depicted at the end of the Mather Pits footpath in 1906, and a 'spa hydropathic establishment' was shown to the north of the site. By 1932, this had become the Miners' Welfare Institute. Railway sidings associated with Askern Main Colliery were shown to the west of the site by that date, with spoil tipping to the west of the sidings. The pit-head buildings were outside the buffer to the northwest. Housing had been built to the south and west of the site as part of the Instoneville colliery village, and a Rug Works was shown to the east. A depot was shown to the north of the Mather Pits by 1961, replaced by a saw mill and electronics works by 1977.
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Survival: Rubble associated with demolished buildings lies within the northeast part of the site, and the footings of these houses and outbuildings may survive within this area. Some of these buildings were shown in 1854. None of the historic maps show any disturbance within the site, suggesting there is a moderate potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology within this area. The northern part of the site falls within the area defined as the likely extent of the medieval settlement. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Remains associated with the houses and outbuildings shown in 1892 are likely to be considered of Local archaeological significance.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as an area of rough grass and scrub vegetation crossed by a series of footpaths. Spa House (formerly Spring House) is shown along the street frontage just outside the site area, with outbuildings to the north. Victoria House was shown within the site in 2002, but had been demolished by 2015. Street View imagery shows rubble heaps within the vegetation along the northern part of the street frontage, probably the remains of the demolished Victoria House and possibly the houses to the north. To the west of the site, the colliery railway lines had been removed by 2002 and the site landscaped by 2008. There is no Lidar data for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View 2015. SE5513/2 CCX 14249/6 16-Sep-1992.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID ESY499 Archaeological In January 2006 a programme of trial trenching was Y Evaluation on land undertaken on land near Market Place. No archaeological off Market Place remains were revealed. ESY500 Field Evaluation on In 1996 a programme of trial trenching was undertaken on Y land off Doncaster land adjacent to Doncaster Road in Askern. It appears that the Road whole area under assessment had been affected by landfill, or the activities associated with landfill. No features or finds of any archaeological interest were made in any of the trenches.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY354 Askern Town Centre Commercial Core-Urban Y Y HSY364 Askern Mather / Sawmill Other Industry Y Y HSY331 Askern Main Colliery site Deep Shaft Coal Mine Y HSY358 Early social housing in Instonville, Askern Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY365 Askern Lake Public Park Y
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Allocation Reference: 108 Area (Ha): 7.13 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6116 0994 Site Name: White House Farm, Bramwith Lane Settlement: Barnby Dun
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - 2 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 108 Area (Ha): 7.13 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6116 0994 Site Name: White House Farm, Bramwith Lane Settlement: Barnby Dun
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two monuments and one event are recorded in the buffer, all to the southeast of the site. These comprise the church of St Peter and St Paul (also grade I listed), and a watching brief off Church Lane that identified the remains of a medieval building and an associated medieval to post-medieval ditch. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. One grade I building is located in the south-eastern part of the buffer, the 14th-century and later Church of St Peter and St Paul. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. A rectilinear enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date is located in the eastern part of the buffer, and field boundary ditches of uncertain date are recorded to the northeast. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as agglomerated fields, created through the loss of field boundaries in the 20th century, and resulting in only partial visibility of the 1807 Parliamentary Enclosure landscape. Further character zones within the buffer include further agglomerated fields, modern private housing estates, detached housing around the church, the church itself and a disused power station. The site is currently fields in use for pasture, with the buildings of White House Farm at the southern end. The western side of the site is bounded by the Don Navigation canal, the eastern side by Bramwith Lane and the north side by a railway line. The southern boundary is formed by the edge of a housing estate. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map shows the site in a layout very similar to the present day. The site comprised one large field, with farm buildings in an E-shaped arrangement at the southwest end and smaller enclosures to the northeast of the farm. A further small enclosure was shown at the northwest corner of the site, part of a larger field that had been divided by the construction of the railway along the northern boundary of the site. The 1893 map showed some probable alterations to the farm buildings, with a U-shaped range of probable barns to the northwest of an L- shaped house. The small enclosure at the northwest had been amalgamated into the larger field by that date. The area along the western side of the site was shown as separated by a boundary and slight embankment, (shown as a ditch in Lidar data). By 1930 the U-shaped range of barns had been either replaced or roofed over. There is no map coverage of the northern end of the site between 1962 and 1992, though the southern part is covered by 1980s mapping. By 1983, there were several more buildings at White House Farm, and the smaller enclosures to the northeast were not shown. Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed the core of settlement at Barnby Dun to the southeast, including St Peter's Church, with the River Don Navigation and the old course of the Don to the west of the site, a railway turn bridge (swing bridge) to the northwest and a station to the northeast. The area to the east, north and west was fields. In the southeast part of the buffer, a group of large buildings labelled Manor Kilns was shown to the east of Church Lane in 1893. These were labelled 'malt kilns' in 1930, connected by a branch line to the main railway and a malthouse to the northeast, outside the buffer. By 1956, several large embankments had been constructed across Thorpe Marsh to the west of the Don, part of a new diversion of the route of the Don, and by 1962, Thorpe Marsh power station was shown at the western edge of the buffer, west of the new course of the river. The 1970 map showed new housing development around the church, and the malt kilns were disused. By 1992, the malt kilns had been demolished, and the southeast end of the buffer contained new housing estates. Survival: The site has been in use for pasture at least during the 21st century, and sub-surface disturbance is likely to be minimal. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains within the site is considered to be moderate to high. The farmhouse and U-shaped range of barns at White House Farm were shown in 1893, and
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may be heritage assets in their own right. Possible Iron Age to Roman features are recorded as cropmarks within the buffer, and there is the potential for similar remains to extend into the site. The proximity of the site to the course of the Old River Don suggests there may also be the potential for the survival of buried alluvial sequences, which could contain palaeoenvironmental remains. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if the site is allocated for development. The historic significance of the farm buildings should be considered. Significance: Unknown. If historic buildings survive within the site, these are likely to be of Local archaeological significance. Buried remains associated with Iron Age to Roman activity and palaeoenvironmental deposits could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their nature, extent and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as a large pasture field, with farm buildings at the southwest end and small enclosures to the northeast. The line of the boundary along the western side of the site is still shown. The U-shaped range of farm buildings is shown, suggesting that it may have been roofed over in the past rather than demolished, and the L-shaped building also shown in 1893 is still extant. Newer buildings, mainly with corrugated metal roofs, are shown to the northeast and southwest of the farm, and a new bungalow to the east. Lidar data is available for the most of the site. This shows the building locations and a linear ditch running along the western side of the site. A wide hollow is shown towards the northwest corner of the main field, possibly a natural undulation, or the site of former quarrying activity. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data file SE6109 DTM 1m. MAL/60427 81767 21-Jun-1960; OS/78051 0033 25-May-1978.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151488 Church of St Peter and St Paul I Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00431/01 Church of St Peter Church - mostly early 14th century, with later tower and Y and St Paul, Barnby Victoran chancel Dunn 04833 Medieval Building A medieval building and associated medieval/post-medieval Y (demolished), ditch found during excavation. Church Lane ESY317 Archaeological Between November 1999 and January 2003 an intermittent Y Watching Brief at watching brief was undertaken for land off Church Lane. The Church Lane results revealed the presence of a medieval building and an associated ditch dating to the medieval and post-medieval periods.
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4494 Former open fields to the north and east of Agglomerated fields Y Y Barnby Dun HSY4329 Thorpe Marsh Power Station (disused), Thorpe Utilities Y in Balne, Doncaster HSY4428 Thorpe Marsh enclosed land, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4794 Estate to the north of Barnby Dun, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4845 Site of 'Manor Kilns', Barnby Dun, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4854 Barnby Dun, St Peter and St Paul, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y HSY4855 Housing around St Peter and St Paul, Barnby Villas/ Detached Housing Y Dun, Doncaster
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Allocation Reference: 109 Area (Ha): 2.11 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6019 9305 Site Name: Land off Sunderland Street, Tickhill Settlement: Tickhill
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 - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - 6 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 109 Area (Ha): 2.11 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6019 9305 Site Name: Land off Sunderland Street, Tickhill Settlement: Tickhill
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any events or monuments within the site. Six monuments are recorded within the buffer. These monuments include East or Sunderland End Paper Mill and Corn Mill located on Paper Mill Dyke directly northeast of the site, a post-medieval toll road and associated toll house, a post-medieval dovecote and the findspot of undated metalwork, all located in the northern part of the buffer. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. There is one grade II listed building, 13 Sunderland Street, located in the northern part of the buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records a medieval bank in the east of the buffer and two areas of post-medieval ridge and furrow; one within the southeast part of the site, stretching across the A1(M) to the east and one in the southwest part of the buffer. Historic Landscape Characterisation records the site and the south of the buffer as being areas of piecemeal enclosure. The site and the southwest area show an irregular pattern of enclosure and there is no evidence of previous character type. The area to the south and southeast was originally part of Tickhill Low Common which was subject to parliamentary enclosure in 1766. These fields were progressively agglomerated throughout the 20th century. Further areas of piecemeal enclosure lie to the northeast, and the site of Tickhill Paper Mill and modern nurseries in the east. The west and northwest comprises areas of modern housing. The site is currently an irregularly-shaped field utilised as grassland, with hedged boundaries. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map shows the site lying within an irregularly shaped field. By 1956 the field had been split into three smaller enclosures and by 1962 the A1(M) had been constructed along the eastern site boundary. Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed strip fields to the east and west of the site, housing and associated plots running along Sunderland Street in the north and irregularly shaped piecemeal enclosure in the south. The site of Tickhill Paper Mill was depicted to the north of the site and Paper Mill Dyke to the east. The 1893 map depicted a gas works on the northern edge of the site. By 1962 the A1(M) motorway had been constructed within the eastern part of the buffer, and buildings and smaller roads were shown to the northeast, branching off Sunderland Street. By 1983 a housing estate had been built to the west of the site. Survival: The site has been used for agriculture from at least 1852 and, apart from the construction of the A1(M) which runs along the eastern edge of the site, no development is known to have occurred on the site. Although some sub-surface deposits may have been truncated by ploughing, the potential for the survival of previously unrecorded buried archaeological remains below the plough zone is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations may be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Aerial photographs from 1999 show the site as rough grassland bounded by trees and hedgerow on all sides. The A1(M) motorway runs along the eastern edge of the site. A drain (likely to be part of Paper Mill Dike) runs along
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the south western edge of the site. No LiDAR is available for this area. Photograph references: Google Earth: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009. Bing Maps: 2016. RAF/CPE/UK/1880 3359 06-Dec-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/2563 3426 28-Mar-1948, MAL/71045 0169 03-May-1971.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151707 137, Sunderland Street II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00235/01 East/Sunderland Corn Mill - 'Site of an ancient Paper Mill about 2 chains south Y End Mill, Tickhill of Gasworks'. No visible remains 00235/02 Tickhill Paper Mills A water powered paper mill which may date to the early post Y (East) or medieval period. The mill site lies on Paper Mill Dike at Tickhill Sunderland End Mill, Tickhill 03588/01 Post-Medieval Impressive tall pantile and rubble dovecote, with some brick Y Dovecote, Tickhill additions. 03933/01 Post-Medieval Toll Bawtry and Tinsley Trust turnpike road Y Road, Tickhill 03936/01 Post-Medieval to Marked on the OS 6" 1st edition map (1854) as 'Old Toll Bar Y Industrial Period House'. Small 1 storey cottage now stands in the vicinity of this Toll House, Tickhill site 04092/01 Metalwork Finds, Items include coinage, seals and personal ornaments. Y Tickhill
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4304 Stocks Meadow, Tickhill, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y Y HSY4265 Tickhill Low Common south, Tickhill, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4300 Great Black Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4324 East Field east, Tickhill, Doncaster Strip Fields Y HSY5463 Alderson Drive, Tickhill, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5464 Lancaster Crescent, Lumley Drive, Meadow Private Housing Estate Y Drive, Doncaster HSY5517 Sunderland Street villas, Tickhill, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY5594 Site of Tickhill Paper Mill, Tickhill, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY5595 Nurseries, Bawtry Road, Tickhill Nursery Y HSY5596 Piecemeal enclosure east of Tickhill Piecemeal Enclosure Y
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Allocation Reference: 111 Area (Ha): 2.47 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5643 0207 Site Name: Stevens Road, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Local Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a
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Allocation Reference: 111 Area (Ha): 2.47 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5643 0207 Site Name: Stevens Road, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events in the site. One monument is recorded within the southern part of the buffer zone, a Roman road from Brough to Doncaster via Templeborough, which is thought to run along the approximate route of Littlemoor Lane. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site. One grade II listed structure is within the buffer zone to the north of the site, the Patrick Stirling Monument. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site or buffer. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as is recorded as the former S.E. Stevens Wagon Works, where hand-made wooden railway wagons were constructed in the early 20th century. The current buildings on the site may retain elements of the original wagon works within their fabric. There is no legibility of the former landscape of consolidated strip fields. Character zones within a wider area include modern school sites to the immediate east of the site and at the western edge of the buffer, and an early 20th-century school to the south, with modern private housing estates, late 19th- to early 20th-century terraced housing and 1930s semi-detached housing towards the east, west and south, and planned social housing to the north. There is a public park to the southeast and playing fields at the western edge, with a late 19th-century to modern industrial estate and railway sidings to the northeast and immediate north of the site. The site is currently an area of vacant ground, with all the former works buildings apparently demolished. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 and 1892 OS maps show the site as several small fields, with fairly regular boundaries. The northern boundary was formed by the South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole railway. By 1903, a wagon works had been built within the site, with an internal railway system connected by a branch line leading west to the sidings off the main railway. The works comprised a large building occupying the eastern part of the site, and a smaller rectangular structure to the southwest. The 1930 map showed that the main works building had expanded to the west, and was linked with the formerly separate building to the southwest. The works' railway sidings had also expanded by that date. By 1961, the southwest building was no longer shown. The works was largely unchanged by 1986. Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map depicted most of the surrounding area as fields, some of which were divided into narrow plots, possibly market gardens. Little Moor Lane ran on a northwest-southeast alignment through the buffer to the east of the site, with Fidler's Lane to the south and Hexthorpe Road to the north of the railway. A small area of settlement was shown at Hexthorpe outside the buffer to the northwest. Westfield Park was shown as the grounds of Westfield House, in the southeast part of the buffer. By 1892, a large area of sidings had developed to the northeast of the site, and an 'old quarry' was shown to the southwest. Some terraced housing had been built to the north of the railway line. By 1906, an iron and brass works was shown to the north of the extended sidings, and more terraced housing had been built at the eastern edge of the buffer. The 1930 map depicted a small row of houses to the south of the site, with the housing development to the north also extended, along with new housing built to the south of Fidler's Lane, now Florence Avenue. Probable works buildings and railway sidings were depicted to the immediate east of the site, and a new wagon works had been constructed at the eastern edge of the buffer. The 1960 OS map showed that the housing in the northern part of the buffer had extended up to the railway, and new works buildings and sidings were built to the east of Stevens Road. Further housing and a school had been built in the southern part of the buffer. In 1986, warehouses and a depot were shown to the immediate south of the site, and the school to the southeast had been moved further to the east, on the site of former railway sidings. The former Danum Wagon Works area to the east of the site was shown as scrubland.
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Survival: The site was formerly occupied by late 19th-/early 20th-century wagon works buildings, but these appear to have all been demolished between 2003 and 2012. There may be the potential for associated buried remains, but these are unlikely to be considered to be of high archaeological interest, with no recording of the buildings mentioned on the SMR prior to their demolition. The construction of the works is likely to have truncated any earlier buried remains below their footprint, and the potential for survival of buried remains pre-dating the wagon works is considered to be low to moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation may be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Remains associated with the wagon works are likely to be considered to be of Local archaeological significance.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The wagon works buildings were still shown on the 2002 and 2003 aerial imagery, both within the site and to the south, largely unchanged from the 1986 map except for a rectangular building in the southwest part of the site that was first depicted in 1992. the works appeared to be still in use, though presumably not as a wagon works, with many lorries parked in the area of former sidings to the northwest of the buildings. By 2008, all the buildings apart from the more recent 1992 structure had been demolished and the footprint shown as concrete hardstanding. The 2015 map is obscured by clouds, but appears to show that the final building had been demolished, and a small new structure built near the site entrance. On Street View, this appears to be of brick construction. Lidar data does not show any earthwork features of archaeological interest within the site. Photograph/Lidar references: Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Google Street View 2012. Lidar data tiles SE5601 and SE5602 DTM 1m.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1193010 Patrick Stirling Monument II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 04914 Roman Road; Suggested route of a Roman period road entering South Y Brough to Yorkshire in the southwest from Brough (Derby), travelling Doncaster via north-east towards the Roman fort at Templeborough and Templeborough then towards Doncaster.
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5529 Ex Wagon Works, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY5473 Westfield Park, Balby, Doncaster Public Park Y HSY5474 King Edward Road, Balby, Doncaster School Y HSY5476 St John's Road, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5485 Westfield Road, Balby, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y HSY5486 Orchard Street, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5489 Balby First School, Balby, Doncaster School Y HSY5490 Railport, Doncaster Train Depot/ Sidings Y HSY5529 Ex Wagon Works, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY5534 Orchard Street, Balby, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y HSY5537 Gresley Road, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5784 Hexthorpe Primary School, Hexthorpe, School Y Doncaster HSY5785 Shady Side, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5786 Windle Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5787 Laneside Close, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Low Rise Flats HSY5788 Hexthorpe, Doncaster Other Industry HSY5793 Hexthorpe Flatts, Doncaster Public Park HSY5806 Urban Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) HSY5813 Burns Way, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate HSY5814 Greenfield Lane, Balby, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing
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Allocation Reference: 115 Area (Ha): 6.74 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 5643 9967 Site Name: Alverley Lane, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 3 records/3 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 115 Area (Ha): 6.74 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 5643 9967 Site Name: Alverley Lane, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: There are no SMR records within the site. One findspot and two monuments are recorded within the buffer zone, all to the south and east of the site. These relate to a medieval holy well, an early Iron Age to Romano-British field boundary, and a Mesolithic/Neolithic flint scraper. Three events are recorded within the buffer zone, all at the eastern edge, and mostly cover an area outside the buffer zone. The events include geophysical survey and field evaluations, although little of archaeological interest was identified, with only a few isolated features associated with agricultural practices. There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records levelled post-medieval ridge and furrow as cropmarks within the site, and also at the northern and southern ends of the buffer zone. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as agglomerated fields. This area appears to have remained in agricultural use and undeveloped for some time. Removal of boundaries in the later 20th century resulted in the loss of the former character of strip fields enclosed from open field. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible. Character types within the buffer zone include various housing types, strip fields, piecemeal enclosure, a hospital complex and playing fields. The site is a single triangular field, located within Balby, at the southern edge of Doncaster. The site is bounded by Averley Lane to the west, the garden plots of houses on Tickhill Road to the east and a disused railway line to the south. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site is located over a number of fields on the 1854 map. Averley Lane to the west and Tickhill Road to the east were both extant at this time, although they are unnamed on the map. By 1930 the Dearne Valley Railway had been constructed to the south of the site. By 1948 houses had begun to be constructed along Tickhill Road to the east of the site. The garden plots of these houses form the current eastern site boundary. A garage had been constructed just to the west of the site by 1956, which created a short alignment of the western site boundary. By 1962 all of the internal field boundaries within the site had been removed, creating a single triangular field. Also by this time, two structures had been built within the site, at the eastern site boundary; these are depicted as glass on the 1966 map and may be greenhouses associated with Springwell Grange, which was located just outside the north-eastern site boundary. There is no evident change to the site on the 1994 map. The area surrounding the site was mostly fields in 1854. St Catherine’s Well is marked to the south of the site, with Springwell Grange to the north-east. Further to the north-east, St Catherine’s Plantation was present, with Springwell Plantation to the west. By 1930 housing had been constructed to the north of the site, along Tickhill Road, which by 1948 had spread south, to create the southern site boundary. By 1948 houses had also begun to be constructed along Alverley Lane to the north of the site, and by 1972 the entire northern side of Alverley Lane had been developed with housing. There is little change within the buffer zone on the 1994 map. Survival: The site was fields in 1854 map, and with the exception of two small greenhouses at the very eastern edge of the site, no development is known to have taken place on the site. Arable cultivation may have caused some truncation to below-ground deposits, but below the plough zone the potential for the survival of previously unrecorded buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development.
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Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Aerial photographs show little change on the site from the 1994 map, with the site occupying a single triangular field, with two light industrial buildings along the eastern boundary. The site is currently in use as arable land. No previously unrecorded heritage assets have been identified within the available Lidar data for the site. Northeast to southwest aligned modern plough marks are visible within the site, along the same alignment as the post-medieval ridge and furrow recorded as cropmarks in 1948. Photograph references: Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009. Google Street View 2012. RAF/541/170 4152 21-Sep-1948.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00206/01 St Catherine's Well Holy well - Natural spring now contained in modern enclosure Y Natural Spring, Loversall 01857/01 Mesolithic to Mesolithic (or earlier) flint scraper from 75 Tickhill Road Y Neolithic Scraper, Tickhill Road, Doncaster 02888/01 Possible Iron Age or Iron Age or Romano-British rectilinear field system shown as Y Romano-British crop marks on aerial photographs Field System, Loversall ESY887 Second Phase A mix of housing and retail uses have been proposed for the Y Archaeological area, and this would have a serious effect on any Evaluation, Balby archaeological remains. For this reason it was recommended St. Catherines that a two -stage archaeological evaluation should take place Hospital in order to determine the presence or absence, nature, extent, date and state of preservation of any such remains. ESY890 Archaeological An archaeological field evaluation has carried out by the South Y Field Evaluation at Yorkshire Archaeology Filed and Research Unit. This was in Balby, Doncaster response to a proposal to develop the site for retail and residential purposes. A geophysical survey has been commissioned from Geophysical Survey of Bradford and a programme of trial trenching completed based on the result of this. The result of this investigation demonstrate that the archaeology of this site restricted to a few isolated features associated with its use for agricultural purposes. ESY892 Geophysical Survey The site lies on the southern outskirt of Doncaster, South Y at Balby, Doncaster Yorkshire, of the east of the A60 road and to the north of the M18 motorway. The site under investigation is an area of undulating arable land which at the time of the survey had either recently been ploughed or set aside. The geology comprises mainly alluvium and bounder clay and morainic drift on the western edge of the site.
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4235 Springwell Lane north, Wadworth, Doncaster Strip Fields Y HSY4387 Alverley Grange 2, Edlington, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y HSY5322 St. Catherine's, Tickhill Road, Doncaster Hospital Complex Y HSY5328 Brayton Drive, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5329 Whisperwood Drive, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5331 Hall Balk Lane, Loversall, Doncaster Strip Fields Y HSY5561 Springwell Lane, Balby, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y HSY5562 Springwell Lane, Balby, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y HSY5563 Melford Drive, Balby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5565 Alverley Lane, Balby, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY5576 Farm Grange, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5587 Aldcliffe Crescent, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5603 Spring View, Alverley, Doncaster Nursery Y
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Allocation Reference: 116 Area (Ha): 26.09 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6244 0779 Site Name: Armthorpe Lane, Barnby Dun 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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record 3 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 116 Area (Ha): 26.09 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6244 0779 Site Name: Armthorpe Lane, Barnby Dun Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one monument within the site: cropmarks showing the location of an extensive Iron Age to Roman field system of rectangular fields and trackways, covering the southern half of the site. These features extend into the buffer to the east, south and west, with the western area having been developed since the photographs were taken. Three further monuments and two events are recorded within the buffer. Two of the monuments are also cropmark features of a possible drove road and unclassified features, again of probable Iron Age to Roman date, to the south and east of the site and forming part of the same cropmark complex that covers the site. The third monument is a former malthouse near the northwest edge of the buffer, dating to c.1900, which was recorded in one of the events. The other event was geophysical survey and evaluation off Sandall Lane, in the east of the buffer, which identified several banks of uncertain purpose, possibly of medieval date. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded extensive remains of rectangular fields and droveways shown as cropmarks across the southern part of the site and extending to the east, west and south (also recorded on the SMR). Similar features were also recorded in the northeast area of the buffer. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the eastern part of the buffer as surveyed enclosure, probably dating to the 1807 Parliamentary Enclosure award, with no legibility of the former Barnby Dun Common. Further character zones within the buffer include surveyed enclosure from Long Sandall Common, piecemeal enclosure, modern private and social housing estates, detached housing, the maltings site, a plantation, a public park and a sports ground, and the suburban commercial core of Edenthorpe. Historic landfill data records the Pilkington Moor Lane Landfill Site extending into the northwest edge of the buffer. The site currently comprises fields in a mixture of arable and pasture use. It is bounded to the east by Armthorpe Lane, to the north by the railway line, and to the west by housing estates. Brecks Lane crosses the site. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map shows the site as a collection of regular fields suggestive of Parliamentary Enclosure, the southern part of the site being within the former Kirk Sandall Common, the northern part within Barnby Dun Common. The two areas were separated by a clear boundary formed by a long drainage ditch aligned northwest to southeast across the site, and the fields in each half are on completely different alignments. The road forming the eastern boundary of the site was named Willow Bottoms Lane at that date, and Brecks Lane was also shown. Common Plantation and small disused sand and gravel pits were shown in the field to the immediate south of Brecks Lane, probably just outside the current site boundary. By 1892, the area to the south of Breck Lane was shown as one field, and the extractive pits were no longer shown. Most of the field boundaries within the southern part of the site had been removed by 1968, with the drainage ditches in the northern area still shown. Housing development to the west had formed the current western site boundary north of Brecks Lane by 1984, by which date the diagonal drain forming the boundary between the two commons had been removed. Within the buffer, the 1854 map showed the railway line along the northern boundary, with a station just to the north of the site. The remaining buffer comprised enclosure fields and several plantations, including Gravel Hole plantation to the northeast and Brecks Plantation to the immediate west of the site. By 1893, Park Hill house and associated park were shown to the east of Armthorpe Lane. A malthouse and a row of terraced houses were shown adjacent to the railway to the northwest of the site in 1907. Housing development had commenced to the west of the site by 1930, and four semi-detached houses had been built immediately to the east of the site, opposite Gravel Hole Plantation. These buildings still survive. The housing estates to the west of the site had been extended by 1948. Further housing to the south of Brecks Lane was under construction by 1982 and extended
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further south by 1992. Housing to the west of the southern part of the site was under construction in 2002. Survival: The site has been in arable cultivation since at least the mid-19th century, and this is likely to have impacted on the preservation of sub-surface remains through truncation of the upper levels. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology below the plough zone is considered to be high. Cropmark features in the southern part of the site indicate a high potential for remains associated with Iron Age to Roman field systems. No clear settlement enclosures are visible, but the potential for these should not be ruled out. It is likely that the remains continue into the northern part of the site, which may have been under unsuitable crop regimes for the production of cropmarks at the time the photographs were taken. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations will be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman field systems and associated settlement could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on the extent, nature and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002 aerial photograph shows the site as two long, narrow fields to the south and two smaller fields at the northern end, under arable cultivation. Electricity pylons are visible within the site on a north-south alignment. On the 2009 photograph, the Iron Age to Roman rectangular fields are clearly visible as cropmarks within the southern field and within the buffer to the east; the northern fields are under different crops at the time and not suitable for the formation of cropmarks. Lidar data shows only the current field boundaries, and a small hollow in the field just to the north of Brecks Lane, possibly a small former sand and gravel quarry. Photograph references: Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data files SE6207, SE6208 DTM 1m. MAL/60427 81727 21-Jun-1960; MAL/60427 81691 21-Jun-1960; SE6207/20 DNR 1083/12 26-Jul-1977; SE6207/12 DNR 1092/18 31-Jul-1977; SE6207/9 DNR 1093/12 31-Jul-1977; SE6208/9 NMR 12751/05 11-Aug- 1995; SE6208/16 NMR 12797/19 10-Jul-1996.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01247/02 Iron Age to A possible drove road dating from the Iron Age or Roman Y Romano-British periods was recorded on land at northeast Edenthorpe. period drove road, Edenthorpe 02696/01 Iron Age or Iron Age or Romano-British unclassified cropmark. Y Romano-British Unclassified Cropmark, Edenthorpe 02985/01 The Maltings, Malthouse, c. 1900, extended in 1924. Pressed red brick in Y Industrial Period English garden wall bond; Welsh slate C20 cement-tile and Malt House, Barnby sheet asbestos roofs. 3 storeys with partial basements and 2 Dun / Kirk Sandall attic storeys. 03040/01 Cropmarks showing ?Iron Age or Romano-British rectangular fields c. 50 acres Y extensive Iron Age found by air photography. to Romano-British Field System,
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Barnby ESY320 Archaeological Geophysical survey revealed features that were probably Y Evaluation of Land associated with the use of the site as a park with pathways or off Sandall Lane avenues of trees or they could reflect earlier land divisions. Trial trenches located the anomalies picked on the geophysical survey and three banks were identified. The function of the banks is not clear and it is unlikely that they formed part of a road. The presence of medieval pottery could suggest a medieval date and possible connection with the medieval village of Kirk Sandall. ESY321 Archaeological In November 2005 a programme of building recording was Y Building undertaken at the Station Road Maltings. Although a fire in Assessment and 1999 had destroyed part of the building, enough of the Appraisal Station structure remained to reconstruct the malting process. Road Maltings
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4490 Barnby Dun Common, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4510 Long Sandall Common, Doncaster. Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4633 Land between Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Piecemeal Enclosure Y Doncaster HSY4748 Kirk Sandall Model Village, Kirk Sandall, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Doncaster HSY4750 Bowling Greens, Kirk Sandall, Doncaster Sports Ground Y HSY4751 Brecks Plantation, Kirk Sandall, Doncaster Plantation Y HSY4755 Longton Road / Curzen Crescent expansion of Private Housing Estate Y Kirk Sandall, Doncaster HSY4781 Brecks Field Housing developments, Kirk Private Housing Estate Y Sandall, Doncaster HSY4792 Barnby Dun late twentieth century cul-de-sacs, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY4793 Mallard Avenue and Environs, Barnby Dun, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY4856 Park Hill, Barnby Dun Common, Doncaster Public Park Y HSY4857 Armthorpe Lane, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY5696 Former Maltings, Barnby Dun / Kirk Sandall, Other Industry Y Doncaster HSY5698 Superstore, Edenthorpe, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y
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Allocation Reference: 118 Area (Ha): 4.11 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6421 0811 Site Name: St Marys Road, Dunsville Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 118 Area (Ha): 4.11 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6421 0811 Site Name: St Marys Road, Dunsville Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site or buffer zone. No listed buildings or Scheduled Monuments are recorded within the site or buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records fragmentary cropmark evidence of Iron Age/Roman field boundaries at the northern end of the site, which extend into the buffer to the north and west. Areas of levelled post-medieval ridge and furrow are also present within the buffer zone, to the southwest of the site. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the majority of the buffer as the putative extent of Hatfield medieval deer park, which retains the character of enclosure of the land following disparkment. The southwest area of the buffer is characterised by private modern housing estates, with highly fragmented legibility of the former surveyed enclosures of 1825. The site currently comprises two complete fields, with hedgerow boundaries. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map shows the site as a part of two larger fields, with hedgerow boundaries. By 1892, the central northwest/southeast aligned boundary between the two fields was marked as a drain. By 1948 the southern boundary of the northernmost field had been established and the northern boundary of the southern field was marked as a drain. By 1992 the southern boundary of the southern field had been established, with the construction of the modern housing development situated to the south of the site. Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map shows the area as fields. The only building within the buffer was Park Lane Farm, located at the very southern extreme. There was little change in the buffer until 1930, with the beginnings of the housing development to the southeast of the site, off St Mary’s Road and High Street. A sand pit was also located to the east of the site at this time, which had extended considerably by 1948, with a second one a little further south. By 1962, further houses had been constructed on High Street, extending right up to the southern site boundary by 1992. Survival: Following the establishment of the surveyed enclosure in the 19th century, the site is likely to have been under cultivation for some time. This may have impacted on the preservation of below-ground remains through truncation. The site had also been drained since the late 19th century, which may have negatively impacted on any organic archaeological remains. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology below the zone impacted by ploughing is considered to be moderate to high. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: The possible Iron Age to Romano-British cropmarks identified in 1960s aerial photography at the northern end of the site are part of a wider landscape of features of the same age, and could be considered to be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on the nature, extent and condition of surviving remains.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site as two fields, both used as arable land since at least 2002. The boundaries are mostly hedging, which are highly likely to respect the 1825 enclosure boundaries. Lidar data for the site does not contain any previously unrecorded features within the site or the buffer. The possible Iron Age to Romano-British field boundary identified in aerial photographs at the northern end of the site does not survive as an earthwork. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009. Lidar data tiles SE6407 & SE6408 DTM 1m. RAF/CPE/UK/1880 5064 06-Dec-1946; MAL/600427 81729 21-Jun-1960; SE6308/39 NMR 12797/15 10-Jul-1996.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4437 Hatfield Deer Park (putative location), Hatfield, Surveyed Enclosure Y Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4731 'Park Lane' / High Street, Dunscroft. Private Housing Estate Y HSY4733 'Saints' Estate, Hatfield, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4734 St Georges Avenue, Orchard Close, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 120 Area (Ha): 1.56 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6606 0902 Site Name: Manor Road, Hatfield Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
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 - - Listed Building - 8 SMR record/event - 3 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 120 Area (Ha): 1.56 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6606 0902 Site Name: Manor Road, Hatfield Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records three monuments within the buffer zone. The monuments comprise a post-medieval ice house at Bow House to the west of the site, a 19th-century corn mill, and the findspot of a bronze buckle, possibly medieval in date, both to the east of the site. No Scheduled Monuments are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. Eight listed buildings are present within the buffer zone, all of which are Grade II listed; six of these lie to the northeast of the site, whilst two are situated to the northwest. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site or the buffer zone. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as part of surveyed enclosure dating to the 1825 Enclosure Award with most of the boundaries shown on the enclosure map still in existence today as historic hedgerows. There is no legibility of former the open field, but a significant area of well- preserved enclosure landscape exists. Within the buffer are numerous landscape character areas comprising a variety of modern housing developments, sports grounds and schools. There is no legibility of former landscape characters in the majority in the buffer due to this modern development. The site currently comprises two fields, separated by a middle field, which is not included in the allocation. Both the eastern and western field appear to be in use as pasture, with hedge and tree borders. The northern borders of the site front onto Manor Road. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site is shown on the 1855 OS map as fields, with the eastern field a single complete field, and the western field part of a larger field. In 1982, the boundaries were loosely defined by trees, and by 1907, all of the field boundaries within the site had been removed, with the entire site comprising the northern part of a single large field. By 1962, the plot of land in between the two fields had been established, which effectively split this site into two. The site remained much the same until sometime between 2003 and 2008, when the southern site boundary was established. Within the buffer zone, the basic road pattern we see today was recognisable by 1855. To the immediate west of the site, an Ice House was marked within the grounds of Bow House, recorded in the SMR. Bow House and Bow Window House were also shown, the latter now grade II listed. An area of field called The Lings was present to the southwest of the site. To the north of Manor Road was a large house, named Hatfield House. A few smaller houses were present on Manor Road, but on the whole, the area surrounding the site was fairly open at this time. By 1892 Bow Window House was renamed Bow House, and Artesian Well Brewery was present to the northeast of the site. By 1930 this had changed its name to Don Valley Brewery, and some almshouses were marked just to the north, with further development on the eastern side of Lings Lane, most of which appeared to be houses. By 1948, the area to the north of the site was becoming heavily developed, with new buildings off Manor Road and Ash Hill Road. By 1962, Hatfield House to the north of the site no longer existed, and in its place were the beginnings of a modern estate, which was well-established by 1984. A plot of land in-between the two fields which make up the site was established by 1966, with a dwelling within it labelled The Park. By 1984, this plot of land had been extended to the south and by 2002, there was a tennis court in the southwest corner. Survival: Due to the relative lack of deep ground disturbance on the site, the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. The
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proximity of grade II listed buildings to the site suggests that an assessment should be made of the impact of development on the settings of the buildings. Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs appear to show the site as part of a large grassed field, possibly used as pasture. By 2008, the southern site boundary had been established, creating the two smaller fields currently extant. Lidar data for this site did not show any previously unrecorded features. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009. Lidar data tiles SE6508, SE6509, SE6608 & SE6609 DTM 1m.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151584 Thackray House II Y 1151585 Stable-Block and Coach House immediately to rear of Thackray II Y House 1151586 Barn Immediately to south east of Hatfield House Farmhouse II Y 1151587 Coach house immediately to south west of Hatfield House II Y farmhouse 1192291 Ash Hill Lodge II Y 1192594 31, Manor Road II Y 1286546 Bow House II Y 1314828 The Leylands II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 02741/01 Medieval Bronze ?Medieval cast bronze oval buckle, with bronze attachment Y Buckle Find, still in position, with incised line decoration on the attached Hatfield piece. 02750/01 Mound and Ice In the garden of Bow House in Hatfield, obscured by trees is a Y house, Bow House, ruined ice-house of unknown date set into an earthen mound. Hatfield 03643/01 19th Century Corn Corn Mill. 19th century mill buildings of brick with Welsh slate Y Mill, Hatfield or pantile roofs.
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4476 New Mill Field, Hatfield, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4685 Crookesbroom Avenue, Hatfield, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y HSY4686 Hatfield High School, Hatfield, Doncaster School Y HSY4690 Late twentieth century housing between Semi-Detached Housing Y Hatfield historic core and Dunsville, Doncaster HSY4692 Former Heath Field, Hatfield, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4718 Hatfield Manor House, Hatfield, Doncaster Elite Residence Y HSY4723 Manor Lane / Ash Hill, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4726 Manor Lane, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4727 Cricket Ground, Hatfield, Doncaster Sports Ground Y HSY4728 Lings Lane, Hatfield, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y HSY4729 1 - 11 Lings Lane, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4731 'Park Lane' / High Street, Dunscroft. Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 121 Area (Ha): 0.50 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5559 0502 Site Name: Amersall Road, Scawthorpe 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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 2 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 121 Area (Ha): 0.50 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5559 0502 Site Name: Amersall Road, Scawthorpe Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One findspot, one monument and two events are recorded within the buffer. The findspot is of a Roman coin; however, this is recorded in the text as being found at Toll Bar, Bentley, which is 3km to the north of the site, suggesting that the grid reference on the SMR record is incorrect. The monument is a stretch of the Roman Ridge Roman road, used as a bridleway. Both events comprise archaeological investigations of this road, a survey and an evaluation, the latter recording remains of the probable road surface. The road was part of a major route from Lincoln to York, via Doncaster and Castleford. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded remains of earthwork ridge and furrow within the buffer to the north, east and west, shown on aerial photographs from the 1940s. The northern and eastern remains have since been built on, but Lidar indicates that the earthworks to the west survive. No features are recorded within the site. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as part of a group of surviving piecemeal enclosures of unknown post-medieval date, surrounded on all sides by encroaching development. This character zone extends into the buffer to the west and south. Further character zones within the buffer include an industrial estate to the east, suburban commercial core, playing fields and semi-detached housing to the south and west, schools to the north and south, and social and semi-detached housing at the northern edge. One area of historic landfill is recorded within the southwest part of the buffer, named as the Sun Inn commercial waste site. The site is currently a small field with hedged boundaries. It is bounded to the north by school playing fields and to the east by housing fronting onto Amersall Road. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown as open land on Thomas Jefferys’ 1771 map of Yorkshire and the 1841 Ordnance Survey map. The site was shown as part of two fields on the 1854 OS map, with a drainage ditch running through it on a north- south alignment. The fields were of fairly irregular shape, characteristic of post-medieval piecemeal enclosure from open field. The current southern boundary of the field was shown at that date, but all the other current boundaries are more recently established. The eastern boundary was present by 1959, formed by the rear of new housing plots, and the drainage ditch to the north was also shown at that date. The northern boundary was present by 1971, and the western boundary was shown in 1985. Within the buffer zone, York toll bar, York Road (Great North Road), Barnsley Road and the Roman road from Doncaster to Castleford were shown on the 1771 Jefferys map. Watch House Lane and the drains to the west of the site were shown on the 1841 OS map, while the Sun Inn was marked at the junction of the York and Barnsley roads in 1854. Houses had been constructed to the southeast of the site by 1930, and works to the east by 1956. Amersall Road to the east was laid out by 1959, with some housing shown along it to the immediate east of the site. By 1971, the site formed the northeast corner of a small group of surviving fields, surrounded on all sides by development. This included a school to the north, though the field boundaries in this area had been removed by 1959 when housing was built further to the north. A Wesleyan Reform Church, a garage and a depot were shown to the south of the site in 1971. Survival: The site has been a field since at least the mid-19th century, and has probably been in agricultural use from the medieval period onwards. The levels of sub-surface disturbance are likely to be low, and the potential for unrecorded buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate to high. The site is close to the route of a major Roman road. The southern boundary of the field was shown on the 1854 OS map, but all the other boundaries were created in the 20th century. The drainage ditch within the site is also of at least mid-19th-
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century date. Further investigations: Further consideration of the significance of the historic character of the landscape would be required to establish whether there is capacity for housing within the site. Archaeological investigations are also likely to be required to establish the potential for buried remains if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: The site lies within an small group of remnant piecemeal enclosure of post-medieval date, and as such could be considered to have major historic landscape significance. However, only one boundary and the surviving drainage ditch within the site are of pre-20th-century date, and the field to the immediate southwest has been encroached on by car parking areas, leading to a reduction of the character of the fields. As such, the historic landscape significance is currently defined as Uncertain. The significance of any buried archaeology within the site is currently Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site as a grassed plot, with hedges along the plot boundaries and the course of the drain. Lidar data shows the drain as a hollow, and no other features within the site. From 2002 onwards, the field to the southwest of the site has been gradually taken over by car parking, which now covers the entire field. Photograph references: Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data SE5505 DTM 1m. RAF/CPE/UK/1880 1074 06-Dec-1946; RAF/541/170 4143 21-Sep-1948
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00658/01 Roman Coin, Roman Coin, Derius: Faustia. From garden of 10 Marton Road, Y Bentley Toll Bar, Bentley. 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 ESY1407 Evaluation 7 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 true road route. ESY986 Survey of Roman Measured and photographic survey of archaeological and Y Ridge Cycle path modern features along path of cycle route route
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5157 Relict enclosures by York Road, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y Y HSY4923 Between Barnsley Road and Roman Ridge, Semi-Detached Housing Y Scawsby, Doncaster HSY4940 Springcroft Drive, Scawthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY4944 Housing to the east of Amersall Road, Semi-Detached Housing Y Scawthorpe, Doncaster HSY5081 Halifax Crescent, Raymond Rd, St Martins Ave, Semi-Detached Housing Y Cusworth Lane suburbs, Doncaster HSY5083 Doncaster Industry Park, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY5155 Scawsby Schools, Doncaster School Y HSY5156 Sunnyfields Primary School, Scawthorpe, School Y Doncaster HSY5158 Retail motor trade premises, York Bar, York Commercial Core-Suburban Y Road, Doncaster HSY5159 Recreation Ground and Filling Station, York Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y Road, Doncaster HSY5160 The Sun Inn, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y
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Allocation Reference: 122 Area (Ha): 4.85 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5507 0304 Site Name: Challenger Drive, Sprotbrough Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building/Registered Park - 1 SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 122 Area (Ha): 4.85 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5507 0304 Site Name: Challenger Drive, Sprotbrough Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any findspot, monuments or events within the site or the buffer zone. There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site. One grade II Registered Park is recorded in the buffer: the landscape park associated with Cusworth Hall, which abuts the northern boundary of the site. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. Earthwork ridge and furrow was recorded in the northern part of the buffer zone. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as Agglomerated Fields. This land became agglomerated between 1948 and 1966 after the removal of surveyed field boundaries in the area marked on the 1851 OS as 'Park Closes'. This name probably relates to the landscape parks of Sprotbrough to the south, and Cusworth to the north. There is no legibility of the earlier landscape character. Character zones within the buffer are defined as Private Parkland, Agglomerated Fields, Private Housing Estate and School. One area of historic landfill is recorded in the eastern part of the buffer, a former railway cutting used for inert, household and commercial waste. The site is currently an irregularly-shaped field in arable cultivation. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The1854 Ordnance Survey map showed the site as a field. With the exception of the modification of part of the field boundary at the east, no changes were shown within the site on OS maps produced up to 1980. Numerous features were shown within the buffer zone on the 1854 OS map, including Cusworth Park, two limestone quarries, Sprotbrough Road and part of Long Plantation. A sheepfold was marked on the 1893 map, but was not shown in 1904. Housing, the LNER railway line and Sprotbrough Road Bridge were shown within the buffer on the 1930 OS map. School buildings were shown to the southeast of the site in 1948, with extensive housing and a foundry shown in 1956. Further housing, additional school buildings and a playing field were marked in 1961. The foundry had been removed by 1984. Housing occupied its former site at that date. Survival: The site has been in agricultural use since at least 1854 and in use for recent arable cultivation. This may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits, but below the plough zone the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains is considered to moderate. 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 grade II Registered Park should also be considered. Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs show the site as a single, irregularly-shaped field in arable cultivation. Lidar data does not show any potential archaeological features within the site. The boundaries are mainly formed by field drains, with a belt of trees along the northern boundary, at the edge of Cusworth Park.
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Photograph references: Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2015. Bing Maps: 2015. Lidar data tiles SE 5402, SE5403, SE5502 and SE 5503 DTM 1m. RAF/CPE/UK/1880 3098 06-Dec-1946.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1000412 Cusworth Hall. Registered Park. II Y
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4270 Former 'Park Closes', Sprotborough, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4269 Cusworth Park 3, Doncaster Private Parkland Y HSY4288 Land east of Sprotborough, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY5093 Suburban estates to the north of Newton, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY5942 Challenger Drive, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5943 Richmond Hill Schools, Sprotborough, School Y Doncaster
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Allocation Reference: 123 Area (Ha): 4.63 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6263 9884 Site Name: Torne Valley Farm, Sheep Bridge Lane Settlement: Rossington
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site National Historic landscape significance Uncertain Suitability of site for allocation Major archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument 1 1 Listed Building - - SMR record/event 2 records 3 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 123 Area (Ha): 4.63 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6263 9884 Site Name: Torne Vally Farm, Sheep Bridge Lane Settlement: Rossington
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records two monuments within the site. These comprise a Roman vexillation fort in the northeast part of the site (also a Scheduled Monument), and at the northern edge of the site, a possible Roman road visible as a cropmark, which could also be interpreted as a pipeline. Both records extend north and northeast into the buffer, a further record relates to the discovery of a Neolithic polished stone axe. There are no Listed Buildings within the site and buffer. One Scheduled Monument, the buried remains of Rossington Bridge Roman fort, is recorded within the site and buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records the cropmark ditch of Rossington Bridge Roman fort as well as two parallel linear ditches aligned north-south, possibly a Roman road, to the west of the fort. Post-medieval ridge and furrow has also been recorded within the south part of the buffer, some in areas that have been developed after the photographs were taken. Historic Environment Characterisation identifies the site as enclosed drained wetland, an area of large fields bounded by drainage ditches. The fields were probably created through the drainage improvement programmes of Vermuyden in the early 17th century from a wet common environment. Further character zones within the buffer mainly comprise modern private housing estates and an artificial lake in a former clay pit. The current site is two sub-rectangular fields in pasture usage with Thorne Valley Farm (also recorded as Amethyst House Care Home) at its centre. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map depicts the current pattern of fields. Running through the site to the northwest was a canalised brook which feeds into the River Torne and a spring was recorded within the west of the site. Thorne Valley Farm had been established by 1976, a pumping station had also been established within the site, adjacent to Sheep Bridge Lane. Within the buffer, the 1854 map depicts Rossington Brick Works immediately to the west of the site. By 1892, the brick works was no longer shown. Prior to 1962 the urban centre of Rossington was located to the south along Littleworth Lane; by 1962 it had expanded to the south of the site along Sheep Bridge Lane. Survival: The site has been under cultivation since the 17th century, which is likely to have impacted on the preservation of buried archaeology through truncation and desiccation. The potential for preservation of sub-surface remains below the level impacted by ploughing is considered to be moderate to high. The remains of a Roman fort, a Scheduled Monument, extends into the northeast corner of the site, with further cropmark evidence outside the Scheduled area. Further investigations: A Scheduled Monument extends into the northeast corner of the site, and it is highly unlikely that any development will be permitted within this area. For the remainder of the site, further archaeological investigation would be required to assess the potential for remains associated with the fort and possible road to extend outside the Scheduled area. This would allow an assessment of the capacity of the site for housing development to be made. Significance: The Scheduled Monument is of National archaeological significance. Any associated remains extending into the remainder of the site could be of Local to National significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2009 aerial photography shows the site as part of two fields under pasture. Farms, barns, a yard and enclosure associated with Thorne Valley Farm are shown in the centre of the site. The vegetation is not conducive to the formation of cropmarks is any of the photographs. There is no Lidar coverage for this area. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2008, 2009 & 2015. MAL/71046 0193 03-May-1971; SK6298/3 DNR 1079/14 23-Jul-1977; ULM (K17AI157) 5-Jul-1975.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1004823 Rossington Roman Fort SM Y Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00140/01 Rossington Bridge A Roman vexillation fort was discovered at Rossington during Y Y Roman Fort air reconnaissance in 1968. The fort measures 1025 ft by 860 ft with an area of 23 acres. 01812/01 Neolithic Polished Polished stone axe. Y Stone Axe, Cantley 01877/01 Linear cropmark Linear feature, possibly Roman road, but could be a pipeline. Y Y feature, Rossington
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4641 Bessacarr Lane, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y HSY4749 Station Road, Rossington, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4764 Brickworks Pond, Rossington, Doncaster Artificial Lake Y HSY4766 Church Fields Road, Rossington, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5974 Littleworth, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 125 Area (Ha): 5.14 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6253 0841 Site Name: Park Hill, Armthorpe Lane, Barnby Dun Settlement: Barnby Dun
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Local Historic landscape significance Uncertain Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
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 Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 125 Area (Ha): 5.14 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6253 0841 Site Name: Park Hill, Armthorpe Lane, Barnby Dun Settlement: Barnby Dun
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site or buffer zone. 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 records two cropmark ditches probably associated with an Iron Age to Roman droveway within the western part of the site, and continuing northeast into the buffer. Further cropmarks of probable fields of a similar period are recorded in the northern and eastern parts of the buffer. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the main part of the site as a public park, formerly a private ornamental park associated with Park Hill villa to the east of the site. The house and park were established between 1854 and 1892, with fragmentary legibility of the former Parliamentary Enclosure fields in the edges of the park. A small portion of the western part of the site (the driveway) is characterised as part of an area of villas/detached housing on Armthorpe Lane. Further character zones within the site comprise regular fields enclosed from Barnby Dun Common by Parliamentary Award in 1807, piecemeal enclosure, and a private housing estate at Barnby Dun. The site is currently parkland with an access drive onto Armthorpe Lane. Park Hill villa still stands to the east of the site. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map shows the site as part of several square and rectangular fields, enclosed from Barnby Dun Common. The western part of the site was part of Gravel Hole Plantation. By 1892, the site was shown as ornamental parkland for Park Hill, a villa-type house to the east of the site. The access drive ran through Gravel Hole Plantation. A lodge was shown to the immediate south of the access drive on Armthorpe Lane. No significant changes had taken place within the site by 1992. Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows Common House to the east of the site, and Gravel Hole Plantation to the west, just east of Armthorpe Lane. Gravel pits were shown to the north of the plantation, and a railway line ran through the northwest part of the buffer on a northeast to southwest alignment. The remaining area of the buffer was fields. By 1892, Park Hill house was shown to the east of the site, and Park Hill Farm occupied the former site of Common House. The area between the park and the railway line was shown as a gravel pit, which had been mostly reclaimed by 1906. By 1930, four semi-detached houses had been built to the west of Armthorpe Lane, opposite Gravel Hole Plantation. A cricket ground was shown in the northern part of the park, north of the site, by 1962, and two houses had been built at the former southern end of the plantation, with a telephone exchange and further semi-detached houses to the south. Park Hill Farm had been renamed Park Hill Grange by that date. Further detached housing had been built within Gravel Hole Plantation by 1983, with only a fairly small area of trees remaining, surrounding the access drive. Survival: The site has been parkland since the late 19th century, and the extent of sub-surface disturbance is likely to be minimal. Tree roots may have caused some damage to underlying deposits at the western side of the site, and in the area of the ornamental trees. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate to high. Cropmark features relating to a probable Iron Age to Roman droveway are present within the site, and unrecorded associated remains could also survive. Possible post-medieval ridge and furrow earthworks survive within the site. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations will be required if the site is brought forward for development.
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Significance: Remains associated with the Iron Age to Roman droveway could be considered to be of Local archaeological significance. The possible post-medieval ridge and furrow remains are likely to be considered to be of Local archaeological significance.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002 aerial photograph shows the site as a lawn area with ornamental tree plantings across it and a belt of trees along the southern boundary. The western half of the site had been separately enclosed and appeared to be used for pasture, with two small sheds at the northeast corner. The access drive ran through an area of trees, forming a remnant of Gravel Hole Plantation. By 2008, a further small enclosure had been created in the northern part of the site, also containing small barns or sheds. The western field appeared to have been cultivated, possibly for hay, in 2009. All the photographs show the cricket ground to the north of the site, and Park Hill to the east. The lodge is still present to the south of the access drive. Lidar data shows narrow cultivation ridges crossing the western part of the site on an east-west alignment, possibly the remains of post-medieval ridge and furrow pre-dating the park, and terminating at a former boundary running across the park on a northeast-southwest alignment. This boundary is shown on the 1854 map, possibly a drainage ditch. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data file SE6208 DTM 1m. RAF/58/469 5036 02-Jun-1950; MAL/60427 81727 21-Jun-1960; SE6208/8 NMR 2172/1305 27-Jul-1984; SE6208/16 NMR 12797/19 10-Jul-1996.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4856 Park Hill, Barnby Dun Common, Doncaster Public Park Y Y HSY4857 Armthorpe Lane, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y Y HSY4490 Barnby Dun Common, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4633 Land between Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Piecemeal Enclosure Y Doncaster HSY4792 Barnby Dun late twentieth century cul-de-sacs, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY5696 Former Maltings, Barnby Dun / Kirk Sandall, Other Industry Y Doncaster
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Allocation Reference: 130 Area (Ha): 0.3570 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6866 1227 Site Name: Burgar Road, Burgar Common, Thorne Settlement: Thorne Moorends
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 130 Area (Ha): 0.3570 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6866 1227 Site Name: Burgar Road, Burgar Common, Thorne Settlement: Thorne Moorends
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One findspot is recorded at the southern edge of the buffer zone: a Roman coin found in a ploughed field. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded earthwork ridge and furrow within the buffer zone, some on sites that have since been built on. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as Drained Wetland, enclosed from common land as part of the 1825 Parliamentary Enclosure Award, with no legibility of the former common. The present boundaries are largely defined by the 19th-century drainage layout. Character zones within the buffer are defined as Drained Wetland with some legibility of the 17th-century drainage layout; fields enclosed as part of the 1825 Parliamentary Enclosure Award, and modern housing estates. The site is currently a small, triangular field of rough grassland bounded to the south by Burgar Road. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown as a part of a larger field on the 1854 OS map, with Mere Drain forming its northern boundary. By 1892, it had been subdivided into two fields. No further changes are shown within the site on OS maps produced after that date. Various features were marked within the buffer zone on the 1855 OS map including fields, field boundaries, the South Yorkshire Railway, the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, South Sack drain, the old course of the River Don, Thorne Station, Balne Croft Common, Burgar Common and Tudworth Road. Housing had been built within the buffer zone by 1975, with Bridge Poultry Farm built to the south of Burgar Road by 1989. Survival: The site has been drained and in agricultural use since at least the mid-19th century, which may have impacted on the preservation of below-ground remains through truncation and desiccation. It is unknown whether the field has been regularly cultivated, and the potential for the survival of buried archaeology is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs show the site as rough grassland, with hedged boundaries along the north and east sides. There is no Lidar coverage for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth: 2002, 2008 & 2009. Bing Maps: 2015. RAF/541/31 3425 18-May-1948.
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SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01034/01 Roman Coin, Thorne Silver denarius of Julia Maesa from ploughed field, 1969. Y
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4416 North Common, Thorne, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y HSY4440 Hatfield Chase - High and Low Levels, Drained Wetland Y Doncaster HSY4464 Land around Kirton Lane and Hatfield Road, Surveyed Enclosure Y Thorne, Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4683 Housing west of Hatfield Road, Thorne, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY5637 West Street / Park Crescent infill, Thorne, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster
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Allocation Reference: 133 Area (Ha): 0.83 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6881 1345 Site Name: Land off St Nicholas Road, Thorne Settlement: Thorne Moorends
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 Listed Building - 11 SMR record/event - 7 records, 13 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 133 Area (Ha): 0.83 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6881 1345 Site Name: Land off St Nicholas Road, Thorne Settlement: Thorne Moorends
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Seven monuments and 13 events are recorded within the buffer zone. The monuments range from a medieval castle, church, disturbed occupation deposits and human remains, to a post-medieval timber-framed structure, an 18th-century vicarage and a 19th- to 20th-century brewery. Events include building recording, archaeological evaluation and watching briefs, which mainly recorded post-medieval to modern features, though some medieval deposits were recorded at and close to Peel Hill motte. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. One Scheduled Monument, one grade I listed building and ten grade II listed buildings are recorded within the buffer zone, all to the south of the site. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the majority of the site as Allotments, established in the 19th century. Small portions of the northwest part of the site falls within areas characterised as Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/Private) and Vernacular Cottages, part of the Historic ‘burgage’ core of Thorne. Character zones within the buffer include the medieval motte fortified site, St Nicholas' Church, late 19th- to early 20th-century terraced housing, later 20th-century planned housing estates, schools, Thorne commercial core and civil and municipal buildings, and a nursing home. The site has been in use as allotment gardens from the mid-19th century, though these now appear to be disused. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1825 enclosure map depicts the majority of the site as containing three narrow fields, probably crofts or burgage plots associated with buildings fronting onto King Street. The northwest edge of the site was part of a larger field. This pattern was unchanged in 1892. The narrow plots were first labelled allotment gardens on the 1906 OS map, and remained in this usage throughout the 20th century. The field to the east had lost its southwest boundary by 1962, when it was part of a tennis club, with the water tower shown in its northeast corner for the first time. In 1962 two small structures relating to the allotment gardens were shown within the northeast and southeast corners. By 1980 the area of the allotments had been reduced in size, with two shops and a house built to the northeast. Within the buffer zone, the 1853 map showed Peel Hill Motte, St Nicholas’ Church and a Quaker Meeting House to the southwest of the site. The main settlement of Thorne was concentrated along King Street at this date, with a chapel recorded immediately south of the site. By 1894, housing development was shown at the junctions of High Trod Road and Field Road within the northwest part of the buffer, and a brewery was located on King Street to the southwest. The brewery had been expanded by 1906. Throughout the mid-20th century, further development led to the urbanisation of the crofts along St Nicholas Road. Survival: Due to the lack of deep ground disturbance, the potential for the survival of any previously unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be moderate to high. Archaeological investigations within the buffer zone have identified evidence relating to the historical development of Thorne from the medieval to the modern periods, and the site represents land to the rear of medieval burgage plots on King Street. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Remains associated with medieval occupation or activity could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photographs depict both the allotment gardens and the former tennis courts within the site as rough grassland with scrub and tree cover. Within the buffer zone, the site of the brewery to the southwest has been redeveloped as a car park and supermarket. Adjacent to the site to the southeast is Thorne House and its gardens. There is no Lidar coverage for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2008 & 2009.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 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 1151571 The Old Vicarage 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 II Y porch to church of St Nicholas 1314819 Churchyard gatepiers approximately 12 metres south west of II Y porch to church of St Nicholas 1391348 1 and 2, Market Place II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00119/01 Peel Hill Motte, Peel Hill Motte, medieval earthwork castle. Y Thorne 00318/01 St Nicholas' Church, Medieval church, 12th century with later additions. Y Thorne 00477/01 Medieval Timber Structure with the partial remains of timber frame of 16th Y Framed Barn, century barn. Thorne 03457/01 Darley's Brewery, Brewery on the site for over a century. A stretch of wall from Y Thorne 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. 03962/01 The Old Vicarage, 18th century vicarage, now a private dwelling. Y Thorne 04512/01 Medieval Medieval occupation deposits containing 12th century and Y
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Occupation earlier ceramics. Evidence shows the deposits have been adjacent to Peel disturbed. Hill, Thorne 05431 Inhumation, Lower Inhumation discovered in a garden at Thorne. Extended, laid Y Kenyon Street, on back and aligned W-E with head to the W. Probably adult Thorne 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. ESY257 Archaeological In 2004 a geophysical survey and a programme of trial Y Investigations at trenching was undertaken at Thorne Grammar School. The Thorne Grammar results of the geophysical survey detected groups of linear School 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 17th- to 18th-centuries in the southwest of the site were discovered. ESY258 Archaeological In January 2005 a watching brief was conducted at the Thorne Y Watching Brief at Church Hall. The results demonstrated that the site had Thorne Church Hall 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. ESY260 Historic Building In April 2005 a historic building assessment was undertaken Y Assessment of 1-2 ahead of complete demolition. Market Place & 8 Silver Street, Thorne ESY263 Archaeological In 1994 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken on land Y Evaluation of Land adjacent to Peel Hill. The results revealed evidence for adjacent to Peel occupation from at least the 12th century. Hill ESY264 Archaeological In May 2005 a second phase of archaeological evaluation was Y Evaluation at undertaken at Thorne Grammar School. The results indicated Thorne Grammar that earthworks in the south-west corner of the school 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. ESY267 Archaeological In April 2005 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken at Y Evaluation of Land Fieldside. Although previous work in the area found evidence at Fieldside of medieval deposits no such features were found. The pottery recovered was mainly 18th- and 19th-century tablewares and utilitarian ware. ESY482 Watching Brief on In September a watching brief was conducted at the former Y the Former Express Express Dairy Depot. The results revealed a substantial wall Dairy Depot on near the Queen Street frontage, which could have represented Queen's Street the first development of structures in the 19th century. Buried medieval soils were also identified along the Queen Street and south-east boundaries. ESY483 Archaeological In June 2001 an a programme of trial trenching was Y Evaluation on land undertaken for land off Queen Street. The trenches revealed off Queen Street brick built structures dating to the 19th and 20th centuries and in a trench 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
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mainly of juvenile livestock from the farm. ESY537 Archaeological In September 2003 a trial trench was excavated at Priory Y Evaluation at Priory Cottage. No features of archaeological significance were Cottage recovered but two sub-circular features, possibly modern post holes, and an irregular tree-bowl was identified. ESY1343 Evaluation Eight trenches were excavated to evaluate land to the south Y trenching on land and west of Peel Hill motte. No remains predating the 18th adjacent to Peel century were encountered. Footings for 18th- to 20th-century Hill Motte, Thorne buildings were recorded in the southern part of the area, along with grave cuts associated with an 18th- to 19th-century Quaker burial ground. ESY1374 Trial trenching at Three trenches were excavated at Peel Hill Motte, Thorne. A Y Peel Hill Motte, 19th-century brick floor surface contained reused bricks of Thorne 16th- to 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. ESY1561 8 Market Place A watching brief was maintained when foundation trenches Y Watching Brief 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. ESY1565 21 Finkle Street, An extension to the post office involved the excavation of Y Thorne, Watching foundation trenches some way back from the street frontage. Brief No archaeological features were located, but a three 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.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5602 Historic 'burgage' core, Thorne, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y Y HSY5623 Enclosed land around water tower, Thorne, Surveyed Enclosure Y Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY5650 Allotment gardens North west of Peel Hill, Allotments Y Y Thorne, Doncaster HSY4649 King Edward Road, Thorne, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY4650 Corona Drive and Millfield Road, Thorne, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Doncaster HSY4651 Durham Avenue and Foster Road, Thorne, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Doncaster HSY4652 'Tree Estate' (southern section), Thorne Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Doncaster HSY4674 King Edward First School and Thorne Grammar School Y School, Thorne, Doncaster HSY4675 Mansion Court Gardens, Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5601 St Nicholas Church, Thorne, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y HSY5609 Union Road, Thorne, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y
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HSY5620 Peel Hill Motte, Thorne, Doncaster Fortified Site Y HSY5621 Supermarket, Field Road, Thorne, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y HSY5638 Late 19th century development around Horse Terraced Housing Y Fair Green and Canal, Thorne, Doncaster HSY5651 Houses to the north west of Peel Hill, Thorne, Villas/ Detached Housing Y Doncaster HSY5652 Overgrown orchards to the west of Peel Hill, Orchards Y Thorne, Doncaster 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 Civil & Municipal Buildings Y Exchange, Thorne, Doncaster HSY6009 School, North Eastern Road, Thorne, Doncaster School Y
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Allocation Reference: 136 Area (Ha): 3.79 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6754 9904 Site Name: Land at Bawtry Rd, Finningley Settlement: Finningley
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a
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Allocation Reference: 136 Area (Ha): 3.79 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6754 9904 Site Name: Land at Bawtry Rd, Finningley Settlement: Finningley
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One findspot and two events are recorded within the buffer. The findspot is of a Roman hanging bowl associated with a hoard of metalwork, reputedly found to the east of the site though this is an old or duplicate record and may be mis-located. The events were a watching brief at Croft Road, at the southern edge of the buffer, which found a pit containing Romano-British pottery that suggested occupation in the vicinity; and a building survey and trial trenching at Manor Farm to the west of the buffer, which recorded the remains of 19th-century farm buildings. 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 or buffer. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as Agglomerated Fields, an area of large fields created through progressive removal of field boundaries in the latter part of the 20th century, with partial legibility of boundaries formed prior to the 1778 Enclosure Award. Character zones within the buffer are defined as Parliamentary Enclosure, vernacular cottages and modern private housing estates. Historic landfill data records two adjoining areas of infilled ground at Bawtry Road to the east of the site. One is recorded as a rubbish tip, whilst no details are recorded for the other, which is likely to be an old gravel pit. The site is currently a field in arable cultivation with hedged borders. It is bounded on the east by Bawtry Road and to the north by housing. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1886 OS map shows the site as a field, which does not appear to have changed since that date. The irregular southern boundary of the site suggests a stream may have run along the boundary, possibly superseded by a drainage ditch shown within the buffer to the south. No changes were shown by 1956, but by 1962, two small, disused sand and gravel pits were shown within the field, at the eastern side and in the northeast corner. The pits were no longer shown in 1981, when they appeared to have been infilled and the field reinstated. Within the buffer, the 1886 map shows settlement at Finningley to the north of the site, and fields to the east, south and west. An small, disused sand pit was located to the east of Bawtry Road. No significant changes were shown by 1956, though a label on the map states that Roman pottery was found in a field to the east of the site. By 1962, the refuse tip to the east of Bawtry Road was shown, possibly in an old sand and gravel pit not recorded on earlier maps, and further quarrying was being undertaken to the east. The fields in the area to the south and west of the site had been amalgamated into larger units by this date, and new housing was shown in the northeast part of the buffer. By 1992, houses had been built in the small field to the immediate north of the site, and most of the quarries appear to have been infilled and reinstated. Survival: Sand and gravel quarrying has been shown within the northeast corner and eastern side of the field in 1962. It is not known if the quarrying extended further in between the available mapping episodes. Any archaeological remains within the quarried areas will have been removed. The potential for survival of buried archaeology outside the quarried areas is considered to be moderate. Roman and medieval remains have been recorded in the vicinity as findspots and through evaluation. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development. This should include an assessment of the extent of former quarrying within the field.
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Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2019 aerial photographs show the site as a field in regular arable cultivation. The boundaries are formed by hedgerows. No cropmarks are visible within the field, though the conditions were rarely suitable for these to be visible. It is not possible to ascertain the extent of quarrying within the field from the aerial photographs. Lidar data shows the field as a relatively smooth surface, with a track or ditch along the southern boundary and a slight hollow running through the centre of the site on an east-west alignment. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 & 2009. Lidar data file SK6799 DTM 1m.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 02261/02 Hanging bowl with Incorporated into 02261/01 [No details] Y Roman / post- Roman metalwork hoard, Finningley ESY281 Archaeological In February 2000 a watching brief was undertaken at Croft Y Watching Brief at Road. A substantial amount of Romano-British pottery was Croft Road recovered from a pit suggesting Romano-British occupation in the vicinity of Croft Road. ESY294 Archaeological The results of the trial trenches revealed evidence for the brick Y Building Survey and dovecote in the north-east of the site and a 19th century brick Trial Trenches at lined well. To the immediate west of the existing outbuildings Manor Farm the remains of a stone wall were found, which may be part of a building shown on the 19th century maps, demolished before 1900.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4542 Bawtry Road, Finningley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4531 Finningley, Auckley & Blaxton Commons, Surveyed Enclosure Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4782 Wroot Road, Finningley, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5953 Finningley Historic Core, Finningley, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y HSY5956 Lindley Road, Chapel Close, Finningley, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY5958 Wroot Road, Finningley, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5959 Silver Birch Grove, Finningley, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 139 Area (Ha): 18.57 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 4626 0078 Site Name: Land North of Wath Road, Mexborough Settlement: Mexborough
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 Listed Building - - SMR record/event - Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 139 Area (Ha): 18.57 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 4626 0078 Site Name: Land North of Wath Road, Mexborough Settlement: Mexborough
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any findspots, monuments or events within the site. One monument is recorded in the buffer zone: the Roman Ridge linear earthwork, also a Scheduled Monument. No Scheduled Monuments are recorded within the site. One Scheduled Monument is recorded within the buffer: the Roman Ridge earthwork. No listed buildings are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded probable Iron Age to Roman cropmark ditches and an enclosure within the site, as well as an area of earthwork ridge an furrow towards the southern end. Ditches of probable Iron Age to post-medieval date were recorded within the buffer, as well as pits, a cropmark of uncertain origin and levelled ridge and furrow. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as Piecemeal Enclosure. Despite some boundary loss the character of piecemeal enclosure from open field survives. Some boundaries feature diagnostic 'S-curve' shapes while others appear to date to surveyed enclosures of the 18th and 19th centuries. There is fragmentary legibility of older roads and boundaries. Character zones within the buffer are defined as Planned Estate (Social Housing), Allotments, Business Park, Regenerated Scrubland, School, Terraced Housing, Nursing Home/Almshouse, Playing Fields/Recreation Ground, Civil and Municipal Buildings. An area of historic landfill is recorded at the southeast corner of the site, named Wath Road, though no further information is recorded. The site currently comprises a large, irregularly shaped field in arable cultivation, with two smaller, linked fields used as grassland at the southern end. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown as fields on the 1855 OS map. A row of terraced houses were shown at the southern end of the site in 1892, labelled Wragby Row in 1932. Several fields in the south of the site had been amalgamated by 1932, when a football pitch was shown in this area. With the exception of a television mast, no further changes were shown within the site on the 1971 map. Wragby Row had been demolished by 1985. Various features were marked within the buffer zone on the 1855 OS map including the Roman Ridge earthwork, fields, High Woods Farm, the Midland Railway, the South Yorkshire Railway, the Dearne and Dove Canal, Shrogs Lane, Lousy Busk Lane, Woodfield Cottage and Woodfield Bridge. Housing, Roman Terrace, old brick kilns, a school and the New England Quarry were shown within the buffer on the 1892 OS map. Further housing had been built by 1903, with a recreation ground and allotments shown on the 1930 map. Highwoods Infant School, a TA Centre and further housing had been built by 1957. Housing along Manvers Road had been demolished by 1989 and a fire station built on part of their former site. Survival: The majority of the site has been fields from at least 1855. Given the presence of cropmark features and the lack of deep ground disturbance within the majority of the site, the potential for buried archaeological remains is considered to be high. A short row of terraced housing formerly stood at the southern end of the site, shown in 1892 and demolished by 1985. This area is recorded as a landfill site, suggesting any remains of the buildings are likely to have been removed. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Any surviving remains associated with the former Wragby Row could be considered to be of Local archaeological significance, whilst remains associated with Iron Age to Roman dispersed settlement and
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agricultural landscapes could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs shows the site as a large arable field, with two smaller grassed fields separated by a hedgerow at the southern end. One of these fields contains an area of hardstanding, possibly a sports pitch. Cropmark features visible in the southwest part of the site on a 2008 photograph correspond largely with former field boundaries shown on the 1855 OS map. Lidar data does not show any potential archaeological features within the site. Photograph references: Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2015. Bing Maps: 2015.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1004812 Roman Ridge: section 150yds (140m) long W of Bow Brown Wood SM Y
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4278 Land west of Adwick upon Dearne, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y Y HSY3873 Bow Broom Estate, Rotherham Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY3910 Low Broom Bridge allotments, Swinton, Allotments Y Rotherham HSY3948 Farfield Park, Wath, Wath-Upon-Dearne Business Park Y HSY3959 Brookfields Park, Wath, Wath-Upon-Dearne Business Park Y HSY4123 Ex Wath Junction, Manvers, Rotherham Regenerated Scrubland Y HSY4277 Mexborough School, Adwick upon Dearne, School Y Doncaster HSY5177 Roman Terrace, Mexborough, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5205 Highwoods Estate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5214 Highwoods Junior and Infant School, School Y Mexborough, Doncaster HSY5215 Roman Court, Mexborough, Doncaster Nursing Home / Almshouse Y HSY5219 Newark Road Recreation Ground, Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y Mexborough, Doncaster HSY5220 Fire Station and Nursing Homes, Highwoods Civil & Municipal Buildings Y Estate, Mexborough, Doncaster
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Allocation Reference: 141 Area (Ha): 0.75 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6456 9254 Site Name: Westwood Road, Bawtry Settlement: Bawtry
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 2 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 141 Area (Ha): 0.75 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6456 9254 Site Name: Westwood Road, Bawtry Settlement: Bawtry
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One findspot and one monument are recorded within the buffer, a Neolithic stone axe found in a ploughed field to the north of the site, and cropmarks associated with a probable Romano-British drove road and field boundaries in a field to the immediate south of the site. 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. Fragmentary cropmarks of Iron Age to Roman field boundaries and a trackway were recorded in the buffer to the north, south and west of the site, many of which have been recorded on the SMR. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the buffer to the north as a social housing estate, built in the mid-20th century within the boundaries of the former park associated with Bawtry Hall. Other character zones within the buffer include the surviving extent of Bawtry Park to the east, laid out in the late 18th century with later alterations, and a modern private housing estate at the northern edge of the buffer. There is no information on landscape character to the west and south of the site, as this area is within Nottinghamshire. The site is currently a triangular area of rough grassland, with the eastern boundary formed by a hedge along Westwood Road and the southern boundary by a drainage ditch. The western edge is the county boundary, but does not seem to be formally marked. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1886 OS map shows the site as part of a triangular field, with the southern boundary formed by a stream or drainage ditch running eastwards to the fishpond. The field was within the parkland of Bawtry Hall. A footpath was shown to the immediate west of the western boundary in 1899, running south from menagerie wood to the stream. By 1921, the eastern boundary of the field within which the site was located had been altered, and it was more rectangular in shape. Between 1956 and 1962, the current eastern boundary of the site was established by the construction of the West Wood housing estate. By 1985, the boundary along the western side of the site had been removed, and the area was part of an area of large open fields. Within the buffer, the 1886 OS map shows features associated with Bawtry Park, including a fish pond and a small plantation called Fish Pond Wood to the east, Menagerie Wood to the north, and ornamental stands and belts of trees to the northwest. At that date, the county boundary ran further to the east, through the fishpond, and the site was within Nottinghamshire. A sheepwash was shown adjacent to the stream to the west of the site in 1899. A further plantation was shown to the west of the site by 1921. Between 1956 and 1962, the West Wood housing estate was built to the northeast of the site, with a mixture of detached and semi-detached houses in a geometric layout, set amongst gardens. Some former boundaries in the land to the west of the site were removed by 1985, and the area shown as open between Bawtry Road and the stream to the south. Survival: No significant ground disturbance has been recorded on the historic maps within the site, and it has not been subject to 20th-century arable cultivation. The potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be moderate to high. Cropmark features of probable Iron Age to Roman fields and a drove way have been recorded in the field to the south; none have been recorded as continuing into the site, where the ground cover has not been conducive to the formation of cropmarks, but associated remains could survive outside the area of cropmark features. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development.
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Significance: Unknown. Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman settlement and agricultural activity could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their nature, extent and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002 aerial photograph shows the site as part of an area of rough grass, scrub and trees to the north of a drainage ditch or stream and south of an area of large fields that were formerly part of the park but are now in arable cultivation. Probable Iron Age to Roman cropmarks associated with trackway and field boundaries are visible in a field to the south of the site, none appearing to run into the site itself. The probable former route of the stream is also visible as a wider cropmark within the field to the south of the site, running in a semi-circular curve from a point to the west of the site and into the edge of Fish Pond Wood. The features are not visible on the 2003-2012 photographs as the crop is not at the right stage to show cropmarks. Lidar data shows the stream in its canalised route along the southern boundary of the site, but no archaeological earthworks are visible within the site. Within the fields to the north and west, the earthwork remains of former field boundaries are visible, most apparently pre-dating the 1889 map and possibly pre-dating the late 18th- century park. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 & 2012. Lidar data file SK6492. SK6492/1 NMR 719/283-284 03-Jul-1974; SK6492/2 DNR 745/43 29-Jun-1975; SK6492/8 DNR 1082/18 23-Jul- 1977; SK6492/13 DNR 1079/5 23-Jul-1977.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01269/01 Prehistoric Neolithic stone axehead from ploughed field (Hall Farm). Y Axehead, Bawtry 02893/01 ?Romano-British Romano-British drove road with associated field boundaries Y Drove Road and Field Systems, Bawtry
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5588 West Wood Estate, Bawtry, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y HSY5573 Bawtry Park, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Parkland Y HSY5584 Park Road, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 142 Area (Ha): 4.391 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 5051 9773 Site Name: Land South of Sheffield Road, Conisbrough Settlement: Conisbrough
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record/2 events 2 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 142 Area (Ha): 4.391 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 5051 9773 Site Name: Land South of Sheffield Road, Conisbrough Settlement: Conisbrough
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one monument within the site, the boundary ditch of a medieval deer park which is located at the north-eastern end of the site. Two events are recorded within the site, which relate to geophysical survey and associated trial trenching at Conisbrough cemetery, at the north-eastern end of the site. During the trial trenching, a double ditch, probably representing part of the medieval deer park boundary was recorded, along with stone-packed postholes and stone-packed foundations, although these could not be dated. Two further monuments and two events are recorded within the buffer zone. Immediately to the north of the site, aligned approximately east-west, is the suggested route of a Roman road, which enters South Yorkshire in the southwest from Brough (Derby), travelling north-east towards the Roman fort at Templeborough and then towards Doncaster. To the south of the site is the location of two ditches, possibly of Iron Age or Romano-British date, identified as cropmarks from aerial photographs. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records a double- ditched feature, interpreted as part of an Iron Age to Roman trackway within the centre of the site, and an enclosure of the same date within the southern area of the buffer zone. Levelled post-medieval ridge and furrow is also recorded to the southeast of the site. The ‘trackway’ feature within the site may relate to the probable medieval deer park boundary recorded in the evaluation. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and part of the southern buffer zone as surveyed enclosure of Park Lane. This area contains straight and regular fields created through the parliamentary enclosure award of Conisbrough and Clifton in 1858. The land appears to have been enclosed prior to this in a piecemeal fashion. The western boundary of the polygon is formed by Park Lane, which is present along some of the western site boundary and within the southern buffer zone. The section of Park Lane opposite Spring Bank bungalow, in the southern area of the buffer zone, is marked on the 1854 OS map as 'Park Balk'. This was probably an earthwork marking the boundary of Conisbrough Deer Park along with Park Lane. Legibility of the former deer park is fragmentary as the general area is still called Conisbrough Parks and Park Lane is still extant. Within the buffer zone, to the north is a planned estate (social housing), comprising geometric semi-detached housing in a number of successive developments with no legibility of the earlier strip enclosure countryside. In the west of the buffer zone is an area of agglomerated fields, with the former character of piecemeal enclosure removed through the loss of field boundaries. Immediately to the northwest of the site is the early 20th-century Conisbrough cemetery, which contains the original mortuary chapel and lodge. The exterior boundaries of the cemetery relate to enclosure of the land in 1858. The site currently comprises a single plot of arable land, with a small strip along the north-eastern edge belonging to the cemetery. The northern boundary is formed by Sheffield Road, the southern boundary by Spring Bank Road and part of the western boundary by Park Lane. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: On the 1854 map, the site is shown as a part of a large, single field. Sheffield Road at the northern end of the site is extant, but the roads which currently form part of the western and southern site boundary had not yet been constructed. By 1892 these roads had been established, forming the site boundaries which are still present on the site today. The site remains unchanged on the 1994 map. Within the buffer zone, the area was predominantly fields in 1854, with two houses shown just outside the northern boundary of the site, fronting onto Sheffield Road. By 1892, to the north of the site, several houses had been constructed along Sheffield Road, and two new roads to the south of Sheffield Road had been built, named Sharman’s Lane and Park Lane. By 1902, a cemetery had been built between Sheffield Road and Sharman’s Lane,
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which had changed its name to Spring Bank Road. By 1958, substantial development had occurred to the north of Sheffield Road in the form of a housing estate, which extended considerably to the east. By 1981, further houses had been constructed to the northwest of the site. Survival: Due to the relative lack of deep ground disturbance, the potential for the survival of previously unrecorded buried archaeology on the site is considered to be high. Cropmarks of a double-ditched feature interpreted as an Iron Age to Roman trackway are located within the site; this may actually be part of the medieval deer park boundary recorded in the evaluation at the northeast end of the site, as it is on the same alignment as Park Balk (and Park Lane) shown on the 1854 map, which may be part of this boundary. Recent burials are likely to extend into the north-eastern edge of the site, which has become part of Conisbrough cemetery. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: The significance of the site as a whole is unknown, although the double-ditched feature identified on the site from aerial photography and interpreted as an Iron Age to Roman trackway may be part of a wider landscape of features of this date, and could be of Local to Regional significance depending on the nature, extent and condition of surviving features. If the feature is part of the medieval deer park boundary, it could be considered to be of Local archaeological significance.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photography shows the site as arable land since 1999. By 2015, a narrow strip at the north-western end of the site had been taken over by the cemetery, and some headstones appear to be situated within this area. The 2007 and 2009 photographs clearly show the double ditch cropmarks in the centre of the site. There is no available Lidar data for the site. Photograph references: Google Earth Images 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2015. RAF/541/170 3235 21-Sep-1948 ; OS/89258 0023 11-Jun-1989.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 03363/01 Cropmark of Two ditches, possibly of Iron Age or Romano-British date, have Y Unknown Date, been identified on aerial photographs. south of the A630, Conisbrough Parks 04914 Roman Road; Suggested route of a Roman period road entering South Y Brough to Yorkshire in the southwest from Brough (Derby), travelling Doncaster via north-east towards the Roman fort at Templeborough and Templeborough then towards Doncaster. 05606 Medieval deer park Double ditch, probably relating to medieval to post-medieval Y boundary features, deer park boundary. The ditch is close to the line of the 'Park Conisbrough Balk' shown on historic mapping, and may represent an earlier boundary. Evaluation trenching in 2011 identified a section of this ditch. ESY1362 Geophysical survey Survey on land adjacent to Conisbrough cemetery ahead of its Y on land adjacent to possible extension. No anomalies of clear archaeological origin Conisbrough were identified.
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cemetery ESY1363 Trial trenching at 6 trial trenches to evaluate land at Conisbrough cemetery Y Conisbrough ahead of a proposed extension. A double ditch, probably cemetery representing a medieval deer park boundary was recorded. Also encountered were stone-packed postholes and stone- packed foundations, though these could not be dated.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4207 Park Lane, Conisbrough, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4250 Sheffield Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY5358 Mid-twentieth century social housing estates, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Conisbrough, Doncaster HSY5454 Sheffield Road Conisbrough, Doncaster Cemetery Y HSY5455 Sheffield Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y
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Allocation Reference: 143 Area (Ha): 1.89 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 4841 0304 Site Name: Land North of Primary School, Barnburgh Settlement: Barnburgh
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Local Historic landscape significance Major Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 7 SMR record/event 2 records 4 records/5 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 143 Area (Ha): 1.89 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 4841 0304 Site Name: Land North of Primary School, Barnburgh Settlement: Barnburgh
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records two monuments within the site, comprising very well preserved ridge and furrow, which runs up to an associated pond. The pond does not appear to be later than the earthworks. Within the buffer zone, four further monuments are present. To the north of the site is the medieval Church of St Peter’s (grade I listed) and the location of an early medieval cross shaft. To the east of the church is Green Farm, possibly of medieval origin and grade II listed. On the northern edge of the buffer is the site of a probable Iron Age or Romano-British settlement recorded as cropmarks. Five events are recorded within the buffer. These are all located to the north of the site. At Ivy Tree Farm, an undated early V-shaped ditch, two pits, a gully and post hole have been recorded beneath the historic farmyard, whilst at the adjacent Plane Tree Farm, ridge and furrow earthworks, along with a trackway were recorded. Two events relate to watching briefs, which did not record any archaeological remains. Building recording at Green Farm established that the surviving structures date to the 17th and 19th centuries. Seven listed buildings are present within the buffer zone. In addition to the grade I listed St Peter’s Church and grade II listed Green Farm, mentioned above, five further grade II listed structures are located to the north of the site. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records extensive post-medieval ridge and furrow earthworks within the site, on a predominant north-south alignment. These extend into the south, east and west of the buffer zone, with some fragmentary remains also in the north of the buffer zone. At the northern end of the site, medieval to post-medieval terraced ground is also recorded. At the southern end of the buffer zone, Iron Age to Roman ditches have been recorded. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as enclosed land, comprising surveyed enclosures dating to the 1822 Parliamentary Enclosure Award. Much of this area preserves strongly legible ridge and furrow earthworks. To the south and east of the buffer is enclosed land, probably also dating to the 1822 Enclosure Award. Within this character area is also partial legibility of its earlier type, comprising curving boundaries surrounding parts of the earlier open fields. The north and west of the site is mostly made up of modern housing estates, with highly fragmented legibility of the former enclosed landscape. Historic landfill data records the Railway Cutting between Church Lane and Hollowgate at the south-western end of the buffer and extending north-westwards. No further information is given for this record. The site currently comprises two fields, used for pasture. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1855 OS map shows the site as part of single field, with hedged boundaries. At some point between 1956 and 1969, the external boundary was extended slightly in the south-eastern corner, creating the shape of the site as it remains today. The field had been divided into two by 1985. Within the buffer zone, to the north of the site, the core of Barnbrough was well-established by 1855, with the Church of St Peter, a school, pubs and houses depicted. The remainder of the buffer comprised fields, with very little development. By 1892, a Rectory was marked to the north of the site. A railway line had been constructed at the southwest end of the buffer by 1930, with a housing development under construction to the south and west of the site, off Church Lane by 1956. This development had extended considerably to the north by 1977. Barnburgh Primary School had been established to the immediate south of the site by 1966. Survival: Ridge and furrow earthwork remains survive within the site, indicating that there is a high potential for the preservation of unrecorded earlier buried archaeology within the site. The earthworks also preserve the historic character of Barnburgh’s medieval to post-medieval agricultural landscape.
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Further investigations: Given the evidence for earthwork archaeological remains on this site, further consideration of the impact on these would be required to establish whether there was capacity for housing on this site. Significance: Extensive ridge and furrow earthworks are recorded within the site, which are considered to be of Local archaeological significance and Major historic landscape significance.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photography shows the site as two fields, used for pasture. In 2002, the northern field extended to the east, although by 2008 a boundary had been installed which effectively split the northern field into two, incorporating the western half into the current site boundary, with the eastern half remaining outside the site. Ridge and furrow remains are clearly visible as earthworks in the southern field, though possibly less well-preserved in the northern field. A sunken feature in the northern field may be the former site of the pond. There is no available Lidar data for the site. Photograph references: Google Earth Images 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009. RAF/541/170 3051 21-Sep-1948; MAL/71024 0063 17-Apr-1971; MAL/71132 0200 05-Sep-1971; MAL/73020 0208 11-May-1973.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151675 Church of St Peter I Y 1151676 Medieval stone coffin against south wall of chancel of Church Of II Y St Peter 1151677 Green Farmhouse II Y 1151678 Smithy Cottage, The cottage II Y 1191517 Barn and cowhouse with hayloft approximately 35 metres to II Y north west of Plane Tree Farmhouse 1314756 Village pump to rear of number 1 II Y 1393748 The Coach and Horses Public House II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00376/01 St Peter's Church, Medieval church at Barnburgh Y Barnburgh 00377/01 Pre-Norman Cross Found in church yard, now in north aisle. A "post-conquest Y Shaft, Barnburgh cross shaft of Pre-Norman form" 01536/01 Medieval Building, Green Farm, Barnburgh. Earlier building at south end, 17th Y Green Farm, century house. Barnburgh 03549/01 Medieval Ridge and Very well preserved ridge and furrow now used as a paddock Y Furrow, Barnburgh ripe for village infill. The earthworks run up to a pond. The pond has a definite surrounding bank and does not appear to
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be later than the ridge and furrow earthworks. 03459/02 Pond, Barnburgh Some trees growing. Definite bank round pond, and ridge and Y [Old or duplicate furrow runs up to it (PI 03549 01). It does not appear to be record] later than the ridge and furrow, therefore a medieval date is suggested. 04936 Site of Methodist Depicted on 1854 OS map as a Wesleyan Chapel, on later maps Y Chapel, Barnburgh depicted as Primitive Methodist Chapel. ESY1365 Evaluation at Plane Four trial trenches on former agricultural land within the Y Tree Farm, historic core of Barnburgh recorded ridge and furrow Barnburgh earthworks, along with a trackway. No other archaeology was encountered. ESY367 Archaeological Desk Based Assessment report identified no archaeological site Y Evaluation and within the site boundary but acknowledged that excavation in Building Recording the area demonstrated the potential for earlier archaeological at Ivy House Farm deposits. Photographic building survey revealed an undated early V-shaped ditch, two pits, a gully and post hole that lay beneath the historic farmyard. ESY370 Archaeological In September 1994 an archaeological evaluation was Y Evaluation on Land undertaken on land off Fox Lane. The results of the evaluation off Fox Lane showed that there were no archaeological remains present within this area. ESY387 Archaeological In July 2005 an archaeological assessment and buildings Y Assessment and appraisal was undertaken at Green Farm to establish the Buildings Appraisal significance of the standing buildings. The structures making at Green Farm up the farm date to the 17th and 19th century. ESY503 Archaeological In February 2006 a watching bried was undertaken on land at Y Watching Brief at School House on Church Lane. No archaeological features or School House, deposits were observed. Church Lane
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5757 Well preserved ridge and furrow area to the Surveyed Enclosure Y Y south of Barnburgh, Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4229 Former Parliamentary Enclosure of Open Field, Surveyed Enclosure Y Barnburgh, Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY5752 Hollowgate estates, Barnburgh, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y HSY5758 Barnburgh Primary School, Barnburgh, School Y Doncaster HSY5759 Doncaster Road, Barnbugh, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY5761 Barnburgh Hall Gardens, Barnburgh, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5763 St Peter's Church, Barnburgh, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y HSY5764 Cemetery, Barnburgh, Doncaster Cemetery Y HSY5765 Church Lane Barnburgh, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY5766 Housing on former Barnburgh village green, Semi-Detached Housing Y Barnburgh, Doncaster HSY5767 Fox Lane and Back Lane, Barnburgh, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5768 Barnburgh historic core, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y
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Allocation Reference: 145 Area (Ha): 7.12 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5244 1025 Site Name: Land at Skellow Settlement: Carcroft Skellow
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 3 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 145 Area (Ha): 7.12 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5244 1025 Site Name: Land at Skellow Settlement: Carcroft Skellow
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One monument, two findspots and one event are recorded within the buffer zone. The findspots are of a Roman coin and post-medieval clay pipe, though the latter is recorded as an old or duplicate record. The monument is the suggested route of a Roman road, with the event relating to evaluations along the route of the A1(M). 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 records the cropmark of a medieval or post-medieval bank crossing the site on an east-west alignment. Within the buffer zone areas of ridge and furrow were recorded to the northeast and southwest of the site. The Historic Environment Characterisation identifies the site as being within a parcel of enclosed drained wetland with large surveyed drainage ditches that connect south with the embanked river Skell. It was enclosed in the mid-18th century, prior to which it was enclosed wetland common. Character zones within the buffer include a residential private housing estate, established in the mid-20th century, with partial legibility of former Parliamentary Enclosure plots preserved as the edges of gardens, as well as strip fields, surveyed enclosure and motorway junctions. The site is currently a single field in arable use, with hedged boundaries. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1851-54 OS depicts the site as a field defined by tree-lined boundaries in the same layout as the present day. The northern boundary was formed by Hampole Balk road. No changes to the site were shown by 1984. Within the buffer, the 1854 map depicted three small quarries to the north and northwest of Hampole Balk, with the Roman Road shown along the western edge of the site. A field to the south was labelled Humber Head Ings, with the Holmeroyd or Humber Head Dike running through it. Settlement at Skellow was concentrated in an area to the east, outside the buffer. A railway line ran through the southern edge of the buffer. Cuckoo Plantation was shown in 1893 on the site of one of the former quarries. Town's Quarry was shown as disused in 1906. Housing was under construction to the west and northwest of the site by 1932, with further development extending in a row to the north of Hampole Balk shown in 1962. This had expanded further north by 1983, when the route of dikes to the east and south were defined by extensive banking. Survival: The site has been drained and in agricultural use since the mid-18th century, which may have impacted on the preservation of below-ground remains through truncation and desiccation. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology below the zone impacted by ploughing is considered to be high. A possible medieval to post- medieval bank has been recorded within the site though does not appear to survive as an earthwork. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation may be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Remains associated with medieval field boundaries could be considered to be of Local archaeological significance.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photography shows the site as a single field in arable use. The earthwork recorded in the 1960s does not appear to be visible as an upstanding monument. There is no Lidar coverage for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009. OS/69286 0086 15-Jun-1969; RAF/541/31 4401 18-May-1948.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00655/01 First Century BC Silver denarius (BC 48) of Julius Caesar found digging allotment Y Roman Coin, Red at Red House. House, Adwick-le- Street 02367/02 Old or duplicate Clay Pipe - found in topsoil removed for quarrying south end of Y record Scabba Wood. 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 Castleford. ESY1080 A1(M) Redhouse to Trial pits, field walking and geophysical survey were carried Y Ferrybridge out on discrete sites along the route of the A1(M). Possible field boundary features were identified during geophysical survey. Field walking produced some flint tools and small amounts of Roman and Medieval pottery.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY241 Fields north of Humber Head Ings , Skellow Drained Wetland Y Y HSY92 1960's estate housing between Crabgate lane Private Housing Estate Y and Mill Lane, Skellow HSY226 Red House Interchange Motorway and Trunk Road Y Junctions HSY245 Fields north of Red House Lane Adwick Le Strip Fields Y Street HSY249 Hampole Ings Surveyed Enclosure Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY250 Fields east of Hampole Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private)
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Allocation Reference: 146 Area (Ha): 13.45 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6451 9312 Site Name: Tickhill Road, Bawtry Settlement: Bawtry
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 2 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 146 Area (Ha): 13.45 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6451 9312 Site Name: Tickhill Road, Bawtry Settlement: Bawtry
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. One findspot and one monument are recorded within the buffer, some medieval pottery sherds found in a garden to the east of the site, and Iron Age to Roman field systems and enclosures recorded as cropmarks in the field to the immediate west of the site. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records two field boundary ditches as cropmarks within the site, probably of Iron Age to Roman date, with further boundaries shown within the buffer to the south and west. A Second World War airfield was recorded to the immediate west and north of the site on a photograph of 1948. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the north part of the buffer as agglomerated fields, where arable intensification in the later 20th century has resulted in the removal of boundaries and the loss of the former character of strip fields enclosed from medieval open field. Other character zones within the buffer include mid- to late 20th-century private and social housing estates and an area of woodland formerly part of the park associated with Bawtry Hall, established in the late 18th century. The site is currently a field in arable cultivation, with the eastern boundary formed by the edge of housing estates, the northern boundary by Martin Lane and the southern boundary by Tickhill Road. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1886 OS map depicts the site as seven fields, with slightly sinuous boundaries suggestive of piecemeal enclosure from open fields. One field boundary was removed between 1903 and 1921. In 1962, a lane (probably for taxiing aeroplanes) at the edge of an airfield to the north and west cut across the field at the northwest tip of the site, though the remainder of the field pattern was unchanged. By 1967, all but one of the internal boundaries of the site had been removed, and it comprised two larger fields, with the lane from the airfield still shown towards the north end. Within the buffer, the 1886 OS map shows mainly fields, with Martin Lane shown to the north of the site, Tickhill Road to the south and fields and plantations associated with Bawtry Park at the southern edge. Settlement at Bawtry began to extend into the eastern edge of the buffer by 1948, when a housing estate was under construction off Martin Lane, and some buildings were also shown between Menagerie Wood and Tickhill Road by that date. The 1958 map showed that all the area to the north and west of the site as part of an airfield, probably established during the Second World War and not shown on the 1948 map for security reasons. The airfield was shown as disused in 1967, by which date housing had extended up to the eastern edge of the site, and was also present to the northeast. By 1985 the airfield infrastructure had been cleared and its site was shown as very large fields. Survival: The site has been in intensive arable cultivation during the 20th century, which is likely to have truncated sub- surface deposits. The potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains below the zone impacted by ploughing is considered to be moderate to high. Remains associated with the Iron Age to Roman agricultural landscape recorded as cropmarks could extend into the site. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Remains of Iron Age to Roman settlement and field systems could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2012 aerial photography shows the site as a single large field in arable cultivation, with a small wooded area at its northern tip. None of the photographs show archaeologically-derived cropmark features within the site, though none were taken in conditions suitable to show clear cropmarks. Some irregular darker patches may be associated with geological conditions. The line of the former airfield track is preserved as the boundary of the wooded area at the northwest tip of the site. There is no Lidar coverage for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012. RAF/541/35 3156 19-May-1948; SK6393/4 DNR 745/48 29-Jun-1975; SK6393/10 DNR 851/47 20-Jun-1976; SK6393/22 DNR 1092/1 31-Jul-1977; SK6493/7 DNR 1559/3 27-Jul-1979; OS/82130 0015 29-May-1982; SK6492/21 NMR 17569/13 21-Jun-2001.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00445/01 Medieval pottery A few sherds of medieval pottery from number 16, Limetree Y sherds, Bawtry Crescent. 02473/01 Iron Age or Iron Age or Romano-British field system and enclosures shown Y Romano-British on aerial photographs. Field System and Enclosures, Bawtry
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4347 Martin Lane 2, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY5528 Martin Lane, Bawtry, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5530 Suburban Housing to the west of Bawtry Private Housing Estate Y historic core, Bawtry, Doncaster HSY5544 Hermes Court, Bawtry, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5545 Shining Cliff Court, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5575 Belgrave, Bedford and Portman Court, Bawtry Terraced Housing Y Doncaster HSY5583 Menagerie Wood, Bawtry, Doncaster Semi Natural Woodland Y HSY5584 Park Road, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 147 Area (Ha): 11.82 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6242 0923 Site Name: Land to North of Hatfield Lane, Barnby Dun Settlement: Barnby Dun
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 5 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 147 Area (Ha): 11.82 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6242 0923 Site Name: Land to North of Hatfield Lane, Barnby Dun Settlement: Barnby Dun
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two monuments (each with two associated records) and one findspot are located within the buffer. The monuments comprise cropmarks showing Iron Age to Roman trackways and field systems to the north and east of the site, whilst part of a perforated Neolithic stone hammer was found in a garden to the south of the site in 1965. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records two linear ditches running through the site, possibly part of an Iron Age to Roman trackway, with associated field boundaries, enclosures and further trackways recorded in the buffer around the site, some in areas that have been developed since the photographs were taken. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the western part of the site as agglomerated fields, created through boundary loss in the 20th century and resulting in fragmentary visibility of former Parliamentary Enclosure from medieval open field. The eastern part is recorded as surviving Parliamentary Enclosure fields, enclosed from commons in 1807. Further character zones within the buffer comprise modern private and social housing estates, semi-detached housing, a public park and recreation ground. The site currently part of three large fields in arable cultivation. The southern boundary is formed by housing estates and the eastern boundary by a railway line. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map shows the site as part of five fields to the north of a Bridle Road (now Hatfield Lane). The fields have regular boundaries indicative of Parliamentary Enclosure. The eastern end was labelled Brosley Hills, the western side Barnby Dun Fields. By 1962, removal of field boundaries meant that the site was part of three larger fields. A further boundary had been removed by 1992. Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows a corn windmill to the immediate west of the site, and the railway line running along the eastern boundary. The remainder of the buffer comprised fields. Settlement at Barnby Dun was located outside the buffer to the west. The windmill was no longer shown in 1892, when a large gravel pit was shown adjacent to the railway in the southeast edge of the buffer. By 1930, housing was shown at the western edge of the buffer, along Talbot Avenue, and a large excavated area to the south of Hatfield Lane suggested that sand and gravel quarrying may have occurred between the railway and the southern edge of Barnby Dun. By 1948, housing was under construction to the north of Talbot Lane; with further housing to the immediate west of the site built by 1962. Between 1981 and 1992, the area to the south of Hatfield Lane became densely developed with housing. Survival: The site has been in arable cultivation since at least the mid-19th century, and this is likely to have caused some truncation of buried archaeological deposits. Below the plough zone, the potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate to high. Cropmarks showing a trackway of probable Iron Age to Roman date have been recorded within the site, and associated field boundaries and enclosures are recorded in the surrounding area, suggesting there is a good potential for similar remains to extend into the site. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations will be required if the site is brought forward for development.
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Significance: Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman field systems and dispersed settlement could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as three large fields, the boundaries unchanged from 1962. They are in arable cultivation. None of the photographs were taken at a time suitable to show cropmarks. Lidar data shows only the field boundaries and cultivation marks that are probably of recent date. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data file SE6209 DTM 1m. MAL/60427 81736 21-Jun-1960; SE6209/9 DNR 1092/23 31-Jul-1977; OS/92255 0026 20-Jul-1992.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01057/01 Neolithic Stone Part of a perforated stone hammer found in garden of 30 Y Hammer, Barnby Hatfield Lane 1965. Dun / Kirk Sandall 01248/01 Cropmarks showing Crop marks - traces of rectangular field system with associated Y Iron Age or "trackways". Romano-British field system, Barnby Dun/Kirk Sandall 01248/02 Trackways and field Cropmarks showing trackways and field system of possible Y system, possible Iron Age or Roman-British date, seen on aerial photographs Iron Age or Roman- taken over Barnby Dun. British date, Barnby Dun 01252/01 Cropmarks showing Rectangular field system. Associated trackways. Y field system of Iron Age or Romano- British date, Barnby Dun / Kirk Sandall 01252/02 Trackways and field Cropmarks showing trackways and field system of possible Y system, possible Iron Age or Roman-British date can be seen on aerial Iron Age or Roman- photographs taken over Barnby Dunn, north of Hatfield Lane. British date, Barnby Dun
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4490 Barnby Dun Common, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4494 Former open fields to the north and east of Agglomerated fields Y Y Barnby Dun HSY4792 Barnby Dun late twentieth century cul-de- Private Housing Estate Y sacs, Doncaster HSY4793 Mallard Avenue and Environs, Barnby Dun, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY4795 Talbot Avenue, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY4796 Barnby Dun later council housing, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY4852 Stainforth Road, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y HSY4856 Park Hill, Barnby Dun Common, Doncaster Public Park Y HSY4859 Recreation Ground, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y
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Allocation Reference: 148 Area (Ha): 3.29 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5712 0037 Site Name: Loversall Land, Weston Road, 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 - 4 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a
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Allocation Reference: 148 Area (Ha): 3.29 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5712 0037 Site Name: Loversall Land, Weston Road, Balby Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: There are no SMR records within the site itself. Four events are recorded within the buffer zone, all of which are located to the east of the site. The events comprise geophysical surveys and archaeological evaluation; limited archaeological remains were recorded, restricted to a few isolated features associated with agricultural use. There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings recorded 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. Post-medieval ridge and furrow is recorded to the immediate southwest of the site and at the northern edge of the buffer, in areas that have been developed since the photographs were taken. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the western end of the buffer zone as a hospital complex. An isolation hospital was built in the grounds of the former private parkland of St. Catherine's house in 1928. Prior to parkland, the area was agricultural. It probably comprised strip fields created through the consolidation of furlongs in open fields. Legibility of the former landscape is partial as some parkland features, notably a screening plantation for the estate, are still extant. Additional character types within the buffer zone include agglomerated fields, drained wetland, educational sites and various housing types. The site currently comprises scrubland on the location of former hospital buildings, bounded by St Catherine’s Hospital to the west, a community academy to the north, and housing to the east and south. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: In 1854 the site was located over two fields, with a north-south boundary dividing them. By 1962 this boundary was marked as a drain, although by 1972 this had been removed and Loversall Hospital had been built on the entire site. There is no change on the 1992 map. Within the buffer zone, St Catherine’s was located to the west of the site in 1854, which appeared to be a private residence and parkland, with plantations denoting the parkland boundary to the north and west. The remainder of the buffer zone was fields, labelled ‘Balby Common’ to the north of the site. A fish pond was marked to the southeast of the site. By 1902, a contagious diseases hospital had been built to the north of the site. The 1937 map showed several ancillary buildings added to St Catherine’s, which by this time was labelled as a certified institution. By 1962 it was labelled St Catherine’s Hospital, with the complex expanding across the area to the west of the site over the second half of the 20th century. Housing had been built to the north of the site by 1937, extending up to the northwest edge of the site by 1962. By 1959, the contagious diseases hospital had become the Woodfield Community Centre, with Woodfield High School added by 1970, immediately outside the northern site boundary. The school had been renamed Balby Carr School by 1980. Survival: Loversall Hospital had been built over the entire site by 1972, and is likely to have caused substantial sub-surface disturbance. As such, the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains on the site is considered to be low. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is unlikely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Negligible.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site as unchanged from the 1992 map, with Loversall Hospital built over the site. This was demolished between 2007 and 2008, and the site has remained scrubland since. No earthworks of archaeological origin have been identified on the site within the available Lidar data. Photograph references: Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. Google Street View images 2015. Lidar data tile SE5700 DTM 1m.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID ESY286 Archaeological A desk-based assessment, aerial photographic survey and a Y Field Evaluation at geophysical survey were completed prior to field evaluation Carr Lodge Farm and identified two enclosures and a number of other linear and pit type features. Evaluation revealed that the two main enclosures appear to have 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. ESY887 Second Phase A mix of housing and retail uses have been proposed for the Y Archaeological area, and this would have a serious effect on any Evaluation, Balby archaeological remains. For this reason, it was recommended St. Catherine’s that a two -stage archaeological evaluation should take place Hospital in order to determine the presence or absence, nature, extent, date and state of preservation of any such remains. ESY890 Archaeological An archaeological field evaluation has carried out by the South Y Field Evaluation at Yorkshire Archaeology Filed and Research Unit. This was in Balby, Doncaster response to a proposal to develop the site for retail and residential purposes. A geophysical survey has been commissioned from Geophysical Survey of Bradford and a programme of trial trenching completed based on the result of this. The result of this investigation demonstrate that the archaeology of this site restricted to a few isolated features associated with its use for agricultural purposes. ESY892 Geophysical Survey The site lies on the southern outskirt of Doncaster, South Y at Balby, Doncaster Yorkshire, of the east of the A60 road and to the north of the M18 motorway. The site under investigation is an area of undulating arable land which at the time of the survey had either recently been ploughed or set aside. The geology comprises mainly alluvium and bounder clay and morainic drift on the western edge of the site.
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5322 St. Catherine's, Tickhill Road, Doncaster Hospital Complex Y Y HSY4231 Potteric and Loversal Carr, Loversall, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4232 Balby, Loversall and Potteric Carr, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y HSY5327 St. Catherine's Hospital, Tickhill Road, Hospital Complex Y Doncaster HSY5328 Brayton Drive, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate 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 HSY5414 Poets Estate, Balby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5417 Woodfield Road, Balby, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y
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Allocation Reference: 149 Area (Ha): 66.06 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE6339 0346 Site Name: Nutwell South, Nutwell Lane, Armthorpe Settlement: Armthorpe
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 3 records/3 events 6 records/3 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 149 Area (Ha): 66.06 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE6339 0346 Site Name: Nutwell South, Nutwell Lane, Armthorpe Settlement: Armthorpe
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records two monuments and one findspot within the site, all at the western end. These comprise two entries relating to an Iron Age/Roman enclosure and field systems, which are likely to be the same feature. A little to the south of this, a findspot of undated pottery is recorded. Two events are also recorded partially within the site. The very northern edge of the site lies in an area which was subject to evaluation in 1995. The results revealed a number of pits and ditches, representing several phases of agricultural land use dating to (at least) the Iron Age and Romano-British periods. The majority of this event lies outside the site, to the north. At the eastern end of the site, monitoring along the route of a water pipeline revealed a post-medieval field boundary ditch and two pits containing material suggestive of in-situ burning, also probably post-medieval in date, within the northeast corner of the site. Within the buffer zone, there is one further findspot and five monuments. The findspot was of a Neolithic axe to the northeast of the site, and the remainder relate to Iron Age to Roman field systems to the west of the site. One further event is recorded within the buffer zone was a geophysical survey which revealed evidence of a field system, which appeared to have been truncated by ploughing, as anomalies were indistinct and discontinuous. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records extensive Iron Age to Roman crop marks within the site, including sub-circular enclosures and rectilinear field boundaries, particularly in the western half of the site. These extend into the western end of the buffer zone and are part of a wider landscape of such features, mainly recorded on the SMR. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as agglomerated fields. In the western half of the site, late 20th-century agglomeration has removed a pattern of piecemeal enclosure fields and a small woodland. The east of the site was formerly characterised by surveyed enclosure boundaries (probably dating to the 1774 Parliamentary Award for Armthorpe , but as with the western area of the site, this area experienced rapid removal of internal boundaries between the 1960s and 1980s. There is no legibility of earlier types. The buffer zone comprises a mix of character types including further agglomerated fields, private and social housing, surveyed enclosure and plantation. One area of historic landfill is recorded within the southeast edge of the buffer, the former Cantley Quarry, used for commercial and industrial waste disposal. The site currently comprises several fields. The site is bisected roughly through the centre by the north-south aligned Nutwell Lane. A farm is present just to the east of Nutwell Lane and several drains are present in the western half of the site. The M18 motorway runs just outside the eastern site boundary. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site is shown as numerous fields on the 1854 map. Nutwell Lane was depicted running north-south through the site. A group of buildings were shown on the current site of West Field Farm, east of the lane. The group of fields to the east of Nutwell Lane was named Southwood Field, and those to the west Park Closes. One of the fields on the western side was labelled ‘Site of Park Laithe’, possibly a former building. It was not mentioned on the 1892 map. Towards the south of the site was an area of woodland named Fidler’s Corner, and in the southwest a further small area of woodland named Ramsker Wood. A drain runs along the southern site boundary, labelled Fores Drain. Westfield Farm was labelled on the 1892 map. By 1930 a Water Works had been built just outside the southern boundary of the eastern half of the site, creating the site boundary within this area of the site. Many of the internal field boundaries within the site had been removed by 1967. By 1982 the M18 motorway had been constructed to the east, creating the current eastern boundary, and the northwest boundary was formed by a modern housing estate to the north of the western half of the site. Within the buffer zone, the area surrounding the site comprised fields, with very few structures. A structure was present just outside the northern site boundary in 1854, labelled Southwood Field Farm. The area to the eastern
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extreme of the buffer zone was called Whiphills, and that to the west was named Tranmoor. The Horse and Groom pub was located at the northern extreme of the buffer zone by 1894. By 1930 some houses had been built adjacent to the pub, off Nutwell Lane, and the Nutwell Pumping Station had been established just outside the southern site boundary. Many field boundaries had been removed by 1967. By 1982 the area to the north of the site had become heavily developed with housing. Survival: The site was enclosed by 1774 and has likely been in agricultural land ever since. Recent cultivation is likely to have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits, but the potential for the preservation of buried archaeological remains below the plough zone is considered to be high. Cropmarks show rectilinear field boundaries and sub-circular enclosures within the site, particularly at the western site, and associated remains could continue throughout the site. The 1854 map showed the 'Site of Park Laithe', in the area of the sub-circular enclosures shown on aerial photography. The name may derive from old Scandinavian for 'barn', but the significance of Park Laithe is currently unclear. Westfield Farm has been shown on maps from at least 1854 onwards, though it is unclear whether the current buildings are of historic interest. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation will be required should the site be brought forward for development. This should include a consideration of the historic significance of buildings at Westfield Farm. Significance: The cropmarks across the site form part of a complex of Iron Age to Roman field systems and dispersed settlement in the area to the east of Doncaster. These features could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. Any historic buildings at Westfield Farm are likely to be of Local archaeological significance.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photographs demonstrate little change on the site since the 1992 map, with the exception of additional housing to the north of the eastern end of the site, creating the northern site boundary in that area. Within the buffer, South Woodfield Farm has been demolished to make way for the housing. The site is shown as a number of fields, with Westfield Farm in the central eastern part of the site, though it is not possible to ascertain whether any of the buildings are of historic significance. The fields to the south of the farm are shown as under pasture, with the other fields being in arable use. The 2002 and 2009 photographs show some cropmarks in the southwest part of the site, including a sub-circular enclosure which shows clearly on both, and a couple of linear ditches in 2009. A feature aligned roughly east-west through the northwest part of the site is not recorded by the Magnesian Limestone mapping project and is probably one of the removed post-medieval field boundaries. Lidar data shows the current field boundaries and a rectangular area of disturbed ground at the southern end of the eastern half of the site, adjacent to and possibly associated with the water works. A slight mound is shown at the northeast corner of the western half of the site, about 50m long by 20m wide, of uncertain origin. It is not visible on any of the Google Earth images, and could relate to discrete dumping of farm material. Photograph references: Google Earth Images 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data files SE6203, SE6303 DTM 1m. OS/67249 0020 23-Jun-1967, ULM BTO 0040 01-Jul-1975, SE6203/11 DNR 872/5A 03-Jul-1976, SE6303/4 NMR 17720/24 18-Jul-2002.
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SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00066/01 Iron Age or Two large irregular round enclosures and an approx square Y Romano-British enclosure to the NW (c.240' x 200') Field system, Armthorpe 01244/01 ?Iron Age or Crop mark site - rectangular, single-ditched enclosure. Traces Y Romano-British of field system to the South West. Rectangular Enclosure and Field System, Armthorpe 01245/01 Iron Age or Crop mark site - sub-rectangular single-ditched enclosure with Y Romano-British associated field system. Trace of another sub-rectangular Enclosure and Field enclosure. Just to south west of the first. System, Park Closes, Armthorpe 01250/01 Iron Age or A trackway and associated field system at Cantley Common. Y Romano-British The features show on an aerial photograph. Trackway and Field System, Cantley 01261/01 Neolithic flint axe Neolithic axe - Flint axe from Whiphills. Y Whiphills, Armthorpe 03359/01 Iron Age or Iron Age or Romano-British small, irregular, sub-rounded Y Romano-British enclosure. Enclosure, Armthorpe 03359/02 Pottery Finds of Pottery. No details. Y Unknown Date 05076 Iron Age and Fieldwalking recovered worked flints and a scatter of pottery Y Romano-British interpreted as evidence for Roman, late medieval and post- field system, medieval manuring of fields. Trenching identified several Nutwell Lane, phases of activity, the earliest being pits and gullies, cut by Armthorpe later ditches that formed part of a field system that developed over time, with elements being added onto a rectangular enclosure. The ditches were dated to the Iron Age/Romano- British period through artefacts. A series of ditches running on a different alignment are presumed to represent a separate phase of enclosure. ESY272 Archaeological In 1995 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken on land Y Y Evaluation off off Nutwell Lane. The results have revealed a number of pits Nutwell Lane, and ditches representing several phases of agricultural land Armthorpe use dating to (at least) the Iron Age and Romano-British periods. ESY766 Geophysical Survey Cropmark evidence had suggested that features were present Y of land adjacent in sandy soils across the site, however few existed where clay Holme Wood Lane, dominated areas. The survey revealed sufficient evidence to Armthorpe suggest that a field system detected to the north of Holme Wood Lane does continue into the site and there may be a scatter of related features. However, it was also clear that many features may have been truncated by ploughing as their anomalies are indistinct and discontinuous. ESY908 Archaeological Excavations at two sites along the route of the pipeline Y Y Monitoring and revealed ditches and trackways corresponding to cropmarks of Trial Trenching at Iron Age to Romano-British field systems. Excavation of a third Doncaster Water site at Kilham Farm close to the site of Romano British pottery
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Pipeline, South kilns also revealed a number of ditches indicative of such field Yorkshire systems. The ditches excavated formed part of a locally, if not regionally important complex of cropmarks in the area to the east of Doncaster. The excavations confirmed the presence of field ditches and trackways identified from cropmarks, as well as identifying features not visible on aerial photographs. Despite an almost complete absence of artefactual and environmental evidence from the features, excavations have provided an insight into the use and re-use of Iron Age and Romano-British field system in the region.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4514 Southwood Field, Armthorpe, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4629 Park Closes, Armthorpe, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4497 Cantley Common, Cantley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4500 Plantation on Cantley Common, Doncaster Plantation Y HSY4518 Fox Covert / Crowther Wood, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y HSY4519 Land to the north of Cantley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4991 Tranmoor Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY4998 Eastfield Road, Armthorpe, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5005 Nutwell Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY5006 Alder Holt Close, Armthorpe, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5009 Whiphill Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y
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Allocation Reference: 150 Area (Ha): 6.31 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6910 1536 Site Name: Land adjacent Bloomhill Stud Farm, Moorends Settlement: Thorne Moorends
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record, 1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 150 Area (Ha): 6.31 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6910 1536 Site Name: Land adjacent Bloomhill Stud Farm, Moorends Settlement: Thorne Moorends
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or findspots within the site. One findspot and one event are recorded in the buffer zone. The findspot is of a Bronze Age flint arrowhead, whilst the event was a coring survey undertaken to identify any areas of raised land which may have attracted prehistoric and later settlement. The survey identified the sub-surface deposits as inorganic sand, silt and clay, with no continuation of the Thorne Moor peat and gravel spurs into the area. No listed buildings or Scheduled Monuments are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records ridge and furrow earthworks and cropmarks within the site and buffer zone, though no earthwork features are shown within the site on recent aerial images. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as Drained Wetland and modern Private Housing Estate. The character within the southern half of the site and part of the buffer is defined as land enclosed as part of the Parliamentary Enclosure of the area in 1825, with no legibility of former common land. The present boundaries within this character area are largely defined by the 19th century drainage layout. The northern part of the site was also enclosed in 1825, with changes in the layout of drainage and subdivision between 1851 and 1891 in association with the construction of the 1850s warping system fed by Durham's Warping Drain. The legibility of the Parliamentary Enclosure field boundaries within the site is good. Only a small section of the 1970s housing along the southern edge of the site intrudes into the site area, comprising outbuildings to the rear of one property. To the north and east of the site the landscape character Within the buffer comprises 20th century commercial core-suburban and residential development, with no legibility of former landscapes. The site currently comprises six small fields used as pasture land, and a garden containing a building at the southern end. It has been in agricultural use since at least 1825. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown as fields on the 1825 Thorne, Hatfield and Fishlake enclosure map, when North Common Drain crossed the northern part of the site. No change was shown within the site between 1854 and 1962. Two detached buildings and an open-sided feature were shown in the eastern part of the site on the 1971 OS map, when this part of the site appears to have formed gardens to the rear of houses on North Common Lane. None of the garden structures were shown on the 1980 OS map. Within the buffer zone, North Common Drain, North Common Road and Marshland Road were extant by 1825. Mount Pleasant was marked on the 1841 OS map, with Bloom Hill Farm shown in 1854. North Common Drain had been modified by the construction of the Doncaster to Hull branch of the North Eastern Railway along the western site boundary by 1892. A Catholic church, a presbytery and housing developments were also shown within the buffer zone at that date. Little change had occurred by 1956 but a coal yard and a second church were shown in 1962, while further housing development had occurred by 1971. Bloomhill Stud Farm had been established immediately to the south-west of the site by 1991. Survival: Due to the relative lack of sub-surface disturbance, the potential for the survival of buried archaeology is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development.
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Significance: Unknown. Note: Site 150 is the same as Site 276.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs show the site as scrub or rough pasture, with the 19th-century field boundaries marked by overgrown hedges. A field in the western part of the site was sub-divided into a series of smaller, square plots between 2002 and 2008, probably fenced enclosures associated with Bloomhill Stud Farm. There is no Lidar coverage for the site. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2008 & 2009.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01886/01 Bronze Age Barbed and tanged Bronze Age arrowhead from Moorends. Y Arrowhead, Thorne Moorends ESY539 Bloom Hill, Thorne In November 2002 a programme of coring was conducted on Y Moor land at Common Road in Bloom Hill. The deposit survey was carried out to identify any raised areas likely to have attracted early settlement or subsistence activity. The deposits encountered were mainly inorganic sand, silt and clay. Of particular interest was that no evidence for a continuation of the nearby Thorne Moors peat and gravel spur deposits was encountered by this survey.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4416 North Common, Thorne, Doncaster Industrial to Modern Drained Y Y Wetland HSY4417 Dikes Marsh and Moorends warped lands, Industrial to Modern Drained Y Y Thorne, Doncaster Wetland HSY4667 1970s estates to the south of Moorends Modern Private Housing Estate Y Y village, Doncaster HSY4664 Moorends commercial core, Thorne Modern Commercial Core- Y Moorends, Doncaster Suburban HSY4665 Darlington Grove, East Gate and Belvedere, Modern Planned Estate (Social Y Moorends, Doncaster Housing) HSY4666 Bloomhill Court, Moorends, Doncaster Modern Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 152 Area (Ha): 2.76 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6793 9966 Site Name: Land off Bank End Quarry, Blaxton (Site 1) Settlement: Finningley
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain 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 Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 152 Area (Ha): 2.76 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6793 9966 Site Name: Land off Bank End Quarry, Blaxton (Site 1) Settlement: Finningley
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any findspots, monuments or events within the site or the buffer zone. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded 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 the buffer, though this area is likely to be outside the remit of that project. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and much of the northern and eastern part of the buffer as an area of sand and gravel extraction, with no legibility of the former Parliamentary Enclosure landscape created in 1778. Further character zones within the buffer are defined as Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private), Agglomerated Fields, Private Housing Estate and Regenerated Scrubland. The site is currently an area of rough grass, separated from a sand and gravel quarry to the north by a belt of trees. The northwest boundary is formed by Wroot Road, and the southern boundary by a railway line. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown as a field on the 1886 Ordnance Survey map. No further changes were shown within the site until the 1962 OS map, when the land was shown as an area of rough heath or scrub. A similarly-marked area to the north and northeast of the site had been subjected to sand and gravel extraction. The site was shown as scrub on the 1992 OS map. The Historic Environment Characterisation data records the site as mineral extraction; however, none of the available OS maps show the land as an extraction site. While it is possible that sand and gravel were removed and the site infilled with made ground in the period between the surveying of later 20th- century maps, or between the 1992 map and the 2002 aerial photograph, there is currently no evidence to confirm this. Various features were marked within the buffer zone on the 1885 OS map including fields, Wroot Road, Wroot Road railway crossing, the Great Northern & Great Eastern Joint Railway and a cluster of three unlabelled buildings on the west side of Wroot Road. A small number of buildings of unknown function had been constructed on the south side of the railway line by 1902. By 1956, a large sand and gravel pit was shown at the northern side of the buffer, with a works shown within the pit by 1963. By that date, the buildings to the west of Wroot Road had been replaced by ‘White House’ and those to the south of the railway line were marked ‘Gate House’. Several new houses were shown to the southwest of the site. Gravel pits to the north and west of the site appeared to be largely disused by 1985, with scrub vegetation to the north of the site. Further housing was constructed by 1981 and 1992. Survival: The site was a field by 1886 and is currently an area of rough grass. Whilst land immediately to the north was subjected to sand and gravel extraction, there is no cartographic or earthwork evidence to suggest that extraction took place within the site itself. Should sand and gravel extraction have occurred, this will have destroyed any archaeological remains within the site. If extraction did not occur, the potential for buried archaeological remains is moderate. On the basis of current evidence, the archaeological potential is unknown. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation may be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Twenty-first-century aerial photographs show the site as an area of rough grassland/scrub, with a belt of trees separating it from the former sand and gravel quarry to the north and east. Several photos show the grass to be thin, with areas of exposed sandy subsoil. Lidar data does not show any features within the site apart from the edge of a drainage ditch along the northern boundary. Photograph references: Google Earth: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2015. Bing Maps: 2015. Lidar data tiles SK6799 & SK6899.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4529 Blaxton Common, Blaxton, Doncaster Other Mineral Extraction & Y Y Processing HSY4531 Finningley, Auckley & Blaxton Commons, Surveyed Enclosure Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4542 Bawtry Road, Finningley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4782 Wroot Road, Finningley, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4783 Wroot Road, Finningley, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y HSY5958 Wroot Road, Finningley, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 154 Area (Ha): 21.75 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 4898 0076 Site Name: Land to the North West of Pasture Road Settlement: Mexborough
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 4 records/1 event 11 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 154 Area (Ha): 21.78 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 4898 0076 Site Name: Land to the North West of Pastures Road Settlement: Mexborough
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one findspot, two monuments and one event within the site. A prehistoric flint scraper was found on the surface of one of the fields, and cropmarks of Iron Age to Roman sub-rectangular enclosures and part of a field system have been recorded in the southeast part of the site, with a well-defined ditched lane probably of the same date running through the northern part of the site. A geophysical survey and trial trenching evaluation covered part of the northeast edge of the site and identified probable settlement activity in enclosures to the east, within the buffer. Eleven monuments have been recorded within the buffer, . the Iron Age to Roman enclosures investigated by the evaluation already mentioned, and seven findspots of flint artefacts of Mesolithic and later date. A further assemblage of Mesolithic to Neolithic flint artefacts were recovered from the excavations at Pastures Road to the east of the site, probably reflecting seasonal visits to the area. No Scheduled Monuments or Listed Buildings are recorded within the site and buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records a well- defined ditched lane running through the northern part of the site on a northwest-southeast alignment, as well as probable enclosures and field boundaries in the southern half of the site. These features are also recorded on the SMR. Areas of post-medieval ridge and furrow cropmarks are also recorded within the eastern and western edges of the site and within the buffer. Historic Environment Characterisation identifies the majority of the site as agglomerated fields. This land was subject to major boundary loss in the late 20th century leading to a loss of legibility of the earlier landscape character of enclosure from open field. Further character zones within the buffer include planned social and private housing estates and a school to the southwest, and a sewage works to the southeast, with earlier terraced housing at the southern edge. Four areas of historic landfill are recorded within the buffer zone, although one covered the area to the immediate east of the site, where archaeological remains were recently recorded. The site is currently under cultivation, subdivided amongst at least five large fields, probably divided by drains on the route of earlier field boundaries. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854-55 OS map depicts the site as sub divided amongst a network of enclosed strip field to the northeast of Mexborough. The fields retained the S-curve within the boundaries, representative of the earlier open field pattern of cultivation. Some boundaries had been lost by 1958, though the pattern of strip fields was still clearly visible in the northern field; however, by 1981, most of the internal boundaries had been removed and only a few former boundaries survived as drainage ditches in the north central part of the site. Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows mainly fields, though by 1893 suburban development of Mexborough had begun within the buffer to the south, adjacent to Pastures Road. Clayfield House and gardens were also recorded at this date to the immediate south of the site, north of a brick works. By 1938 the suburban development of Mexborough had extended north as well as northeast. Within the buffer, clay quarrying linked to the brick works had extended north to Clayfield House. By 1957 the quarry had expanded further, claiming an area of gardens to the east of Clayfield House, which itself had been demolished by 1966 as the brick works expanded up to the southern edge of the site. The brick works and quarry was disused by 1980. Survival: The site has been under cultivation since at least the early 19th century, and this may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits. The potential for preservation below the plough zone is likely to be high, as demonstrated at the site to the east, where remains of Iron Age to Roman settlement and Mesolithic to Neolithic artefacts were found. Cropmarks associated with the Iron Age to Roman activity have been recorded within the
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site, including a well-defined trackway and possible settlement enclosures. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation will be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman dispersed settlement and agricultural activity could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance, depending on their nature, extent and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photographs show the site as at least five fields mainly in arable cultivation, with internal boundaries defined by drainage ditches on the line of former field boundaries. Cropmarks associated with removed post-medieval boundaries are occasionally visible, though the conditions are not clear enough to see the probable Iron Age features recorded on earlier aerial photographs. The area of archaeological evaluation is visible on the 2008 photograph to the immediate east of the site, along with a stripped area suggesting open area excavation of at least one enclosure, not recorded in the SMR event record. There is no Lidar coverage for this area. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2008 & 2009. RAF/543/9 F21 0034 19-Jun-1957; RAF/CPE/UK/1880 5089 06-Dec-1946; MAL/82027 0079 14-Aug-1982; MAL/77022 0141 06-Jul-1977; MAL/73020 0183 11-May-1973.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00094/01 Iron Age or Possible field system. 1 rectangular enclosure. Wide tracking Y Romano-British (possibly recent). Field System and Enclosures, Mexborough 01959/01 Early Prehistoric 1 flint scraper was found on the surface of a ploughed field Y Flint Scraper Find, 1977/78. Now located at Doncaster Museum. Mexborough 01960/01 Retouched Flint 2 retouched flakes found on surface of ploughed field Y Flake Finds, 1977/78. Now located at Doncaster Museum. Mexborough 01961/01 Retouched flake Retouched flake found on surface of ploughed field 1977/78. Y Find, Mexborough 01962/01 Early Prehistoric 1 flint side scraper found on surface of ploughed field 1977/78. Y Flint Scraper Find, Presently located at Doncaster Museum. Mexborough 01963/01 Mesolithic Flint 1 flint scraper/ spokeshave found on the surface of a ploughed Y Scraper Find, field 1977/78. Mexborough 01965/01 Flint Flake Finds, 3 flint flakes were found on the surface of a ploughed field; 2 Y Mexborough retouched flakes and 1 notched flake 02001/01 Iron Age or Crop mark site: rectangular enclosure and associated field Y Y Romano-British system and trackways. Two sub-rectangular enclosures are Field System, visible, the largest being 80m by 70m, with two or three Enclosures and
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Trackways, smaller enclosures appended to them or within them. Mexborough 02988/01 Iron Age or Ditched lane continues for almost 1km running SE to roughly Y Y Romano-British west following contours. The eastern most length show as a Lane, Mexborough very strong cropmark with possible deepening. Although not seen on aerial photographs it must have a junction with PIN 02001/03. [This is a continuation of PIN 00094/01]. The Mexborough and District Heritage Society report finds of Roman Pottery tile and possible piece of cremation urn from the field off Pasture Lane. 03755/01 Flint Finds, Three flint scrapers and six retouched flakes were found near Y Windhill, an enclosure located by D.N. Riley during 1976. Finds in Mexborough Doncaster. 03979/01 Find Tool Finds, A flint scraper and three retouched flakes. Y Windhill, Mexborough 05234 Mesolithic Flint Fifty-three lithic artefacts were recovered during the Y Finds and Possible excavations carried out on a multi-period site. Most of the Pit, Pastures Road, artefacts were residual in Iron Age or later contexts, but one Mexborough group of Mesolithic flints from a pit fill may be in situ. The assemblage also contains Neolithic artefacts. The flints may reflect short-lived visits to the site, perhaps as part of a hunter-gatherer seasonal round. ESY400 Geophysical Survey Geophysical Survey results confirm a number of features Y Y on Land off previous suggested by cropmarks of three probable enclosures Pastures Road in the south-east of the site and tentative evidence of occupation activity in at least one of these enclosures. Trial trenching results confirmed the feature identified from cropmarks and geophysical survey as well as providing information on 'blank' areas not detected by the survey.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4281 Open land to the north east of Mexbrough, Agglomerated fields Y Y Doncaster HSY4558 The Ings, Denaby / Mexborough, Doncaster Reclaimed Coal Mine Y HSY4559 Mexborough Sewage Works, Doncaster Utilities Y HSY5194 Hirst Gate / Windmill Crescent, Mexborough, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Doncaster HSY5206 Detached housing area at Windhill, Private Housing Estate Y Mexborough, Doncaster HSY5210 Windhill Estate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y HSY5211 Windhill Infant and Junior School, School Y Mexborough, Doncaster HSY5228 Clayfields Road Playing Fields, Mexborough, Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y Doncaster HSY5291 Don Row, Pastures Road, Mexborough Terraced Housing Y HSY5293 Pastures Mews / Pastures Court, Mexborough, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster
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Allocation Reference: 155 Area (Ha): 0.58 Allocation Type: Housing/Employment NGR (centre): SK 4739 9972 Site Name: ‘Site A’, Leach Lane Industrial Estate Settlement: Mexborough
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Local Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event - 6 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a
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Allocation Reference: 155 Area (Ha): 0.58 Allocation Type: Housing/Employment NGR (centre): SK 4739 9972 Site Name: ‘Site A’, Leach Lane Industrial Estate Settlement: Mexborough
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Six monuments are recorded within the buffer, comprising the sites of two pottery works to the north of the site, the sites of a further pottery works, one of its kilns and a glassworks to the west of the site, and Mexborough railway station to the south. There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site. One grade II listed building (Mexborough station) is recorded within the buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. Two 20th-century air raid shelters are recorded at the northeast and northwest edges of the buffer. Historic Environment Characterisation identifies the site and the area to the east as part of light metal trades complex, dominated by an imposing building on the canal side, currently the Coltran Works (disused), to the east of the site. The area had become industrialised by 1891 when a corn mill was depicted, with a crane for loading to and from the canal. The present Coltran Works was built between 1903 and 1930 with further sheds added in the area of former residential buildings in the mid-20th century. Other character zones within the buffer include modern business parks and industrial premises, various types of housing including late 19th-century terraces and 20th-century private and social housing estates, allotments, a sports ground, urban commercial core, and modern road developments. A small area of valley floor meadows where some of the historic character of medieval and later enclosure is preserved is located to the south of the site. Historic landfill data records a small area of infilled ground to the southwest of the site, named Station Road, Mexborough, with no further information given. The site is currently covered by concrete surfacing, with a derelict early 20th-century works building at the southwest edge. The northern and eastern boundaries are formed by modern roads, the southern boundary by the Don Navigation and the western boundary by Station Road. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map showed a narrow range of buildings at the eastern edge of the site, possibly terraced housing, with a small building in the centre, the remainder being part of a field. The 1892 map depicts works buildings on the eastern side of the site in a U-shaped range, with a second smaller range in the centre of the site, and a crane adjacent to the Don Navigation. A row of terraced houses was shown to the east of the works. By 1903 the buildings in the centre had been demolished. In 1930, a larger works building with a chimney had been built in the southwest corner of the site, and a theatre was shown on the Oxford Road frontage on the site of one of the former works buildings at the eastern side. Further buildings were shown to the north of the western works in 1958. By 1971, the road network to the north had change, with the A6023 having been built across the northern part of the works and an embanked slip road from Bank Street forming the new northeast corner. The eastern buildings had been demolished and the works in the southwest corner were still shown, though apparently modified. This layout was unchanged in 1988. Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows the core of Mexborough to the north and east of the site, with fields and orchards between the houses and the Don Navigation. A glass works and iron works were shown to the west of the site, adjacent to the canal. A lane leading from Oxford Road/Market Street to the Leech Bridge across the canal ran along the eastern side of the site. By 1893, Station Road had been constructed along the western edge of the site, and the glass works and iron works had been extended, with further urban development to the northwest of the site. The glass works appeared to have been replaced by a different works by 1930. The 1971 map showed a major change in the street layout to the north of the site, with the construction of the A6023 across the former route of Oxford Road, with large works buildings shown between it and the canal in the western part of the buffer. Further works buildings were shown to the east of the site and a printing works to the
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southwest. Survival: The site has been occupied by works buildings from the late 19th-century onwards, with some redevelopment over the years. The current buildings were built before 1930 and the majority of the site is covered in hard standing. The northern and eastern boundaries of the site may have been disturbed during the construction of the current road network in the late 1960s. Within the majority of the site, there is the potential for the survival of buried features relating to the former works. The site’s location on the alluvial plain suggests that there is also the potential for earlier (prehistoric to medieval) remains to survive at a significant depth below the current ground levels. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. Assessment of the historic character and significance of the derelict warehouse may also be required. Significance: The standing buildings and any buried remains associated with the works could be considered to be of Local archaeological significance.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2003 aerial photographs show the buildings in the southwest corner in the same arrangement as on the 1988 OS map, with the area to the north and west being concrete-surfaced and used to store containers. By 2008, some of the buildings were being demolished, leaving only the core of the works in the southwest corner by 2009. The 2015 photograph is too obscured to see the building, but it is still shown as present on Street View imagery. Lidar data shows only the building platform at the southwest side of the site and an area of disturbed ground or rubble along the northeast edge. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data file SK4799. RAF/CPE/UK/2011 5368 16-Apr-1947.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1314843 Mexborough Station and Station House II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 03618/01 Mexborough Pottery works established in 1800 on land adjoining the canal Y Pottery Works by a merchant in Hull, then purchased by a family of potters. In the late 1830s worked jointly with Don pottery (PIN 3523). Closed in 1844/8 and converted to an iron foundry. 03618/02 Pottery Kiln, Bonded brick and stone structure showing signs of having Y Mexborough been subjected to great heat. Tentatively identified as either drying room or square-plan kiln for biscuit-firing of pottery. 03619/01 Mexborough Rock Pottery works established by 1839, possibly for earthenware Y Pottery Works production. The works closed in 1883 and by 1974 the site was occupied by a garage and a chapel.
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03620/01 Emerys Pottery Built before 1838 between Mexborough Rock Pottery and Don Y Works, Pottery. In 1841 one kiln and one workshop were shown. The Mexborough last date of known use was 1886. 03993/01 Don Glass Works, A seven-pot glass furnace by the Don Canal recorded in 1842, Y Mexborough and known as the Phoenix Glass Works from about 1876. 04396/01 Mexborough The 1861 Census for Mexborough shows 65 people as being Y Railway Station employed by the railways, and a further 22 worked in the foundry where the wheels would have been made.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5279 Coltran and environs, Mexborough, Doncaster Metal Trades (Light) Y Y HSY3901 Swinton Meadows Industrial Estate, Business Park Y Rotherham HSY5187 Docliffe Common (west) Terraced Housing Y HSY5224 Garden Street Allotments, Mexborough, Allotments Y Doncaster HSY5226 'The Athletic Ground', Mexborough, Doncaster Sports Ground Y HSY5246 Westview, Mexborough, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5247 Milton Road, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5267 Mexborough Dual Carriageway (eastern Ring Road / Bypass Y section), Doncaster HSY5269 Mexborough Bypass (western section), Ring Road / Bypass Y Doncaster HSY5274 Industrial area north of Don Navigation, Other Industry Y Mexborough, Doncaster HSY5302 Bank Street Methodist Church on site of Religious (Worship) Y 'Mexborough Rock Pottery', Doncaster HSY5303 Bank Street, Mexborough, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y HSY3901 Swinton Meadows Industrial Estate, Business Park Y Rotherham HSY5187 Docliffe Common (west) Terraced Housing Y HSY5378 Land north of Denaby Old Village, Doncaster Valley Floor Meadows Y
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Allocation Reference: 159 Area (Ha): 495 Allocation Type: Employment NGR (centre): SE 5845 9738 Site Name: Land around Wadworth Settlement: Wadworth
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Regional Historic landscape significance Uncertain Suitability of site for allocation Major archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 5 SMR record/event 7 records 11 records/9 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 159 Area (Ha): 495 Allocation Type: Employment NGR (centre): SE 5845 9738 Site Name: Land around Wadworth Settlement: Wadworth
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records three findspots and four monuments within the site. The findspots are of a prehistoric stone axe (probably Neolithic) found in the southeast part of the site, a Bronze Age palstave axe found in a ploughed field in the north central part of the site, and an undated quern stone found towards the central area of the site, possibly of Iron Age to Roman date. The quern was found close to a pair of enclosures recorded as cropmarks, also probably of Iron Age to Roman date. One of these is an unusual sub-circular shape with a protruding entrance and ‘annexe’, the other rectangular. Two sites of water mills of possible medieval origin are recorded in the northwest part of the site, at separate locations along Mill Dike, and an area of ridge and furrow is located in the detached northwest portion of the site, southwest of Loversall. No events are recorded within the site. A further 11 monuments are recorded within the buffer. Many of these are in and around Loversall, and include the medieval and later church; the site of a medieval hall below an early 19th-century hall, which is set within a park and has a 16th-century dovecote in the grounds; earthworks possibly indicating medieval house platforms and toft boundaries; and a linear earthwork of uncertain origin. The probable site of a deserted medieval village is recorded at Wellingley, and Iron Age to Roman enclosures and field systems have been recorded at Rossington. A post-medieval barn at Wadworth is also recorded. Nine events are recorded within the buffer, including field walking and geophyiscal survey around Loversall, for which no results are recorded, a watching brief at Loversall Farm, where no archaeological remains were revealed, and a watching brief on a grave at St Katherine's Church, which found a large quantity of Roman pottery, bone and antler, probably from a rubbish deposit. Archaeological recording has also been undertaken around Rossington, with Iron Age to Roman field systems and settlement enclosures excavated at two separate sites. No archaeological remains were found in watching briefs at Rakes Lane and Quarry Farm. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site. Five grade II listed buildings are recorded within the buffer zone, including farm buildings, Loversall Hall and a dovecote, and a medieval cross slab outside the porch of St Katherine’s Church. The church itself is grade II* listed, but is located just outside the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded enclosures and field systems of probable Iron Age to Roman date as cropmarks in various parts of the site, mainly in the eastern half. Two of the enclosures are recorded on the SMR. Similar features were recorded within the buffer, to the east at Rossington, where excavation demonstrated the survival of the features, and to the south and southwest. Earthwork ridge and furrow remains were recorded in several fields within the site, shown on photographs from the 1940s, though the remains recorded on the SMR to the southwest of Loversall are not shown. Historic Environment Characterisation records several landscape character zones within the site. The majority comprises agglomerated fields, where loss of boundaries has created large fields with only partial legibility of former enclosure patterns. In the eastern part of the site the land was probably enclosed as part of Vermuyden's wetland drainage scheme of the 17th century, whilst in the central part of the site, the fields were enclosed by Parliamentary Award in 1767. Along the southern edge of the site, the character was formerly narrow strip fields, whilst the northern edge was probably formerly valley floor meadows and the western edge of the main part of the site was piecemeal enclosure. Further character types are mainly located in the western part of the site and include an area of surveyed enclosure of Little Carr, probably wet wooded commons; the Mill Farm complex on the former site of Wadworth Low Mill, which shown in 1854 but was possibly medieval in origin; the site of Wadworth Top Mill, shown in 1893 but again possibly medieval in origin and now within a large field; and a small part of Loversall Park, private parkland associated with Loversall Hall. The detached northwest part of the site is recorded as strip fields enclosed in piecemeal fashion from medieval open field, with legibility somewhat disrupted by the construction of the M18 motorway. A sewage works is located in the southwest part of the site. Further character zones within the buffer include the M18 motorway junction, more agglomerated fields and
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strip fields, drained wetland and piecemeal enclosures, private parkland, a plantation, Rossington Main Colliery and an associated spoil heap, an elite residence (Loversall Hall) and St Katherine's church, two farms and detached housing at Loversall and Wadworth villages. Historic Landfill data records a former tip to the south of Carr Lane and west of the railway. The site is currently a large area of fields in arable cultivation. The northwest portion of the site is separated from the main area by Wadworth Hill road. Several roads and a railway line run through the site, which is bounded to the southwest by the A1(M). Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map shows the site as a collection of many fairly small fields. The northwest part of the site, southwest of Loversall, was fairly regular enclosures within an area called Wike Field. To the east of the turnpike road that ran to Loversall were more irregular fields, called Little Carr and Mill Wood Common. Two water-powered corn mills were shown along Mill Dike, the western one named Wadworth Top Mill, with a mill pond formed by a widening of the dike, and the eastern one on the site of the current Mill Farm, called Low Mill, with a dam adjacent to the dike. Little Carr or Dawson's Holt plantation was shown within the land to the north of Mill Dike. The little stream that forms part of the northern edge of the site was called St Catherine's Well Stream, and Loversall Park was located to the north. East of Low Mill was an area of narrow fields called New Ings, with similar fields to the south of Daw Lane called Burr Hill, Bar Leys and Fall Dikes. South of Carr Lane were more regularly- shaped fields, called Cover Beggar Field and Egg Field, with Wadworth Grange, probably a farmhouse, shown in this area. The fields to the immediate north of Wellingley were more irregular and suggestive of piecemeal enclosure from open field. Egg Lane and Stancil Lane were within the southeast portion of the site, where regular fields were depicted in an area called Wadworth Carr. Carr House was shown at the junction of Carr Lane, Carr Bank and Egg Lane. The northeast part of the site was regular fields shown as part of Potteric Carr. A building called Parson's Carr was shown to the north of Daw Lane in this area. The eastern boundary of the site was the River Torne. In 1892, a quarry was shown at Burr Hill, on the site of the current sewage works. By 1905, the top mill was no longer shown, though the mill dam was still extant. Low Mill was still depicted, though the dam was silted up. Mill Farm had been built on the site of this mill by 1930. The South Yorkshire Joint Railway had been built through the centre of the site on a southwest to northeast alignment, with a wide excavated area shown to the west of the line immediately south of Carr Lane. Burr Hill Quarry was shown as disused by 1948. Some loss of field boundaries had taken place within the site by 1967, mainly in the southern area, north of Wellingley, and further amalgamation had taken place by 1974, particularly at the northwest side of the site. the sewage works was shown within the former quarry at that date. No further substantial changes had taken place by 1980. Within the buffer, in 1854 the villages of Wadworth and Loversall were shown to the southwest and northwest of the site respectively, and single farms or small hamlets at Wellingley, later renamed Wellingley Grange, Stancil and Rossington Grange. Rossington Main Colliery was first shown at the eastern edge of the buffer in 1930. A substantial spoil heap was shown to the south of the colliery in 1956. Some new housing was shown in Wadworth by 1967, by which date the A1M was under construction along the southwest boundary of the site. The M18/A1M junction was under construction in 1974 to the west of the site, and the M18 had continued to the northeast by 1980. Survival: The majority of the site has been in agricultural use since at least the mid-19th century and probably from the 17th century in some areas. At least some areas have been subject to drainage. This land use is likely to have impacted on the preservation of buried remains through truncation and desiccation, though below the plough zone the preservation is likely to be moderate to high. Cropmarks of Iron Age to Roman enclosures and field boundaries are recorded within the site, and two water-powered mills of possible medieval origin were located within the northwest part of the site. Casual finds of Neolithic, Bronze Age and Roman artefacts have also been recovered within the site. Further investigations: There is the potential for archaeological remains of Regional significance within the site, though the extent, nature and condition of these remains is currently unclear. Further archaeological investigation would be required to assess the capacity of the site for development.
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Significance: Iron Age to Roman settlement and agricultural remains could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. Remains associated with post-medieval water mills could be considered to be of Local archaeological significance, though any remains of medieval mills would be more likely to be of Regional significance.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2012 aerial photographs show the site as predominantly fields, in arable cultivation. There had been much amalgamation of fields since 1980, particularly at the western and southern sides of the site, though some of the old patterns of enclosure are visible in boundaries to the north of Mill Dike and within the Little Carr area. The drainage pattern in the eastern part of the site is still preserved, and the fields to the north of Wellingley retain the curving field boundaries, though the smaller enclosure pattern has been lost. The strip field pattern in the detached northwest part of the site is lost. A small sewage works is shown off Daw Lane, in the former quarry site, and buildings at Mill Farm, Wadworth Grange and Carr House still survive, though Parson's Carr has been demolished. Some of the fields show cropmarks in some of the photographs, conforming to those recorded by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project. the former mill pond of the Top Mill is visible as a parch mark. There is only partial Lidar coverage for the site, covering the northwest corner. No ridge and furrow remains are shown within the detached northwest parcel of the site. A square mound of earth adjacent to the road was shown as a spoil mound in 1960, possibly associated with the alteration to the route of Wadworth Hill road around Loversall. St Catherine's Well Stream is shown running along through and along the northern edge of the site, and the route of Mill Dike is visible. A slight earthwork hollow marks the location of the Top Mill dam. The only other clear features are drainage ditches and trackways, and an earthwork platform to the east of Mill Farm, which could be associated with the former Low Mill. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012. Lidar data tiles SK5797, SK5897, SK5698, SK5798 & SK5898.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151496 Medieval cross slab approximately 10 metres to south west of II Y porch of Church of St Katharine 1151497 Dovecote at north west corner of garden to Howard House II Y 1151507 Wellingley Grange farmhouse II Y 1193119 Loversall Hall II Y 1193457 Barn approximately 20 metres to north east of Wellingley Grange II Y Farmhouse
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00068/01 Iron Age to Irregular shaped enclosure with "annexe". Rectangular Y Romano-British enclosure a short distance away. Irregular Enclosure with Annex, Wadworth Carr 00208/01 St Katherine's West Tower c.1300, remainder perp. nave rebuilt 1855. In Y churchyard to the south medieval tomb chest there are four
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Church, Loversall medieval sepulchral monuments (some of which have been re- used and incorporated into the fabric of the church), all of Magnesian Limestone. 00469/01 Site of Medieval Present hall built 1811. "Foundations, said to be older hall, Y Loversall Hall, occupy part of kitchen garden to the west". Garden Cottage 17th century, Dovecote late 16th or 17th century 00469/02 Loversall Hall post- Dovecote Y medieval dovecote 00469/03 Loversall Hall Park The gardens used to occupy an area of 89 acres (36ha). The Y elevation of the area is between 10-20m and has a general SE aspect. Within the garden was an array of scattered deciduous trees with also perimeter plantings. 01071/01 Bronze Age Brooch Bronze Age bronze looped palstave of 'transitional type' (in Y Find, Wadworth Wallington tradition) found in ploughed field at Mill Farm, 1967. 01793/01 Possible Iron Age or Enclosures and field boundaries, dating from the late Iron Age Y Romano-British to the 4th century Enclosures and Field System at Rossington. 02915/01 Wellingley Location point moved 26/8/05 from farm at SK 591 956 (which Y Deserted Medieval didn't exist until the 19th century) to Wellingley Grange - more Settlement likely site of medieval occupation 03642/01 Site of Possible A mill site east of Bubup Hill on the Mill Dyke, possibly of Y Medieval Water Medieval origin. Mill, Loversall 03768/01 Prehistoric Stone A large stone axe. The surfaces are rubbed down but some Y Axe Find, flaking scars remain Wadworth Carr 03991/01 Post-Medieval Probably early 18th century, altered. Coursed rubble, Y Barn, Carrgate magnesian limestone, pantile roof. 2 storeys, 7 bays Cottage, Wadworth 04110/01 House platforms of Irregularities in field south of St. Katherine's Church and west Y Probable Medieval of Loversall Hall which may represent medieval house Date, Loversall platforms 04111/01 Ridge and Furrow, Ridge and furrow at Loversall. Y Loversall 04112/01 Remains of Toft Remains of possible early toft boundaries and medieval Y Boundary, Loversall cottages within two fields in Loversall village 04113/01 Linear Earthwork, Linear earthwork feature to the west of St. Katherine's Church, Y West of St Loversall running on a west-east axis Katherine's Church, Loversall 04115/01 Remains of Remains of possible early toft boundaries and medieval Y Medieval Toft cottages within two fields in Loversall village Boundaries and Possible Cottages, Loversall 04117/01 Site of a Possible The site of a watermill of possible medieval origins. Y Water Mill, Loversall 04302/01 Quern Find, Quern found in Wadworth Y Wadworth Carr ESY131 Field Walking and Field walking and geophysical survey undertaken as Y Geophysical Survey undergraduate and postgraduate study at the University of
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around Loversall, Sheffield in 2003-4 Doncaster ESY288 Archaeological An archaeological watching brief was undertaken during the Y Watching Brief at groundworks associated with a barn conversion development Loversall Farm, at Loversall Farm. Despite suggestion from the desk-based Loversall assessment that there was a good chance of surviving archaeology beneath the farm's paddock, yard and driveway, the area enclosed by building proved to be archaeologically sterile. ESY292 The Recording of a A large quantity of Roman (2nd-4th century) artefacts, Y Modern Grave Cut consisting of broken pottery (mainly grey ware), bone, worked at St Katherine's antler and fire-cracked stone was extracted during the Church, Loversall construction of a newly cut grave shaft in the churchyard of St Katherine's in July 2002. The finds appear to be characteristic of a rubbish deposit or the contents of a destruction or abandonment deposit. ESY520 Watching Brief at 4 In 2007 a watching brief was conducted on land at 4 Rake Y Rakes Lane Lane. No deposits or artefacts of archaeological significance were identified. ESY522 Archaeological In February 2007 a watching brief was conducted at Quarry Y Watching brief at Farm. No archaeological deposits were exposed. Quarry Farm ESY1379 Evaluations, Geophysical survey conducted on land near Rossington, Y Rossington Inland Doncaster, South Yorkshire. A number of late prehistoric or Port phase 1, Romano-British field systems were identified, along with a Doncaster number of other possible archaeological features. Trial trenching recorded the remains of a field system, along with a Romano-British double-ditched rectilinear settlement enclosure. ESY1381 Excavations at Excavatiuon of enclosures and adjacent field system. The Y Rossington Inland features are of probable late Iron Age origin, with expansion Port, Doncaster during the Romano-British period. A double-ditched sub- rectangular enclosure was recorded, possibly associated with livestock management. Also excavated were elements of the surrounding field system to the south. ESY1390 Evaluations at Fieldwalking, geophysical survey and trial trenching at a site Y Rossington Grange near Rossington Grange Farm, Rossington. A very modest Farm, Rossington collection of finds, consisting of Roman pottery and prehistoric flints was retrieved during the fieldwalking. A field system in use between the late Iron Age to 4th century was identified via geophysical survey and subsequent trenching. Two circular, undated features were also investigated. ESY1391 Excavation at Area excavation at a site at Rossington Grange Farm, Y Rossington Grange Rossington. Two pen-annular ring barrows were excavated, Farm, Rossington one of which contained two Bronze Age urns containing cremated human remains. A large ditched enclosure was established in the late Iron Age, and over the 1st and 2nd centuries this provided the hub for a complex field system. In the late 2nd and 3rd centuries a number of small enclosures were created, possibly associated with specialised industrial activity.
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4213 Carr Lane, Wadworth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4216 Egg Lane, Wadworth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4219 Wadworth and Stancil Carr, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4234 Wellingley Lane 2, Wadworth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4237 Wadworth Hill, Wadworth, Doncaster Strip Fields Y Y HSY4338 Rakes Lane, Loversall, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4462 Salter Dike, Wadsworth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4463 Little Carr, Loversall, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4465 Wadworth Top Mill (site), Wadworth, Agglomerated fields Y Y Doncaster HSY4466 Mill Farm, Wadworth, Doncaster Farm Complex Y HSY4467 Sewage Works, Wadsworth, Doncaster Utilities Y HSY4468 Loversall Hall, Loversall, Doncaster Private Parkland Y Y HSY4201 Junction 35/2, M18/ A1(M), Wadworth, Motorway and Trunk Road Y Doncaster Junctions HSY4211 Wellingley lane, Wadworth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4222 Loversall and Potteric Carr, Loversall, Agglomerated fields Y Doncaster HSY4224 Rossington Colliery Spoil Heap, Rossington, Spoil Heap Y Doncaster HSY4233 Carr Lane 2, Wadworth, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4235 Springwell Lane north, Wadworth, Doncaster Strip Fields Y HSY4286 Billy Wright's Lane, Stancil, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4337 Washing Dike Plantation, Loversall, Doncaster Plantation Y HSY4441 Carr Doles, Rossington, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y HSY4443 Ings Field, Rossington, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4460 Wadworth Hall park, Wadworth, Doncaster Private Parkland Y HSY4461 Wadworth Hill, Wadworth, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y HSY4473 Hall Balk, Loversall, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y HSY4744 Rossington Main Colliery, New Rossington, Deep Shaft Coal Mine Y Doncaster HSY5331 Hall Balk Lane, Loversall, Doncaster Strip Fields Y HSY5854 Wadworth, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY5878 Loversall Hall, Loversall, Doncaster Elite Residence Y HSY5879 St. Katharine's, Loversall, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y HSY5880 Loversall, Doncaster Farm Complex Y HSY5881 Loversall Village, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY5886 Wellingley Grange, Wadworth, Doncaster Farm Complex Y
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Allocation Reference: 160 Area (Ha): 115.327 Allocation Type: Housing/Employment NGR (centre): SE 6919 1170 Site Name: Thorne South Urban Extension, Bradholme Fm Settlement: Thorne Moorends
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record 3 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 160 Area (Ha): 115.327 Allocation Type: Housing/Employment NGR (centre): SE 6919 1170 Site Name: Thorne South Urban Extension, Bradholme Fm Settlement: Thorne Moorends
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one findspot in the site: a Roman coin. One findspot and two monuments are recorded in the buffer zone: a possible Mesolithic flint; Double Bridges Farm moat; and the estimated site of a medieval river fishery recorded in Domesday Book. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded levelled ridge and furrow within the site and the buffer zone. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as Drained Wetland on the former Hatfield Chase, which appears to relate closely to the early 17th-century drainage works of Vermuyden. There is no legibility of medieval hunting park. Character zones within the buffer are defined as Motorway and Trunk Road Junctions; Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/Private); Planned Estate (Social Housing); Private Housing Estate; Canal or River Wharf; and Vernacular Cottages. One area of historic landfill is recorded within the southern part of the buffer, named Tudworth Hall Farm. The site is currently a number of fields, mainly in arable cultivation, and two farm complexes. The site has been in agricultural use since at least the mid-19th century. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown as fields on the 1853 OS map, when it formed part of Burgar Common. Bradholme Hill, Burgar Road and the old course of the River Don were shown within the site, along with buildings at Bradholme. A large pump was shown in the centre-north of the site on the 1892 OS map, with an orchard at Bradholme. Brierholme Carr Drain, a substantial embanked field drain, crossed Burgar Common by 1932. Parts of Burgar Road had become a ‘cart track’ and a ‘grass road’ by 1962. Bridge Poultry Farm had been constructed in the north-west part of the site by 1974. No substantive changes were shown within the site on the 1984 OS map. Various features were marked within the buffer zone on the 1853 OS map including fields, the South Yorkshire Railway, the Bawtry and Selby Turnpike Trust road, Tudworth Hall, Double Bridge Farm, Double Bridge Road, an ‘Old Lathe House’, Tudworth Farm, Double Bridges Farm, the Stainforth and Keadby Canal, Balne Croft Common, North Common, Wike Gate, Sea Dike Road, North and South Soak Drains and Meer Drain. Wike Well End and Wike Well Bridge were marked in the buffer on the 1892 map, with a small number of houses shown to the north of the railway line in 1906. Oaks Farm and Moors Bridge was shown on the 1962 OS map, while housing had been constructed in the north-west part of the buffer by 1974. Tudworth Farm had also expanded by that date. Survival: A Roman coin has reportedly been discovered in the field. The site has been drained and cultivated since at least the mid-19th century, which may have impacted on the preservation of below-ground remains through truncation and desiccation. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology below the zone impacted by ploughing is considered to be moderate. The construction of Bridge Poultry Farm and Bradholme may have impacted on any archaeological remains within their footprints. Buildings have been shown on the site of Bradholme Farm from at least 1853, and any historic buildings surviving within this complex may be heritage assets in their own right. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs show the site as arable fields, with the exception of Bradholme farm buildings, Bridge Poultry Farm and an area of rough pasture in its immediate vicinity. The pasture was shown as arable land in 2009. A 2002 aerial photograph shows linear cropmark features in the area between Bradholme and Old Lathe House. While some may mark the former positions of 19th-century field boundaries, others do not correspond with plot boundaries of that date. Further cropmark features, possibly palaeochannels, are visible in the northeast part of the site on a 2009 aerial photograph. There is no Lidar coverage for this site. Photograph references: Google Earth: 2002, 2008, 2009. Bing Maps: 2015.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00479/01 Double Bridges A moated site dating to the post-medieval period. The site is Y Farm Moat, Thorne located east-south-east of Thorne and south of the Stainforth and Keadby Canal. 01034/01 Roman Coin, Silver denarius of Julia Maesa from ploughed field, 1969. Y Thorne 02963/01 Site of Medieval Tudworth river fishery mentioned in the Domesday Book as Y River Fishery, "20 piscinas". Situated adjacent to the old course of the River Hatfield Don. Owned by William de Warenne. 05193 Late Mesolithic, Worked flint of dating from the Late Mesolithic to the Bronze Y Early Neolithic and Age has been found during fieldwalking for the Humberhead Bronze Age Flint Levels Survey in Hatfield Chase (Hatfield Woodhouse-6). Finds, Hatfield Chase
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4440 Hatfield Chase - High and Low Levels, Drained Wetland Y Y Doncaster HSY4451 J5 M18, Hatfield, Doncaster Motorway and Trunk Road Y Junctions HSY4464 Land around Kirton Lane and Hatfield Road, Surveyed Enclosure Y Thorne, Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4627 Tudworth Hill, Hatfield, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4683 Housing west of Hatfield Road, Thorne, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY5633 South End, Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5634 Marina, South End, Thorne, Doncaster Canal or River Wharf Y HSY5636 South End, Thorne, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y HSY5637 West Street / Park Crescent infill, Thorne, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster
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Allocation Reference: 161 Area (Ha): 10.27 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5697 0557 Site Name: Mill Farm, Mill Gate, Bentley 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 - - Listed Building - 3 SMR record/event 1 record 1 record Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a
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Allocation Reference: 161 Area (Ha): 10.27 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5697 0557 Site Name: Mill Farm, Mill Gate, Bentley Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: One monument is recorded within the site on the SMR, the location of the post-medieval Bentley Corn Mill; however, this appears to have been located outside the site to the immediate east. One findspot is recorded within the buffer zone: a Neolithic polished flint axe found to the northwest of the site. There are no Scheduled Monuments within the site or the buffer zone. Three grade II listed buildings are recorded within the buffer zone, with the Church of St Peter, Bentley located at the western edge and Bentley pinfold to the northwest of the site. The third building, the post-medieval Bentley Corn Mill to the immediate east of the site, does not appear to be extant. It is believed to have been demolished before the listing was confirmed and there is no evidence on site of the building as described by the listing. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records a concentrated area of Iron Age to Romano-British field and enclosure ditches within the central part of the site, and an area of ridge and furrow remains in the eastern part of the site. The ridge and furrow remains survived as earthworks in 1946 and 1956, but Lidar data indicates that they have since been levelled. The Iron Age to Roman cropmarks include a sub-circular enclosure, and what appears to be at least two phases of field boundary ditches and two lanes or droveways. Within the buffer, further post-medieval ridge and furrow is recorded to the north, east and southwest of the site. The earthworks to the north have since been built over, and the area to the east is now a landfill site. No earthworks are shown in the area to the southwest in the Lidar data, apart from a linear feature that could be a surviving headland bank. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the southern buffer zone as large semi-regular enclosures, probably resulting from the piecemeal enclosure of former medieval open field. The southwest edge of the buffer is characterised as a school, with St Peter's Church and modern housing to the west and north, a sewage works and light industrial works to the northeast, and fields enclosed by Parliamentary Award at the southeast edge. The site of Bentley Mill is recorded to the immediate northeast of the site. Historic landfill data records a disused tip site in the southeast part of the buffer, at Fowler Bridge Road. The site currently comprises four fields mainly in use as pasture, with slightly sinuous boundaries marked by hedgerows, with a parcel of land containing a farm and associated outbuildings at the northern end. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map shows farm buildings at the northern end of the site, with two L-shaped ranges and smaller separate structures, as well as two areas of possible gardens or orchards. To the south of the farm, six fields were shown within the site, with those on the eastern side appearing to have been cut through by the Fowler Bridge Road, which formed the eastern boundary. Bentley Town Drain ran along the southern boundary of the site, and Mill Lane the northern boundary. The 1892 map showed no significant changes to the farm layout, but the field boundaries at the eastern side of the site had been altered to create two more regular enclosures. By 1906 a new building had been constructed to the west of the existing buildings and a new wing had been added to the L- shaped building fronting onto Mill Gate, making it U-shaped, although the new wing had been removed by 1960. The buildings were labelled Bentley Mill Farm on maps from 1939 onwards. There were no obvious alterations to the fields between 1892 and 1960, apart from the removal of one field boundary. By 1990, the building to the west of the original structures had been replaced with a larger, rectangular building and a long, thin structure was present between the two L-shaped buildings. Within the buffer zone, the 1854 map showed Bentley Water Mill (corn) to the immediate east of the farm, with an irregularly-shaped but fairly linear dam to its northwest. The settlement of Bentley was depicted to the northwest of the site, with buildings to either side of Mill Lane and further to the north, including a steam mill and the pinfold at Finkle Street. A National School and the Old Workhouse were shown at the western edge of the buffer. The Great Northern Railway cut through the southeast edge of the buffer, with fields to the northeast, east, west and south of the site. In 1892, a mission room was shown on the site of the National School, and
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Bentley Brewery was located to the north of Mill Lane. St Peter's Church had been built to the west of the site by 1906. By 1930, the water mill was shown as disused and the dam filled in, though the mill dike had been canalised through the location of the former pond. Substantial housing development had occurred to the northwest of the site, including terraced and semi-detached housing. A new school was depicted to the south of St Peter's Church, and the fields between the church and the site were shown as allotment gardens. A sewage works had been constructed in the northeast part of the buffer. The 1980 map showed a tip to the east of Fowler Bridge Road and works buildings to the north of the mill. Survival: The buildings depicted on the site in 1854 are still present on the site today, although Google Street View images demonstrate that the L-shaped building fronting onto Mill Gate is ruinous and incomplete. Outside the cluster of farm buildings, which are located roughly at the centre of the site, the areas to the east and west have remained undeveloped since at least 1854 and, as such, the potential for the survival of buried archaeology in these areas is considered to be moderate. Within the fields forming the majority of the site, a concentrated area of cropmarks of probable Iron Age to Roman date have been recorded from aerial photographs by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project. Though the fields have been cultivated, there is a high potential for the survival of buried remains associated with the cropmarks below the zone affected by ploughing. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation will be required if this site is brought forward for development. This may include an assessment of the historic significance of the standing buildings. Significance: The pre-1854 farm buildings on the site are considered to be of Local archaeological significance. Buried remains associated with Iron Age to Roman settlement and agricultural activity could be considered to be of Local to Regional significance, depending on their extent, nature and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Aerial photographs from 2002 show three buildings which can be identified on the 1854 map, and two modern buildings with corrugated metal roofs first noted on the 1990 map. By 2008, the L-shaped structure fronting onto Mill Gate had been largely demolished; some external walls still appear to be standing, but there is no roof. The site has remained unchanged since, although the partial L-shaped building has become increasingly overgrown. To the east of the site, the corn mill still shown in 1992 had been demolished by 2002, and a large works building built close to its former site. Within the central and southern parts of the site, Google Earth data shows four fields with slightly sinuous boundaries mostly marked by full or partial hedgelines. In 2002, the western field was under cultivation and the remainder used as pasture, with a rounded patch of bare earth towards the southern end of the central field, possibly a former pond or waterlogged area. This had become grassed over by 2003. The western field was shown as rough vegetation in 2008, and in 2009 the two eastern fields were under cultivation, probably for hay. The 2015 image is entirely obscured by clouds. None of the cropmarks recorded within the site by the Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project are visible on the Google Earth imagery. The only earthwork features identified within the available Lidar data for the site correspond with extant field boundaries. Photograph/Lidar references: Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2015. Google Street View images 2009, 2012. Lidar data tile SE5605, SE5705 DTM 1m. Photos transcribed by Magnesian Limestone Mapping Project: Linear ditches: OS/56T21 0070 13-Sep-1956; MAL/60427 81659 21-Jun-1960; SE5505/1 DNR 512/7 01-Jun-1974; SE5605/2 NMR 12685/11 12-Jul-1995; SE5605/2 NMR 12685/11 12-Jul-1995. Ridge and furrow: RAF/CPE/UK/1879 1103 06-Dec-1946; OS/56T21 0070 13-Sep-1956.
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Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151495 Bentley Mill [no longer extant] II Y 1191961 Church of St Peter II Y 1286878 Bentley pinfold II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01272/01 Neolithic Polished Neolithic polished flint axe. Y Flint Axe, Bentley / Arksey 03473/01 Bentley Mill Post- A 17th-century water mill, raised and altered in the 19th Y Medieval Mill, century with 20th century additions. [The mill is no longer Bentley extant.]
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5062 Haver Croft, Bentley, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y y HSY4426 Bentley Common, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY5031 New Street, Bentley Old Village, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5032 High Street, Bentley Old Village, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y HSY5033 New Street infill housing, Bentley Old Village, Private Housing Estate Y Doncaster HSY5034 Beech Grove / Poplar Terrace, Bentley, Terraced Housing Y Doncaster HSY5035 High Street (north end), Chapel Street and Commercial Core-Urban Y Millgate, Doncaster HSY5041 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Catholic Primary School Y School, Bentley, Doncaster HSY5042 Finkle Street / Arksey Lane, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y HSY5043 Millfield industrial Estate, Bentley, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY5044 Site of Bentley Mill, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY5047 Bentley Sewage Works, Doncaster Utilities Y HSY5061 Bentley High Street First and Middle School, School Y Doncaster HSY5150 Old Hall Road, Bentley, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y HSY5151 St Peter's Church, Bentley, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y
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Allocation Reference: 164 Area (Ha): 11.06 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6276 0149 Site Name: Land to the East of Warning Tongue Lane Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record/2 events 3 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 164 Area (Ha): 11.06 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6276 0149 Site Name: Land to the East of Warning Tongue Lane Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one monument and two events within the site. The monument is part of an area where frequent remains of pottery kilns associated with Doncaster’s Roman pottery production industry have been found. It is not known if any such remains have been found within the site itself. Both events related to works undertaken in association with the construction of a water pipeline, a geophysical survey and trial trenching, which did not record any features of clear archaeological origin within the site. These events and the pottery area extend into the buffer zone, where two further monuments were recorded, the suggested route of a Roman road from Lincoln to York via Bawtry and Doncaster, and cropmark features of a linear feature that may be an Iron Age or Roman trackway. 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 recorded evidence of a linear ditch of uncertain date in the northern area of the buffer. This is probably the feature recorded on the SMR. Historic Environment Characterisation identifies that the site lies within an area of agglomerated fields created through the progressive removal of field boundaries. The M18 motorway has further disturbed the field boundaries making legibility of the former landscape invisible. These fields continue into the north and east of the buffer. Directly adjacent to the site in the north is McAuley School. The south and west areas of the buffer are identified as modern private housing estates. Roman pottery kilns were excavated here in the early 1950s ahead of construction of the housing estate and form and important regional group. Black Carr post-medieval plantation lies in the southeast corner of the buffer. The site is currently two arable fields, with the eastern boundary formed by the M18, the western boundary by Warning Tongue Lane and a school playing field, and the northern boundary by Doncaster Road. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map showed the site as three fields, with no changes until 1978 when one of the boundaries had been removed. The current eastern boundary was formed between 1978 and 1982 by the construction of the M18 motorway. Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows a National school to the north of the site, but none of the present day buildings are depicted. A park associated with Cantley Hall extended into the northwest edge of the buffer, and plantations to the east and south of the site, one including a folly, suggests that the site was associated with the wider Cantley Hall estate. By 1948, Handley Cross Farm had been built to the west of the site and the 1955 OS map shows that Black Carr plantation in the south had been extended northwards. By 1978 McCauley school had been built on the site of Handley Cross Farm. Between 1978 and 1982, the area to the west of the site was developed as a private housing estate. The M18 motorway was also shown at this date. Survival: The site has been fields from at least 1854. Ploughing may have truncated sub-surface archaeological features but deep ground disturbance within the site is limited. The potential for buried archaeological remains below the level impacted by ploughing is therefore considered to be moderate to high. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Remains associated with Roman pottery production and associated activity could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. Note: Site 430 covers the western part of site 164.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as two fields in arable cultivation with hedgerow borders. The fields are subdivided by a hedgerow running through the middle in a north-south alignment. No cropmark features were noted within the site. Lidar data shows the field surfaces as very smooth, with only one slight earthwork running west to east across the southern part of the site, between Packington Road and the M18. It is not shown on any historic maps, and is of unclear origin. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 & 2009. Lidar data file SE6201. SE6201/1 DNR 872/3-3A 03-Jul-1976.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01242/01 Possible lane or Traces of a linear feature on aerial photographs have been Y trackway near interpreted as an Iron Age or Romano-British lane or trackway Cantley near the village of Cantley 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 northwest through Doncaster Doncaster and Adwick Le Street and then on towards Castleford. 04930 The Doncaster A series of potteries have been recorded and excavated in the Y Y Roman Pottery Doncaster district over several decades. The potteries may be Production Area considered a single industrial entity that stretches across several kilometres to the east of Doncaster. To date, sites have been recorded in the parishes of Cantley, Rossington, Blaxton, Auckley and Doncaster. ESY643 Fluxgate A systematic gradiometer survey was carried out at several Y Y Gradiometer locations along the route of a proposed water pipeline. Survey, Nutwell Responses thought to be archaeological in nature were found Water Treatment within Areas 3 and 6. Area 3 revealed several pit-type Works, Doncaster anomalies that are bounded by a former field-system/track. Pipeline Within Area 6 a number of former field systems have been identified. Ridge and furrow has also been found within two of the areas, while modern ploughing is also visible throughout. Field drains have been identified within some areas, the most elaborate within Area 6 where a herringbone pattern can be seen. ESY908 Archaeological Excavations at two sites along the route of the pipeline Y Y Monitoring and revealed ditches and trackways corresponding to recorded Trial Trenching at cropmarks of Iron Age to Romano-British field systems. Doncaster Water Excavation of a third site at Kilham Farm close to the site of Pipeline, South Romano British pottery kilns also revealed a number of ditches Yorkshire indicative of such field systems. The ditches excavated formed part of a locally, if not regionally important complex of cropmarks in the area to the east of Doncaster. The excavations confirmed the presence of field systems identified from cropmarks, as well as identifying further features not visible on aerial photographs. Despite an almost complete absence of artefactual and environmental evidence from the features, excavations have provided an insight into the use and re-use of Iron Age and Romano-British field system in the region.
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID Green Lane, Cantley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4636 HSY4620 Black Carr Plantation, Rossington, Doncaster Plantation Y HSY4635 Doncaster Road, Cantley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4637 Cantley Hall Park, Cantley, Doncaster Private Parkland Y HSY4807 McAuley School, Cantley, Doncaster School Y HSY4816 Church Lane, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4825 Warning Tongue Lane, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4826 Farnborough Drive, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 165 Area (Ha): 15.1 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5225 1094 Site Name: Land North of the A1, Skellow Settlement: Carcroft Skellow
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 - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 event 2 records/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 165 Area (Ha): 15.1 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5225 1094 Site Name: Land North of the A1, Skellow Settlement: Carcroft Skellow
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two monuments and one event are recorded within the buffer zone. The monuments comprise the suggested route of a Roman road, along the western boundary of the site, and a probable Iron Age to Roman enclosure recorded as a cropmark. The event related to archaeological evaluations along the route of the A1(M). No Scheduled Monuments or Listed Buildings are recorded within the site and buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records an Iron Age or Roman trackway and field boundary as crop marks within the site. These and associated features continue within the buffer zone to the north, northeast and northwest. Post-medieval ridge and furrow has also been recorded within the buffer zone. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the site as within a parcel of surveyed enclosure, with the boundary layout dating to c.1801. Its previous character is uncertain. Within the buffer zone, further character zones include 1960s residential private housing to the south, with partial legibility of former Parliamentary Enclosure boundaries preserved at the edge of garden plots; further surveyed enclosure, modern agglomerated fields; an area of private parkland associated with Skellow Grange and a water-powered site at Skellow Mill. The site is currently two fields in arable use, one to the north butting Green Lane and one to the south, along Crabgate Lane. Both fields are bounded by the A1 to the west. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1851-54 OS map records the site as subdivided into four enclosures. By 1971 the fields within the site had been amalgamated to take on its current form. Within the buffer zone, the 1854 map depicted two limestone quarries adjoining the site, one of which is now occupied by the site of a house and garden (a school in 1932). Skellow Grange (later Burghwallis Grange) and landscape gardens were shown to the northeast of the site. Development to the south and southeast of the site had begun by the publication of the 1948 County Series. Survival: The site has been cultivated since at least the mid-19th century, which may have impacted on the preservation of any below-ground remains through truncation. The potential for the survival of buried archaeology below the zone impacted by ploughing is considered to be high. A trackway probably associated with a wider landscape of Iron Age to Roman field systems has been recorded as a cropmark within the northeast of the site. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation will be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Remains associated with Iron Age to Romano-British activity could be of Local to Regional archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first century aerial photography shows the site as under cultivation and subdivided into two fields, with hedgerows along parts of the boundaries. There is no Lidar coverage for this site.
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Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009. SE5211/2NMR 723/229-231 09-Jul-1974; RAF/541/31 4410 18-May-1948; ULM BYH 19 28-Jun-1976; ULM AZC 77 26-Jul-1969; ULM CCX 56 19-Jul-1977; OS/90 184 0040 18-Jul-1990.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 02796/01 Iron Age or Iron Age or Romano-British enclosure to the SW of PIN 00051. Y Romano-British Enclosure, south of Robin Hood's Well Roman Fort, Burghwallis 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 Castleford. ESY1080 A1(M) Redhouse to Trial pits, field walking and geophysical survey were carried Y Ferrybridge out on discrete sites along the route of the A1(M). Possible field boundary features were identified during geophysical survey. Field walking produced some flint tools and small amounts of Roman and Medieval pottery.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY248 Fields around Green Lane Skellow Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY74 Skellow Grange Private Parkland Y HSY75 Prairie Field, Grange Lane Burghwallis Agglomerated fields Y HSY91 Skellow Mill Water Powered Site Y HSY92 1960's estate housing between Crabgate lane Private Housing Estate Y and Mill Lane, Skellow HSY139 Fields south of Skelbrooke park Agglomerated fields Y HSY224 Detached Housing along Mill Lane Skellow Private Housing Estate Y HSY249 Hampole Ings Surveyed Enclosure Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private)
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Allocation Reference: 166 Area (Ha): 21.85 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6311 0065 Site Name: Land east of Warning Tongue Lane 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 Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record/1 event 6 records/4 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 166 Area (Ha): 21.85 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6311 0065 Site Name: Land east of Warning Tongue Lane Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one monument and one event within the site. The monument is part of an area where frequent remains of pottery kilns associated with Doncaster’s Roman pottery production industry have been found. It is not known if any such remains have been found within the site itself. The event comprised archaeological monitoring undertaken prior to and during the construction of a water pipeline. This ran along the western edge of the site and, along with the pottery production area, extends into the buffer zone. The monitoring did not identify any archaeological features within the site. Five further monuments and three events were recorded within the buffer: the suggested route of a Roman road from Lincoln to York via Bawtry and Doncaster, and a further road branching off the main route and following the line of Warning Tongue Lane; the possible site of a medieval grange of Kirkstall Abbey; a later farm on the possible site of the grange; and a nearby area of ridge and furrow earthworks. The events comprised areas of geophysical survey associated with the water pipeline, and an evaluation off Warning Tongue Lane to the south of the site. There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site. One Scheduled Monument, an area of Roman pottery kilns associated with the Doncaster pottery industry, lies within the buffer to the south of the site. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded evidence of post medieval ridge and furrow in the southern part of the site and the eastern part of the buffer, and evidence of a 20th century bomb crater and a firing range bank in the south of the buffer. Lidar data indicates that the ridge and furrow remains within the site no longer survive as earthworks. The Historic Environment Characterisation identifies that the site lies with an area of enclosed wetland known as ‘The Carrs’. The land was improved and drained from a wet wood environment in the 17th century. The buffer incorporates further areas of drained wetland, private housing to the east and Black Carr Plantation to the north. The geometric nature of the plantation suggests that it was planted at the time of Cantley parliamentary enclosure in 1779. The site is currently part of four fields, in a mixture of arable and pasture usage. The western boundary is formed by Warning Tongue Lane and the southern boundary by a railway line. One of the boundaries runs on an irregular route suggestive of a former stream. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map shows the site as seven to eight fields, some defined by drainage ditches as well as hedges. Bridge Road ran through the southern part of the site. The site was largely unchanged until some of the field boundaries were removed between 1968 and 1982. Within the buffer, the 1854 map depicts Warning Tongue Lane running through the buffer to the immediate west of the site, with Bessacarr Grange shown to the west, Black Carr Plantation to the north and Short Plats Plantation to the east. The remainder of the buffer comprised fields. By 1894, the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway had been constructed to the south of the site. The area to the south of the railway became gradually developed with housing estates between 1930 and 1962, with a gas valve compound shown to the immediate west of the southern end of the site by 1982. Further development took place to the west of Warning Tongue Lane by 1993. Survival: The site has been drained and cultivated, which could have impacted on the preservation of below-ground remains through truncation and desiccation. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains below the zone impacted by ploughing is considered to be high. Possible cropmark features are visible on recent aerial photographs in part of the site, though these are of uncertain function and date. The site lies within an area noted for the remains of kilns associated with Doncaster’s Roman pottery industry, and such remains could survive within the site.
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Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Remains associated with the Roman pottery industry could be of Local to National significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as four fields in a mixture of arable and pasture use. Possible cropmark features are visible in the field to the north of the probable stream on the 2002 and 2009 aerial photographs. These are of unclear layout, but appear to include a long sub-rectangular enclosed area running east-west across the site, and possible fragmentary ditches. Lidar data shows only the current field boundaries and trackways, including a probable drainage ditch along the line of the possible stream. No earthwork remains of ridge and furrow cultivation are shown within the field to the south of this, where they were recorded in 1948. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 & 2009. Lidar data files SE6200, SE6201. RAF/CPE/UK/1880 2113 06-Dec-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1880 2113 06-Dec-1946.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1004787 Roman potteries 300yds (270m) NE of Rossington Bridge SM Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00448/01 Bessacarr Grange, A medieval grange of Kirkstall Abbey, thought to be sited just Y Bessacarr north of Hatchell Wood, Bessacarr. 00448/02 Post-Medieval A late eighteenth or early nineteenth century farmhouse, Y Farmhouse, possibly on the site of Bessacarr Grange. Cantley 00448/03 Ridge and furrow Ridge and furrow near the possible site of Bessacar Grange. Y near the possible site of Bessacar Grange 00707/01 Bawtry to A Roman road, branching off the Doncaster to Bawtry Road, Y Doncaster Roman along Warning Tongue Lane, Rossington. Road: Rossington section 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 Castleford. 04930 The Doncaster A series of potteries have been recorded and excavated in the Y Y Roman Pottery Doncaster district over several decades. The potteries may be Production Area considered a single industrial entity that stretches across several kilometres to the east of Doncaster. To date, sites have been recorded in the parishes of Cantley, Rossington, Blaxton,
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Auckley and Doncaster. ESY347 Archaeological In February 1994 a geophysical survey was conducted at Y Evaluation at Warning Tongue Lane. A number of anomalies were detected Warning Tongue with an area of low resistance probably resulting from a pit Lane feature. An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in 1994 and trial trenching revealed 4 separate ditches and evidence for occupation activity. ESY643 Fluxgate A systematic gradiometer survey was carried out at several Y Gradiometer locations along the route of a proposed water pipeline. Survey, Nutwell Responses thought to be archaeological in nature were found Water Treatment in areas within Areas 3 and 6. Area 3 revealed several pit-type Works, Doncaster anomalies that are bounded by a former field-system/track. Pipeline Within Area 6 a number of former field systems have been identified. Ridge and furrow has also been found within two of the areas, while modern ploughing also visible throughout data sets. Field drains have been identified within some areas. ESY895 Report on an The western side of the site was part of a builders’ yard, as Y Archaeological demonstrated by a significant amount of ground disturbance Evaluation of land and dumping. The remainder of the site consists of open, level off Warning grassed land with no obvious ground disturbance. To the south Tongue Lane, and east there is grassland which has been incorporated into Bessacarr the Scheduled Monument of Rossington Bridge (SY 1108). ESY908 Archaeological Excavations at two sites along the route of the pipeline Y Y Monitoring and revealed ditches and trackways corresponding to recorded Trial Trenching at cropmarks of Iron Age to Romano-British field systems. Doncaster Water Excavation of a third site at Kilham Farm close to the site of Pipeline Romano British pottery kilns also revealed a number of field ditches. The ditches formed part of a locally, if not regionally important complex of cropmarks to the east of Doncaster. The excavations confirmed the presence of field systems identified from such cropmarks, as well as identifying features not visible on aerial photographs. Despite an almost complete absence of artefactual and environmental evidence from the features, excavations have provided an insight into the use and re-use of Iron Age and Romano-British field system in the region.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID The Carrs, Auckley, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y HSY4545 HSY4614 Hayfield Lakes, Auckley, Doncaster Leisure Centre Y HSY4620 Black Carr Plantation, Rossington, Doncaster Plantation Y Y HSY4624 The Carrs, Cantley, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y HSY4634 Black Carr, Cantley, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y HSY4636 Green Lane, Cantley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4822 Hatchell Wood east, Bessacarr, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y HSY4824 Bessacarr Grange, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4825 Warning Tongue Lane, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y Y HSY4826 Farnborough Drive, Bessacarr, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4836 Warrington Drive, Bessacarr, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y
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Allocation Reference: 170 Area (Ha): 1.99 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6575 0866 Site Name: Land at Doncaster Road, Hatfield Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Local Historic landscape significance Uncertain Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record 8 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 170 Area (Ha): 1.99 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6575 0866 Site Name: Land at Doncaster Road, Hatfield Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one monument within the site, comprising the site of a medieval windmill, still extant as a grassy mound. Eight findspots are recorded within the buffer zone, all clustered to the southeast of the site. Three of these are of Roman coins, two are of medieval silver coins, and three are of undated lead and bronze objects. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project recorded significant remnants of Iron Age to Roman field boundaries and a trackway within the buffer zone, immediately to the southwest of the site. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as surveyed enclosure dating to the 1825 Enclosure Award, although the removal of around 75% of the boundaries depicted on the 1851 OS mapping means that this land is now on the cusp of the modern 'agglomerated field' category. However, there remains significant legibility in the surrounding roads and hedgerows of its surveying at the time of Parliamentary enclosure of Hatfield in 1825. The hedgerows in the area are all shown on the award plan. Within the buffer, to the south of the site, the landscape character is much the same as that of the site. Immediately to the east, north and west of the site is modern housing, with no legibility of earlier landscapes. Further to the west, at the edge of the buffer, is a significant area of well preserved enclosure landscape. The site currently comprises one complete triangular field currently bounded by hedgerows on its south-western third, Doncaster Road on its north-western third and the garden boundaries of houses on Lings Lane on its eastern third. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was shown on the 1854 OS map as part of two fields, with the windmill (corn) marked on. By 1892, the windmill was depicted as an unlabelled earthwork mound. Also in 1892, a footpath ran roughly east-west across the northernmost of the two fields, although this was no longer present by 1907. No other changes are evident within the site. Within the buffer zone, by 1854 Doncaster Road, Lings Lane and Coppice Lane were already extant, with little development shown within the area, apart from to the east of Lings Lane. Most of the area was fields. Several unlabelled buildings were immediately to the east of the site and the area to the immediate north of the site appeared to be sunken, denoted with hachures. On the south-western edge of the buffer was an area marked as the supposed site of a battle in AD 633. By 1892, the Artesian Well Brewery was present to the northeast of the site, renamed Don Valley Brewery by 1930. Some almshouses were marked just to the north, with further development on the eastern side of Lings Lane, most of which appeared to be houses. Some buildings had also appeared on Doncaster Road, which had developed further by 1948. Allotment gardens were present just to the southeast of the site in 1930. By 1968, the sunken area immediately to the north of the site was labelled Works. By 1984, the area between Doncaster Road and Coppice Lane was heavily developed with housing, and the western side of Lings Lane had also become developed. By 1992, a large school had been built just to the north of Coppice Lane. Survival: Due to the lack of deep ground disturbance on the site, the potential for the survival of previously unrecorded buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate to high. The remains of a windmill shown in 1854 survive as an earthwork mound. Cropmark evidence for Iron Age to Roman field systems has been recorded adjacent to the site, and associated buried remains may extend into the site itself.
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Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation is likely to be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: The windmill is considered to be of Local archaeological significance. Buried remains associated with the Iron Age to Roman agricultural landscape could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their nature, condition and extent of survival.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Twenty-first-century aerial photographs appear to show the site as arable land. The grassy mound of the windmill is barely visible on aerial photographs, although it appears as a clear, slightly irregularly shaped earthwork on the Lidar image, with damage shown to the sides of the mound. Some former post-medieval field boundaries are shown on Lidar data within the buffer zone, to the southwest of the site. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009. Lidar data tile SE6508 DTM 1m. SE6508/3 DNR 1032/12 28-Jun-1978; OS/92255 0106 20-Jul-1992 and SE6508/20 NMR 17348/46 28-Jul-1999.
Statutory SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 02751/01 Site of ?Windmill Site of ?Lings Windmill shown on the 1850 OS map. The site is Y and Mound, in pasture and the sides are damaged. Hatfield 02725/01 Roman Coin Find, Roman coin Ae Sestertius worn but probably of Faustina Y Lings Lane, Hatfield 02727/01 Roman Coin, Lings Roman coin found by metal detector east of Ling's Lane. Y Lane, Hatfield 02729/01 Medieval Silver Medieval silver penny of Edward I, II and III. Found in April Y Coin Find, Lings 1980. Lane, Hatfield 02740/01 Unclassified Bronze Bronze object of unknown date slightly bevelled on upper Y Object, Hatfield surface and slightly twisted near terminals (similar to the end of a key?). 02742/01 Lead Weight Find, Lead weight of unknown date found by metal detector east of Y Ling's Lane, Ling's Lane. The weight is disc shaped. Hatfield 02744/01 Undated Lead Lead object of unknown date found by metal detector east of Y Object Find, Ling's Ling's Lane. Lane, Hatfield 02752/01 Roman Bronze Coin Roman bronze coin AE Sestertius of Faustine I Y Find, Hatfield 02753/01 Medieval Silver Medieval Scottish silver half penny of William I (The Lion) Y Coin Find, Hatfield 1165-1214.
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SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4487 Lings Field, Hatfield, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4476 New Mill Field, Hatfield, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4686 Hatfield High School, Hatfield, Doncaster School Y HSY4692 Former Heath Field, Hatfield, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4723 Manor Lane / Ash Hill, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4728 Lings Lane, Hatfield, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y HSY4729 1 - 11 Lings Lane, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4731 'Park Lane' / High Street, Dunscroft. Private Housing Estate Y
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Allocation Reference: 171 Area (Ha): 8.69 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6662 0968 Site Name: Land to North Side of High St, Hatfield Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
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 - - Listed Building - 9 SMR record/event - 5 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 171 Area (Ha): 8.69 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6662 0968 Site Name: Land to North Side of High St, Hatfield Settlement: Hatfield Stainforth
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records five monuments and two events within the buffer zone. The monuments comprise the Church of St Lawrence, which is 12th-century in origin and grade I listed, located to the southwest of the site. Three timber framed buildings are also recorded, located to the south and southwest of the site, as well as an Elizabethan coin found on Main Street, to the southwest of the site. Both events are also located to the southwest: archaeological monitoring at St Lawrence Vicarage, which recorded a post-medieval ditch and pit, and excavations at the Church of St Lawrence, which revealed a 17th-/18th-century ditch. No Scheduled Monuments are recorded within the site or the buffer zone. Nine listed buildings are present within the buffer zone, one of which is the grade I listed Church of St Lawrence, which is also recorded as monument in the SMR data. All of the remaining listed buildings are situated to the south or west of the site within the historic core of Hatfield, and are grade II listed. It should be noted that the location of the Travis Charity School (1192369) on the Historic England database is wrong, with the building actually being to the west of the point shown, on the opposite side of the road to the current Hatfield Travis Infant School, which is of modern origin. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site or the buffer zone. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the majority of the site as a well- preserved section of 'Firth Field', a well-maintained group of parliamentary enclosure fields retaining nearly all of the hedgerows first shown on the 1825 enclosure award. There is fragmentary visibility of previous landscape types, and many of the 1825 boundaries still exist. A small section at the northeast side of the site is characterised as agglomerated fields of Martin Common. Progressive removal of field boundaries in the later 20th century has created the current large fields, and only fragmentary visibility of the fields created by the 1804 Haworth parliamentary enclosure exists, surviving within some of the external boundaries and the name Martin Common. Within the buffer are a variety of landscape character areas, mostly comprising modern housing, industry, or regenerated scrubland. Legibility of previous landscape characters within the buffer is poor due to the density of modern development in the area. The site currently comprises a number of narrow rectangular fields in a mixture of arable and grassland usage. They are largely separated by hedgerows and bounded by North Ings Road on the eastern edge of the site. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map depicted the site as a group of fields, with a footpath in the north-western corner. There was little change by 1893; occasional trees were depicted within some of the fields, although by 1906 no trees were shown within the site. By 1962, the footpath at the north-western end of the site was no longer present, and one small east-west aligned field boundary at the eastern end of the site had been removed, although aside from this, the field boundaries present on the site today remain the same as on the 1854 OS map, which are likely to respect the 1825 enclosure boundaries. By 1982 a single building was present at the southern end of the site, marked as ‘depot’., with a second building added to the west by 2002, with two further buildings at the southern end of the site, off Ivy Close. Within the buffer zone, North Ings Road, forming the eastern boundary of the site, was extant by 1854. To the south and west of the site, the core of Hatfield was already established, with numerous buildings along High Street and Station Road. A grammar school was present to the northwest of the site off Station Road, which by 1893 was labelled as Travis’s Charity School. By 1962, a large factory was present to the west of the site and by 1966 the Travis School had been re-located to the opposite side of Station Road and considerably enlarged. By 1982, the buildings to the south of the site off the High Street comprises a surgery, builder’s yard and private housing. The area to the north of the site has remained undeveloped and largely retains the field enclosure
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pattern of 1825. Survival: The site has been in agricultural use since at least the mid-19th century, which may have caused some truncation to below-ground deposits. The potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains below the plough zone is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation may be required if this site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown.
Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2009 aerial photographs show the site as a group of narrow rectangular fields, many in arable usage, with some strips at the western end used as waste/scrub land. Lidar data shows only the extant field boundaries within the site. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage, 2002, 2003, 2008 & 2009. Lidar data tile SE6609 DTM 1m.
Statutory Designations Reference Name Designation/ Site? Buffer? ID Grade 1151582 Hawthorne House II Y 1151583 The Grange II Y 1151591 Numbers 11 and 13 including the Shoe Box II Y 1151622 Number 54 (Pyenest Flat 1-4 Inclusive) II Y 1192349 Iron Gates to south east corner of churchyard to church of St II Y Lawrence 1192369 Old Travis Charity School [Incorrect location] II Y 1192399 Hatfiled Methodist Church II Y 1192628 Church of St Lawrence I Y 1286620 Stable-Block approximately 20 metres to rear of The Mews II Y
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00432/01 Church of St Church, 12th century and later Y Lawrence, Hatfield 01527/01 Timber framed Cottages (probably timber framed) Hatfield. Y cottages, Hatfield 01528/01 Timber Framed Barn of 18th century date showing clear replacement of Y Barn, Hatfield timber frame elements in brick. 01529/01 Timber Framed Anglers Shop, timber framed building, Hatfield. Medieval. Y Building, Hatfield
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02733/01 Elizabethan Coin, Elizabethan silver coin AR 6d of Elizabeth I (1561) found at Y Main Street, Green Acres, Main Street in Hatfield. Hatfield ESY1431 Excavations at the Excavations ahead of the construction of two soakaway pits Y Church of St revealed eight post-medieval inhumations, an assemblage of Lawrence, Cuckoo disarticulated human bone and associated funerary small Lane, Hatfield, finds. Monitoring of service trenches and pits yielded further disarticulated human remains. ESY987 St Lawrence Plot A and access road topsoil stripping. Showed 17th/18th Y Vicarage, High century ditch. Street, Hatfield
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4483 Well preserved section of 'Firth Field', Hatfield, Surveyed Enclosure Y Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4484 Jubilee Park, Hatfield, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y Y HSY4711 Medieval core plots of Hatfield, Doncaster Burgage Plots Y Y HSY4471 Site of proposed Hatfield Services, M18, Regenerated Scrubland Y Hatfield, Doncaster HSY4472 Land to the north of Hatfield, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4476 New Mill Field, Hatfield, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4485 Hatfield Water Park, Hatfield, Doncaster Artificial Lake Y HSY4486 Former 'Firth Field' (East of M18), Hatfield, Agglomerated fields Y Doncaster HSY4619 Old Mill Field (North), Hatfield Woodhouse, Surveyed Enclosure Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4694 Housing within the former 'West Field', Semi-Detached Housing Y Hatfield, Doncaster HSY4706 Hatfield Manor Middle School. Doncaster School Y HSY4707 Factory, Cuckoo Lane, Hatfield, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY4708 Travis C of E School, Hatfield, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY4710 St Lawrence Church, Hatfield. Religious (Worship) Y HSY4712 Station Road Shopping Parade, Hatfield, Commercial Core-Urban Y Doncaster HSY4714 Old Epworth Road, Hatfield, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y HSY4715 Old Thorne Road, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4716 Garage, Old Thorne Road, Hatfield Commercial Core-Suburban Y HSY4718 Hatfield Manor House, Hatfield, Doncaster Elite Residence Y HSY4719 Hatfield Court House, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4721 Manor Lane / Manor Gardens, Hatfield, Villas/ Detached Housing Y Doncaster HSY4738 Cemetery Road, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y
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Allocation Reference: 172 Area (Ha): 3.73 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6563 9401 Site Name: Land off Narrow Lane, Bawtry Settlement: Bawtry
Allocation Recommendations
Archaeological significance of site Unknown Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain archaeological constraint
Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 3 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a
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Allocation Reference: 172 Area (Ha): 3.73 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6563 9401 Site Name: Land off Narrow Lane, Bawtry Settlement: Bawtry
Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site. Two findspots, one monument and two events are recorded in the buffer zone. The finds were a Roman brooch and a medieval Scottish silver penny, both from unspecified locations near Bawtry, whist the monument was a probable Iron Age to Roman field system recorded from cropmarks at Gally Hills in the western part of the buffer. One of the events related to investigation of part of this field system, with geophysical survey and trial trenching identifying two possible Iron Age ditches, as well as field drains and modern intrusive features. Within the southern part of the buffer, the second event related to geophysical survey undertaken after significant quantities of Roman pottery and coins were found, along with in situ column bases indicating the presence of a structure. There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings located within the site or buffer. The site is not covered by the Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project, so no cropmarks other than those recorded on the SMR are known within the site or buffer. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the eastern part of the buffer as agglomerated fields where later 20th-century boundary loss has removed the former character, which comprised strip fields probably enclosed from medieval open field prior to 1766. Other character zones within the buffer include a sand and gravel quarry to the immediate north of the site, further agglomerated fields to the northwest, modern private and social housing estate and a works yard to the west and south, and piecemeal enclosure from medieval open field at the southern edge. Historic landfill data records a strip of infilled land to the immediate northeast of the site, named Narrow Lane, but no further details are given. This is shown on historic mapping as a 19th-century sand and gravel pit. The site is currently a roughly triangular field, to the west of the railway. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map depicts the site as four narrow strip fields characteristic of piecemeal enclosure from medieval open field. Only two fields were shown by 1962, with the other boundaries removed after 1956. No further changes were shown by 1992. Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows the Great Northern Railway running to the west of the site on a roughly north-south alignment, and Bawtry station and turn tables to the southwest. Narrow Lane was shown along the southern boundary of the site, becoming a footpath across fields to the northeast, with the Bawtry and Selby turnpike road to the south. A sand pit was shown at Pingle Hill to the north of the site, no longer depicted in 1893, by which date a small building was shown in an enclosure between the southwest side of the site and the railway line, labelled 'pump' in 1902. Two small sandpits were shown to the immediate north of the site in 1929, with a larger sandpit to the northeast by 1948, shown as disused in 1962. Housing had been built to the south of Narrow Lane by the latter date. The 1992 map showed kennels in the field to the immediate north of the site. Survival: The site has been fields since at least the mid-19th century. The relative lack of sub-surface disturbance suggests the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown.
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Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2012 aerial photographs show the site as a field variously under pasture or cultivated, possibly for hay. The kennels are shown to the north of the site and some recent buildings in the plot to the west between the site and the railway line. No cropmark features are visible within the site. Lidar data does not show any features within the site. The former sand pits to the north are visible as earthworks. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2012. Lidar data files SK6593 and SK6594 DTM 1m.
SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 02323/01 Cropmarks showing Gally Hills field system - crop marks site found from Aerial Y Iron Age to Photos 7/7/1984. Romano-British field system, Bawtry 02820/01 Medieval Scottish Medieval Scottish silver penny of Alexander III (1249-1286). Y Silver Penny, found near Bawtry 02825/01 Roman Brooch A late 1st-century AD brooch with trails of enamel on the Y found near Bawtry expanded box. ESY463 Gradiometer Gradiometer results showed the presence of linear anomalies Y Survey on Land at and evidence for modern field drains, field boundaries and Gally Hills, quarrying activity. Other anomalies were identified that may Doncaster Road be archaeological, but evaluation of the area in 1998 demonstrated that the geophysical anomalies were mainly modern intrusive features, apart from two probably ancient (Iron Age?) ditches. ESY466 Geophysical Survey A watching brief identified significant numbers of Roman Y on the River Idle pottery sherds and coins dating to the 3rd and 4th centuries. Washlands In-situ column bases were revealed indicating a structure, which from the finds evidence may have had a religious function. Following this, a geophysical survey was undertaken in 2006. The survey did not locate any anomalies but there is the potential for archaeological remains on the site.
SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4587 Narrow Lane, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y HSY4493 Beck Plantation, Austerfield, Doncaster Plantation Y HSY4495 Austerfield, Quarry, Austerfield, Doncaster Other Mineral Extraction & Y Processing HSY4515 High Field Lane, Austerfield, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4562 Thorne Road, Bawtry, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y HSY4564 Gally Hills, Bawtry, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4565 ex gravel pit, Austerfield, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y HSY5526 Central Drive, South Avenue, Bawtry, Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y
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Doncaster HSY5531 Harewood Drive, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5535 Bawtry Station Yard, Bawtry, Doncaster Other Industry Y HSY5536 Kingswood Close, Bawtry, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5538 Stirling Avenue, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY5572 Highfield Road, Bawtry, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y
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