Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 201 Area (Ha): 1.62 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6473 9916 Site Name: Poor's Land, Hurst Lane, Auckley Settlement: Auckley 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/3 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 201 Area (Ha): 1.62 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SK 6473 9916 Site Name: Poor's Land, Hurst Lane, Auckley Settlement: Auckley Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any features or events within the site. Within the buffer, four findspots and three events are recorded. The findspots are all of Roman to medieval pottery and a Roman brooch found in ploughsoil in fields to the northwest of the site. The events comprise evaluations associated with Robin Hood airport business park, surrounding the site to the north, east and south. The evaluations included geophysical survey in the area to the north and east of the site, with possible pits and a curvilinear ditch identified at the eastern side of the survey area, possibly outside the buffer zone. Geophysical survey and evaluation along the proposed access route identified ridge and furrow cultivation remains in the area closest to 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. One area of earthwork ridge and furrow was recorded in the southern part of the buffer on a photograph dated to 1948. The Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the majority of the site and northern part of the buffer as surveyed enclosure, laid out by Parliamentary Award in 1778 on former commons. The southern edge of the site is part of an area of post-medieval assarts probably established during the 18th century, that extends through most of the southern part of the buffer on a northwest-southeast alignment. There is no legibility of the former characters of common land and ancient woodland. Within the buffer, there is modern planned social housing at the northern edge, drained wetland at the northwest, and an area of ancient woodland at the southern edge. Two areas of post-medieval plantation extend into the southeast and southwest edges of the buffer. The site is currently two fields north of the access route to Robin Hood Airport business park. The southern field is small and triangular and in use as rough grassland; the northern field is at least periodically in arable usage. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 and 1893 OS maps show the site as a single L-shaped field labelled 'Poor’s Land', with three stones shown on a northwest to southeast alignment across the field, possibly old boundary markers. The name of the field suggests it was charity land. There were no changes by 1962, though a footpath was shown running through the field on a diagonal angle by that date. This had been changed to run along the current boundary between the two fields by 1992. The 1854 and 1893 OS maps depicted the area surrounding the site as fields, with Hurst Lane shown running through the area on a north-south alignment. Several small areas of woodland were shown at the edges of the buffer. No substantial changes were shown on subsequent maps to 1956, though Finningley Airfield was shown outside the buffer to the east in 1956, and had probably been established during the Second World War. By 1962, Poplars Farm had been constructed to the south of the site, and farm buildings were also shown in the north and northwest part of the buffer. By 1992, there had been some housing development at the northern end of the buffer. Survival: The site has been in use as farmland since the late 18th century, and this may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits through ploughing. Below the plough zone, the potential for the survival of buried remains is considered to be moderate. The southern small field may have been impacted by construction of the adjacent access road, but the extent of likely disturbance is unknown. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigation may be required if the site is brought forward for development. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 2 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Significance: Unknown. Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: Aerial photographs from 2002 to 2005 show the site as two fields, in arable cultivation. By 2007, the access route for the business park had been defined but not constructed. It had been built by 2008, severely truncating the southern field, with the road’s verge occupying the southern edge of the field. The southern field has subsequently been shown as rough grassland, whilst the northern field continued in a mixture of arable and pasture use. 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 DTM 1m. Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Project: Ridge and furrow earthworks: RAF/541/35 3040 19-May-1948. SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 00442/01 Roman pottery Roman pottery from ploughed field south of Hanging Carr. Y from Hanging Carr 00442/02 Medieval pottery Medieval pottery from ploughed field south of Hanging Carr. Y from Hanging Carr 00973/01 Roman pottery, 2nd century Roman pottery recovered through ploughing. Y Auckley 02821/01 Romano-British Romano-British brooch (1st century AD) found in 1987 after Y Brooch Find, removal of sugar beet. Auckley 04303/01 Roman Pottery, A quantity of 2nd century Roman pottery found during Y Auckley ploughing. ESY285 Geophysical Survey In April 2006 a geophysical survey was undertaken for the Y for the Robin Hood access route for Robin Hood airport. The results indicated the Airport Access presence of anomalies likely to reflect ridge and furrow Route cultivation. ESY632 Archaeological A programme of archaeological field evaluation was Y Evaluation Robin undertaken at two sites, off Hurst Lane (Access Route) and Hood Airport Hayfield Lane (Rail and Business park site) in the vicinity of Business Park, Rail Robin Hood Airport near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. A ditch of Station and Access unknown date was recorded within the Hayfield Lane Site and Route some possible remnant furrows were recorded at the Hurst Lane Site. ESY1376 Geophysical survey, Geophysical survey was undertaken on a plot of land at Hurst Y Hurst Lane, Lane. Possible archaeological features were concentrated at Hayfield Green the eastern part of the site, and consisted of possible pits and a curvilinear ditch. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 3 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4570 Hurst Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Assarts Y Y HSY4612 Hayfield Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4489 Finningley Big Wood, Finningley, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y HSY4544 Savage Wood, Auckley, Doncaster Plantation Y HSY4545 The Carrs, Auckley, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y HSY4575 Mill Fields, Auckley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY4610 Marr Flatts Plantation, Auckley, Doncaster Plantation Y HSY4647 Elm Road, Finningley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y www.archeritage.co.uk Page 4 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 202 Area (Ha): 0.273 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5268 0808 Site Name: North of Lands Lane, West of Roman Rig Settlement: Adwick le Street/Woodlands Allocation Recommendations Archaeological significance of site Unknown/Negligible Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation No/Uncertain constraint Summary Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument 1 Listed Building - 1 SMR record/event 1 event 3 records/9 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No No Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 202 Area (Ha): 0.273 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5268 0808 Site Name: North of Lands Lane, West of Roman Rig Settlement: Adwick le Street/Woodlands Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records one event within the site, a geophysical survey. The survey covered the site and extended throughout the northwest of the buffer, locating a number of features previously identified on aerial photographs including field systems, an enclosure and double-ditched 'droveway'. Eight further events are three monuments in the buffer zone are recorded. The events relate to geophysical surveys and trail trenches, all located within the western half of the buffer. The results of these investigations recorded areas of Romano- British linear boundaries with possible rectilinear enclosures, possibly forming a 'ladder settlement' arrangement. Finds recovered from some of the excavations included Romano-British pottery provisionally dated to between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. The three monuments within the buffer zone are the Woodland Colliery Village, a model village constructed in the early 20th century for miners at the nearby Brodsworth Colliery, located at the southeast end of the buffer; and a Roman road recorded as both a supposed route from Lincoln to York and associated remains identified from survey and excavation. There is one Scheduled Monument within the buffer, the Roman Ridge road, located to the immediate east of the site boundary and extending northwards.