Schemes for Discharge of Conditions Application Number: 1/13/01372/CDM Date of Application: 22/08/2014 Site Address: Corner plot of Newcastle Street/Watson Rd, Worksop Condition(s) to be Discharged: 14 Text of Condition(s): No development shall take place within the application site until details of an archaeological scheme of treatment has been submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA. The scheme shall be implemented in full accordance with the approved details. Schedule of Attachments: TPA Worksop Bus Station Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample Exercvise WSI Fee Paid: £97.00 Note: Condition number(s) must be specified in the journal Applicant Contact Name: Paul Horn Tel No.: 9774281 Applications to be submitted by email to: [email protected] For Planning Use Only Date of Receipt Target date: Sent Rec’d Sent Re c’d Sent Rec’d Highways Coal Authority HSE Countryside Access EA Sport England Ecology Severn Trent Ramblers Planning Policy Gas English Heritage Forestry/Arb Electric Highways Agency Landscape Anglian Water (Bassetlaw) Forestry Commission Waste/Energy Mgt Natural England Airfield Noise –Clayton NWT British Horse Society Crime Disorder Canal & River Trust Internal Drainage Board Land Reclamation Network Rail Sara Williams - CFCS Road Safety National Grid Conservation/Arch National Planning Conservation L/B Casework Unit Notes 1 SchemesForDischargeOfConditions_v1 Worksop Bus Station Queen Street-Newcastle Street Worksop Nottinghamshire. Project Design and Written Scheme of Investigation for Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample (including auger survey) Project Code: QSW2 2014 Report Number 024/2014 Trial Trench 3 looking east, ditch and palaeochannel in foreground Trent & Peak Archaeology Unit 1, Holly Lane Chilwell Nottingham NG9 4AB Tel: 0115 896 7402 Email: [email protected] © Trent & Peak Archaeology 2013 Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample at Worksop Bus Station, Worksop, Notts, Table of Contents 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION ......................................3 2. OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................5 3. PROJECT TIMETABLE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS ...............................7 3.4 Reporting......................................................................................................7 4. FIELDWORK METHODOLOGY ......................................................................8 4.1 Topsoil/Subsoil Stripping ............................................................................8 4.2. Excavation....................................................................................................8 4.3. Cleaning/Hand Excavation ..........................................................................9 4.4. Recording .....................................................................................................9 4.5. Sampling ......................................................................................................9 4.6 Auger Survey .............................................................................................10 4.7. Dating .........................................................................................................10 4.8. Curatorial Monitoring ................................................................................10 5. POST EXCAVATION METHODOLOGIES ...................................................11 5.2. Post–excavation Processing .......................................................................11 5.3. Archive .......................................................................................................11 5.4. Archive and Finds Deposition ...................................................................11 5.5. Report ..........................................................................................................12 5.8 Monitoring ..................................................................................................12 5.9 Access, Health & Safety, Insurances. ........................................................12 5.10 Staffing .......................................................................................................13 6. References ..................................................................................................14 7. Key Project Contacts..................................................................................14 Appendix 1. ..............................................................................................................1 List of Figures Figure 1 Location of the site. Trent & Peak Archaeology©2014 2 Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample at Worksop Bus Station, Worksop, Notts, Project Design and WSI for Archaeological Strip Map and Sample (including auger survey) 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION 1.1 Site Name: Worksop Bus Station, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. NGR: SK 58616 78933 Client: Nottinghamshire County Council Highways (Major Projects and Improvements Team) Proposed Development: Partial Demolition and construction of new mixed-use development Geology: Edlington Formation sandstone and Lenton Formation sandstone. Superficial: Slightly acid loamy soils to the north and freely draining, slightly acid sandy soils to the south Previous Archaeological Work: Davies and Mapplethorpe 2014 (DBA), Linington 2014 (Trial Trench Evaluation). 1.2 Nottinghamshire County Council Highways (Major Projects and Improvements Team) wishes to redevelop land off of Newcastle Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The site is located close to the centre of Worksop, within the historic core of the town. It is bordered to the north by Newcastle Street, to the east by Watson Road, and to the west by Queen Street. In total the site measures roughly maximum of c 40m (north to south) by 75m (east to west) (roughly 0.31 hectares in size), and is presently occupied partly by a modern car park and partly by disused 20th century buildings. 1.3 A desk-based assessment was subsequently undertaken by Trent & Peak Archaeology (TPA) to ascertain the known archaeological potential of the proposed redevelopment site. 1.4 The DBA concluded by noting that although the archaeological potential of the site remains largely unknown, the site is potentially important as it sits almost equally in between the medieval castle/market town part of Worksop in the west and the Priory area in the east. Very little is known about the nature of medieval activity here, but there is potential for extra mural activities (e.g. informal industry or rubbish pits) relating to both foci to be present within the site and, perhaps, key (unmapped) boundary features. 1.5 Any buried archaeological remains identified beneath the proposed redevelopment area, would offer an opportunity to address research priorities highlighted in the cities archaeological assessment the recent East Midlands Updated Research Agenda and Strategy (Knight, Vyner and Allen 2012). On the basis of this desk-based assessment, it is suggested that the buried remains are most likely to relate to the medieval occupation of Worksop and that, if present, could be of regional significance. 1.6 Subsequently, the redevelopment was successfully been granted planning permission by Nottinghamshire County Council (1/13/01372/CDM) on the 27th of February 2014, but with conditions attached. The pertinent condition to this WSI is Condition 14: 14. No development shall take place within the application site until details of an archaeological scheme of treatment has been submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA. The scheme shall be implemented in full accordance with the approved details. Reason: To ensure that suitable investigation is undertaken in order to understand the archaeological significance of the site. Trent & Peak Archaeology©2014 3 Archaeological Strip, Map and Sample at Worksop Bus Station, Worksop, Notts, Note 4: With reference to Condition 14 it is advised that the archaeological scheme of treatment should take the form of a strip, map and record exercise, with work to be undertaken by a suitably qualified and experienced professional archaeological organisation. NCC Archaeology Team advises that: The site selected lies between the grounds of the Manor of Radford, which was the medieval manor associated with the Priory, and the Manor of Worksop, which is associated with the Castle. The two manors were believed to be separated by a large boundary ditch, the course of which may feasibly lie within the application site. Identifying this would provide a very useful piece of information about the Priory in particular. It is believed to have been filled with rubbish from the Medieval and later occupation of the area, and could hold a fascinating mix of archaeological data about the history and development of the town. There is some documentary evidence to suggest that in the priory grounds, and on the meadow which was called the Buselin, there was a medieval gallows site. Such sites are typified by significant post holes, for the structures, and human remains, often buried at shallow depth. The application site is within the area known as the Buselin, but a gallows site is expected to be in a more public and open site, adjacent the River or the road, so as to be visible to passers-by. 1.7 Further consultation with the Senior Archaeological Practitioner at Nottinghamshire County, indicated that as the DBA had not been able to provide sufficient evidence for the confident prediction of the impact of the proposed redevelopment,