Manor Lodge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Grid Reference: SK 3760 8650 Archaeological Watching Brief Report No
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Manor Lodge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Grid Reference: SK 3760 8650 Archaeological Watching Brief Report No. 1107.7(1) © ARCUS 2009 Reporting: Michael McCoy Project manager: Richard O’Neill Project supervisor: Michael McCoy Illustrations: Chris Swales Client: Green Estate Client address: 115 Manor Lane, Sheffield, S2 1UH, South Yorkshire Location of archive: Weston Park Museum/SHEFM:2007.166 Planning reference: 07/03370/Ful – granted 17/10/07 Copyright Declaration: ARCUS give permission for the material presented within this report to be used by the archives/repository with which it is deposited, in perpetuity, although ARCUS retains the right to be identified as the author of all project documentation and reports, as specified in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (chapter IV, section 79). The permission will allow the repository to reproduce material, including for use by third parties, with the copyright owner suitably acknowledged. 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Checked by: Passed for submission to client: Date: Date: Michael McCoy Richard O’Neill Project Archaeologist Project Manager ARCUS 1107.7(1) – Archaeological Watching Brief, Manor Lodge, Sheffield 1 OASIS SUMMARY FORM PROJECT DETAILS OASIS identifier Arcu2-57626 Project title Watching Brief on land adjacent to Manor Lodge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Short description of the ARCUS were commissioned by Green Estate to undertake an archaeological watching brief during project groundwork associated with the construction of a new visitor centre for the nearby Scheduled Monument. Project dates 09-03-2008 to 01-10-2008 Previous/future work Evaluation/none Monument type and period Colliery and field system – post-medieval Significant finds None (artefact type and period) PROJECT LOCATION County/Parish South Yorkshire Site address Manor Lodge, Manor Lane, Sheffield, S2 1UN Site co-ordinates SK 3760 8650 Site area c.900 m2 Height OD 156.77 (max) PROJECT CREATORS Organisation ARCUS Project brief originator ARCUS Project design originator ARCUS Project supervisor Michael McCoy Project manager Richard O’Neill Sponsor or funding body Green Estate PROJECT ARCHIVES Archive Type Location/Accession no. Content (e.g. pottery, metalwork, etc) Physical N/A None Paper Weston Park Watching Brief Report Museum/SHEFM:2007.166 SYAS Digital SYAS pdf copy of report BIBLIOGRAPHY Title Watching Briefs at Manor Lodge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire Report no 1107.7(1) Author Michael McCoy Date January 2009 ARCUS 1107.7(1) – Archaeological Watching Brief, Manor Lodge, Sheffield 2 CONTENTS OASIS SUMMARY FORM .................................................................................................. 2 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLATES ............................................................................ 4 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 5 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 6 1.1 Scope of Report ................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.2 Site Location ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Archaeological Background .......................................................................................................................... 6 2 AIMS AND METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................... 6 2.1 Aims and Objectives ......................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Methodology ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Fieldwork Programme .................................................................................................................................... 7 3 RESULTS .................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Visitor Centre ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.1 Cottage Structures ..................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2.2 Yard/garden structures ........................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Service Trenching ............................................................................................................................................. 9 3.3 Drainage Trenching .......................................................................................................................................... 9 3.4 Ground Reduction .......................................................................................................................................... 10 4 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Summary and Discussion ............................................................................................................................ 10 4.2 Recommendations for Further Work ...................................................................................................... 11 5 ARCHIVE ................................................................................................................... 11 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................... 11 7 ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLATES ................................................................................. 13 8 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................ 14 APPENDIX 1: ARCHIVE CONTENTS .................................................................................. 15 APPENDIX 2: LIST OF CONTEXTS ................................................................................... 16 ARCUS 1107.7(1) – Archaeological Watching Brief, Manor Lodge, Sheffield 3 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLATES Illustrations 1 Site location map 2 Watching brief areas and previous evaluation trench locations 3 Plan of visitor centre watching brief area 4 Combined plan of visitor centre watching brief area and evaluation trenches 5 Combined plan overlaid on 1893 OS 6 Combined plan overlaid on 1954 OS 7 Plan of ground levels along north boundary wall after ground reduction Plates 1 Intersection of cottage walls 1066, 1097, 1098 and garden wall 2013 2 Cottage walls 1099, 1020 and 1022 3 Cottage wall 1098 4 Brick ‘soakaway’ at west end of cottages 5 Garden wall 2012 6 Yard surface 2025 7 Yard surface 9003 and wall 9002 8 Post-reduction view of north boundary wall ARCUS 1107.7(1) – Archaeological Watching Brief, Manor Lodge, Sheffield 4 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY In 2008, ARCUS were commissioned by Green Estate to undertake a series of archaeological watching briefs on land adjacent to the Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM) at Manor Lodge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (NGR SK 3760 8650). The watching briefs were required as a condition of planning consent for redevelopment at the site. The scope of works consisted of watching briefs on the footprint of the proposed new visitor centre, service trenching along the outside of the east boundary wall of the SAM, drainage trenching from the front of the visitor centre to Manor Lane, and on ground reduction work along the outside of the north boundary wall of the SAM. The watching brief on the footprint of the visitor centre comprised a quadrant area covering c.325m2 which encompassed the north edge of evaluation Trench 1 and the south half of evaluation Trench 2. The results of this work revealed wall and surface features that completed the record of the 19th century cottage and yard/garden arrangement and substantiated the sequence of cottage renovation and phasing outlined in the previous assessment report (McCoy 2007). No archaeological features were encountered during the groundwork associated with the service trench. Archaeological features encountered and recorded within the line of the drainage trench corresponded to 19th- and 20th-century field boundary walls recorded within, and extending beyond, the limits of evaluation Trenches 1 and 4 (McCoy 2007). Archaeological features encountered and recorded during the ground reduction along the north boundary included a section