Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment
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Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 051 Area (Ha): 7.63 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 5296 9814 Site Name: Plot 1, Land at Old Edlington Settlement: Edlington 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 No Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 051 Area (Ha): 7.63 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 5296 9814 Site Name: Plot 1, Land at Old Edlington Settlement: Edlington Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site or the buffer zone. There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. Within the buffer zone, post-medieval ridge and furrow has been recorded to the immediate southeast of the site. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and some of the southern buffer zone as enclosed land, comprising fields with regular and straight boundaries formed by the enclosure of Edlington Common in 1815. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible. Further character types within the buffer zone include agglomerated fields, regenerated scrubland, a housing estate and an artificial lake. An area of historic landfill exists at the northern end of the buffer zone, a disused railway line at Common Road and Snake Lane. No further information is given for this record. The site is a triangular parcel of land located to the west of New Edlington. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site was located within two fields on the 1854 map. All of the site boundaries were extant by this time, with field boundaries to the south and west and Howbeck’s Dike to the east. An internal east-west field boundary was present at the south end of the site, creating the two fields, although this had been removed by 1892 to create one triangular field. No change had occurred on the site by the 1994 map. In 1854 the area surrounding the site to the east was enclosed fields, and to the west predominantly a large open space, named Conisbrough Common. By 1893 many field boundaries had been removed at the eastern end of the buffer zone, and Conisbrough Common to the west had been largely divided into straight, regular fields. By 1930 the LNER railway line had been constructed to the north of the site, although this had been removed by 1983. By 1962 a clay pit was present to the northwest of the site, and by 1972 houses and a school had been established to the east of the site. By 1982, housing butted up to the south-eastern site boundary. To the north, south and west of the site, the area remained undeveloped on the 1994 map. Survival: The site was part fields which were established in 1815, and has remained undeveloped since. Arable cultivation may have caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits, but below the plough zone the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains is considered to be moderate. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation may be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Aerial photographs from 2002 show little change on the site from the 1994 map, although the housing estate to the east of the site had extended right up to the entirety of the eastern site boundary. The remainder of the buffer zone remains undeveloped, and the site currently comprises arable land. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 2 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment There is no available Lidar data for the site. Photograph references: Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015. RAF/541/170 4152 21-Sep-1948. SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4196 Edlington Common, Edlington, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4195 Common Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY5406 Land between Warmsworth and New Agglomerated fields Y Edlington, Doncaster HSY5622 Hill Top Primary, Edlington, Doncaster School Y HSY5643 Howbeck Drive, Edlington, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5645 Carr Road, Edlington, Doncaster Artificial Lake Y HSY5653 Howbeck Dike scrub, Edlington, Doncaster Regenerated Scrubland Y www.archeritage.co.uk Page 3 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 052 Area (Ha): 4.35 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 5333 9789 Site Name: Plot 2, Land at Old Edlington Settlement: Edlington 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 www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 052 Area (Ha): 4.35 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 5333 9789 Site Name: Plot 2, Land at Old Edlington Settlement: Edlington Site assessment Known assets/character: There are no SMR records within the site or the buffer zone. There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site or the buffer zone. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records post- medieval ridge and furrow within the site itself, and also to the south of the buffer zone. Also within the buffer zone, a medieval or post-medieval ditch and bank is recorded to the south of the site, and air raid shelters to the north. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and some of the southern buffer zone as enclosed land, comprising fields with regular and straight boundaries formed by the enclosure of Edlington Common in 1815. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible. Further character types within the buffer zone include agglomerated fields, modern housing and a school. The site is a single field, located at the southern end of New Edlington, bounded to the east by the B6376. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The site is shown on the 1854 map as part of a large field. The northern site boundary was extant as a field boundary, the western site boundary was extant as Howbeck’s Dike, and the eastern site was extant as a road, the current B6376. By 1892 a field boundary had been created within the field, which is now the current southern site boundary, and the site was a single field, as it remains today. In 1854 the area surrounding the site was made up of irregular fields, with Edlington Lane (the current B6376) to the east and Howbeck’s Dike to the west. By 1893 many field boundaries had been removed within the buffer zone, creating larger fields. By 1956 a school had been created to the north-east of the site, and housing had begun to be constructed to the east of the site. This was complete by 1962, and spread throughout the entirety of the eastern buffer zone and beyond. By 1972, houses had been constructed immediately to the north of the site, along Hillside Drive, which had extended to the north by 1982. Survival: The site has been fields since 1815, and arable cultivation may have caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits. Recent aerial photographs show no evidence for the ridge and furrow earthworks recorded from 1940s aerial photographs, suggesting these are likely to have been removed by more recent cultivation. 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 the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Buried remains associated with post-medieval ridge and furrow are likely to be considered to be of low local archaeological significance. Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Aerial photographs from 1999 show little change on the site from the 1994 map, although a footpath had been established running from the southeast to the northwest corners of the site, which had been removed by 2008. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 2 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment The photographs show the site as arable land. There is no available Lidar data for the site. Photograph references: Google Earth images 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015. RAF/541/170 4152 21-Sep-1948, MAL/62562 106847 16-Dec-1962. SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4196 Edlington Common, Edlington, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4194 Wood Lane, Edlington, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY5616 Edlington Lane, Edlington, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5622 Hill Top Primary, Edlington, Doncaster School Y HSY5643 Howbeck Drive, Edlington, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing)