Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment
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Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 702 Area (Ha): 0.21 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6709 0033 Site Name: 1-9 Briars Fold, Mosham Rd, Blaxton Settlement: Blaxton Allocation Recommendations Archaeological significance of site Negligible Historic landscape significance Uncertain Suitability of site for allocation No archaeological constraint Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 records/1 event 2 records/2 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 702 Area (Ha): 0.21 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6709 0033 Site Name: 1-9 Briars Fold, Mosham Rd, Blaxton Settlement: Blaxton Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one monument and one event within the site, both relating to archaeological investigations to the rear of the Manor House in 2008, prior to redevelopment, which recorded a series of pits, one containing medieval to 16th-century pottery sherds and several containing bones probably associated with the burial of farm animals. One further event and two monuments are recorded within the buffer. This included the remains of truncated ridge and furrow earthworks found during development on a plot of land to the west of the site, and evidence for Roman pottery production at the western edge of the buffer. Archaeological investigations were undertaken along a pipeline route that runs through the north part of the buffer; these recorded remains associated with Iron Age to Roman dispersed settlement and field systems at several sites along the route, though not necessarily within the buffer. 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. An area of sand and gravel extraction was recorded at the western edge of the buffer. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as vernacular cottages within the historic core of Blaxton, with many of the buildings dating to the early 19th-century, possibly set within medieval property boundaries. The plan form of the village is suggestive of a medieval origin. Other character zones within the buffer include modern housing, agglomerated fields and late 18th-century Parliamentary Enclosure from common land. The site has recently been developed with housing. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 map shows the site as two plots of land between Mosham Road and Back Lane, with a building on the street frontage and probable outbuildings to the rear along the west, centre and south sides of the site. By 1892, these were shown as two T-shaped ranges of outbuildings with a possible farm towards the north end of the plot, labelled Manor Farm in 1964. By 1985, a new building was shown along the eastern side of the site, and in the southwest corner, linking the T-shaped ranges of outbuildings. Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows a small number of buildings along Mosham Road and Back Lane, forming the core of Blaxton. This included a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel to the northwest of the site. This was surrounded by fields, those to the south and east characteristic of Parliamentary Enclosure from open field and common, with more irregular fields to the north. The 1892 showed the area to the north of the village as part of ornamental parkland. A few buildings had been constructed to the south of Back Lane by 1964. In 1985, further development south of Back Lane included a depot, with new houses and a telephone exchange shown to the north of Mosham Road. Runway approach lights associated with Finningley Airport were shown along a track in the western part of the buffer. Survival: The site has been redeveloped between 2009 and 2015, with archaeological mitigation undertaken. No further archaeological remains are likely to survive within the site. Further investigations: No further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if further development is undertaken within the site. Significance: Negligible. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 2 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002 aerial photograph showed a house in the central northern part of the site, set back from the street frontage, with a range of pantile-roofed outbuildings along the west side and a tall brick building along the south side with a hipped pantile roof. A large modern building with a corrugated roof was shown in the southwest corner, and the eastern part of the site was tarmac-surfaced and used for parking. By 2005, the roof of the tall building had been removed, and by 2008, the southern part of the site had been cleared of buildings, with structures still shown at the north and northeast sides of the site. By 2015, the site was shown as redeveloped with housing. Lidar data shows uneven ground within the site, but no features of archaeological origin. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data file SE6700. RAF/CPE/UK/1880 2118 06-Dec-1946. SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 03474/01 Unclassified An empty plot of land with traces of some former structure on Y Earthworks at the site. A watching brief on foundation trenches within this Blaxton. recorded evidence for truncated ridge and furrow earthworks, which had been levelled in the modern period. 04930 The Doncaster A series of potteries have been recorded and excavated in the 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. 05651 Medieval pits, Trial trenching in 2007/8, to investigate evidence for medieval Y Mosham Road, burgage plots, found no direct evidence for these, but Blaxton recorded a number of pits. One large pit contained sherds of medieval to early post-medieval pottery, with dates ranging from the 13th/14th to later 15th/16th centuries. A series of pits containing animal bone was also found, probably representing burial of former farm animals. ESY908 Archaeological Excavations at two sites along the route of the pipeline Y Monitoring and revealed ditches and trackways corresponding to recorded Trial Trenching at cropmarks of Iron Age to Romano-British period 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 have served to confirm the presence of ditches and trackways forming field system 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. ESY1469 Trial trenching on Four trenches were excavated at Manor Farm, Blaxton, Y Y land adjacent to Doncaster. A series of pits containing animal bone may relate Mosham Road, to medieval farming activity. A large pit containing Blaxton, Doncaster medieval/early post-medieval pottery was also identified. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 3 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY5964 Blaxton historic core, Blaxton, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y Y HSY4531 Finningley, Auckley & Blaxton Commons, Surveyed Enclosure Y Doncaster (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4786 Mosham Road, Blaxton, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y HSY4789 Park Lane, Blaxton, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y HSY4791 Poors Land, Blaxton, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y HSY5963 Late twentieth century housing, north of Villas/ Detached Housing Y Mosham Road, Blaxton, Finningley, Doncaster HSY5965 New housing south of Blaxton, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y www.archeritage.co.uk Page 4 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 703 Area (Ha): 0.245 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6923 1432 Site Name: Land Adjacent to 73 South End, Thorne Settlement: Thorne Moorends 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 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: 703 Area (Ha): 0.245 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6923 1432 Site Name: Land Adjacent to 73 South End, Thorne Settlement: Thorne Moorends Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site or 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 recorded post- medieval ridge and furrow at the southwest edge of the buffer zone. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as drained wetland to the east, and modern private housing to the west. The eastern half of the site had been enclosed and probably in agricultural use by 1639. This is an area which appears to relate closely to the landscape depicted on the 1639 Arlebot map following the drainage works of Vermuyden.