Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 400 Area (Ha): 1.16 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6074 0228 Site Name: Rose Hill Cemetery Lane, Cantley Lane Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area 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 2 records 3 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 400 Area (Ha): 1.16 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 6074 0228 Site Name: Rose Hill Cemetery Lane, Cantley Lane Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR records two monuments within the site, both continuing into the buffer. One findspot is recorded within the buffer. The site is at the northwest edge of an area where many pottery kilns have been recorded, associated with a major pottery industry concentrated to the east of Doncaster in the Roman period. The supposed route of a major Roman road from Lincoln to York, via Bawtry and Doncaster, runs through the site and buffer on a southeast to northwest alignment, though its exact location has not been proved within this area and remains speculative. A Roman coin was found in a field near the crematorium, near the northeast edge of the buffer. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded 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. Within the northern part of the buffer zone, earthworks and structures associated with a rifle range were recorded on a photograph dated to 1946, in an area since built over. Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the northern part of the buffer as Rosehill Cemetery, created in the late 1950s with no legibility of former piecemeal enclosures. The cemetery was probably established in association with early to mid-20th-century housing development in the area. Further character zones within the buffer include plantations to the southeast of the site, private and social housing estates and detached houses to the north, west and south, and Parliamentary Enclosure fields at the northwest edge. The site is currently a grassed field/verge area to the north of Cantley Lane, with a tall hedge/tree boundary separating it from the cemetery to the north. A small area of car parking is at the northwest edge, and a drive to the crematorium runs through the southeast corner. The northwest boundary is formed by Ascot Avenue. Cartographic/historic land use assessment: The 1854 OS map shows the site as the southwest end of a larger field, with the southwest boundary formed by Sand Road. A lane to Wilby ran through the southeast side of the site on a northeast-southwest alignment, and the drive running through the southeast corner was shown, forming an entrance to the parkland associated with Cantley Hall. The 1892 map showed a small enclosure and adjacent structure, possibly a barn, within a wooded area at the southeast end of the site, south of the Wilby lane. Between 1903 and 1930, loss of boundaries meant that the site was part of one much larger field. The lane to Wilby was still shown. By 1937, the current northern boundary was depicted, and the Wilby lane had been removed. The western boundary had been established by 1960, when Ascot Avenue was first shown, and by that date the site was shown in its current layout. The small barn structure shown in 1892 was depicted as a 'ruin' in 1960. Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed a lodge to the immediate southeast of the site, surrounded by Lodge Plantation. The lodge was adjacent to a drive leading into Cantley Park. The remaining area was fields, some to the north of the Sand Road having sinuous boundaries and recorded as Micklehill Field, whilst those to the south of the road were regular in shape and suggestive of Parliamentary Enclosure from commons. Rose Hill was shown at the western edge of the buffer. Between 1903 and 1930, the area to the south of Sand Road (now Cantley Lane) was developed with detached housing in well spaced garden plots. Denser housing was shown in the western part of the buffer. The South Yorkshire Joint Railway had been constructed at the western side of the buffer, and a rifle range was shown to the north of the site. Rose Hill Cemetery had been established to the north of the site by 1937, with a mortuary chapel and entrance lodge. A crematorium was shown to the east of the cemetery, accessed via the drive from Cantley Lodge, by 1960. At that date, housing covered the former rifle range to the north of the site. Other than further housing infill, the buffer remained unchanged by 1993. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 2 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Survival: No evidence for sub-surface disturbance has been shown on any of the historic maps or aerial photographs. The potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology within the site is considered to be moderate. Roman pottery kilns, associated settlement and agriculture have been recorded within the area, and a supposed route of a Roman road runs through the site. Further investigations: Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development. Significance: Unknown. Remains associated with the Roman road and pottery industries could be of Local to Regional significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. Note: Site 400 covers the same area as slightly smaller site 473. Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary: The 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as a grassed field/verge area to the north of Cantley Lane, with a tall hedge/tree boundary separating it from the cemetery to the north. A small area of car parking is located at the northwest edge, and a drive to the crematorium runs through the southeast corner, which contains trees that may form part of Lodge Plantation. The northwest boundary is formed by Ascot Avenue. The area to the north of the site is shown as grave plots, but no evidence for graves continuing into the site is visible. The 2008 aerial view showed a construction compound within the site, to the east of the car parking area. This had a tarmac or hardcore surface and no permanent buildings, and had gone by 2009 when its location was grassed over. The site of the former compound is visible in the Lidar data, as is a small circular mound of uncertain origin to the south of the car park, not visible on aerial photographs. Photograph references: Google Earth coverage 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Lidar data tile SE6002 DTM 1m. RAF/CPE/UK/1880 5110 06-Dec-1946. SMR Record/event Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID 01807/01 Roman Period Coin, Roman coin - Sestertius of Marcus Aurelius from field near Y Cantley crematorium. 04915 Roman Road; Suggested Roman road following the original line of military Y Y Bawtry to Adwick advance from Lincoln towards York, entering South Yorkshire Le Street via in the south-east at Bawtry, travelling north-west through Doncaster Doncaster and Adwick Le Street and then on towards Castleford. 04930 The Doncaster A series of potteries have been recorded and excavated in the Y 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. www.archeritage.co.uk Page 3 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference Name Details Site? Buffer? ID HSY4834 Rosehill Cemetery, Cantley, Doncaster Cemetery Y Y HSY4811 Great North Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y HSY4833 Beldam & Lodge Plantations, Cantley, Plantation Y Doncaster HSY4835 Ascot Avenue, Cantley, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY4843 The Oval, Bessacarr, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y HSY5144 Grass Road, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure Y (Parliamentary/ Private) HSY5146 Rose Hill, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y www.archeritage.co.uk Page 4 of 4 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 401 Area (Ha): 0.24 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5361 1001 Site Name: Sandyfields View, Carcroft Settlement: Carcroft Skellow Allocation Recommendations Archaeological significance of site Negligible Historic landscape significance Negligible Suitability of site for allocation No 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 Partial n/a www.archeritage.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment Allocation Reference: 401 Area (Ha): 0.24 Allocation Type: Housing NGR (centre): SE 5361 1001 Site Name: Sandyfields View, Carcroft Settlement: Carcroft Skallow Site assessment Known assets/character: The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site and buffer. No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are recorded within the site and buffer. The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any features within the site. Within the buffer to the northeast an area of post-medieval ridge and furrow had been recorded within the park. The Historic Environment Characterisation identifies the site as a planned social housing estate, constructed in the 1960s and comprising cul-de-sacs around square car parking units.