PEGGY’S FIELD, SOUTH OTTERINGTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE HERITAGE ASSESSMENT JB Archaeology Ltd On behalf of Lavingham Planning Consultants Ltd July 2020 Peggy’s Field, South Otterington, North Yorkshire – Heritage Assessment ___________________________________________________________________________________ JB Archaeology Ltd Rosebank, Newby Wiske, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 9EX Tel: 01609 773764, Mobile: 07903 867160 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.jbasarchaeology.co.uk Company Number 10299372 VAT Registration Number 247354789 ___________________________________________________________________________________ JB Archaeology Ltd on behalf of Lavingham Planning Consultants Ltd 2 Peggy’s Field, South Otterington, North Yorkshire – Heritage Assessment ___________________________________________________________________________________ Contents Summary 1.0 Introduction 5 2.0 Background 5 Location Geology and Soils Topography and Land Use 3.0 Methodology and Information Sources 6 4.0 Archaeological and Historical Background 7 Prehistoric Iron Age/Romano-British Early Medieval Medieval Post-medieval Historic Mapping 12 Historic Landscape Characterisation 14 Site Visit 15 Geophysical and Topographic Surveys 17 5.0 Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations 18 Acknowledgements 18 References 18 Illustrations Front Cover. 1842 Tithe map showing Peggy’s Field, Plot 130 Figures Figure 1. Site Location Figure 2. Detailed Site Location (Lavenham Planning) Figure 3. Historic and Archaeological features within the study area Figure 4. 1842 Tithe map (NYCRO) Figure 5. 1857 6” 1st edition OS (National Library of Scotland) Figure 6. 1930 6” edition OS (National Library of Scotland) Figure 7. 1893 25” 1st edition OS (National Library of Scotland) Figure 8. Greyscale image of topographic data (Lyall) Plates Plate 1. General view of site, looking north-east Plate 2. General view of site, looking south Plate 3. Curved boundary with possible infilled ditch, looking west Plate 4.