Allocation Reference: 901 Area (Ha): 0.173 …...with a large extension to the west, and flat-roofed...

Doncaster Local Plan: Archaeological Scoping Assessment

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Allocation Reference: 901 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: East Lane House, 60 East Lane

Area (Ha): 0.173 NGR (centre): SE 64555 11664 Settlement: Stainforth

Allocation Recommendations

Archaeological significance of site Local

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 - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 901 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: East Lane House, 60 East Lane

Area (Ha): 0.173 NGR (centre): SE 64555 11664 Settlement: Stainforth

Site assessment Known assets/character:

The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site or buffer.

There are no Scheduled Monuments, listed buildings or registered parks within the site or buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project did not record any features within the site. Several ditch features probably associated with Iron Age to Roman field boundaries and a trackway are plotted within the southeast part of the buffer, in an area now a playing field.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the current character of the site and its immediate surroundings as an area developed in the early to mid-20th century as terraced and semi-detached housing. The area includes East Lane House (the site), a later 19th-century rectory, and the main axis of the development is East Lane, laid out in association with the 1825 Parliamentary Enclosure award. Other character areas within the buffer comprise the historic core of Stainforth and planned social housing estates, including a model village constructed to house mine workers in the early 20th century, as well as infill development of detached housing, a school and a recreation ground.

Recent aerial imagery (2015) shows the site occupied by a substantial house, with extensions or outbuildings to the north and northwest. A hard-surfaced yard is located to the front (east) of the building.

Cartographic/historic land use assessment:

The 1854 OS map shows the site as a field and a small rectangular plantation bounded to the east by East Lane. By 1893, a detached house had been built within the site, set within a garden. Subdivisions with the garden were no longer shown by 1932. In 1962, the site was labelled 'The Holy Family School', and the garden had been divided in half to created the current western boundary. The building appeared to have been extended to the west and north. By 1983, it was labelled 'East Lane House', and a greenhouse and two small outbuildings were shown at the northwest edge of the site.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows fields, mostly with regular, rectangular shapes indicative of Parliamentary enclosure, though fields to the southeast are more irregular and could represent earlier piecemeal enclosure from open field. The fields around the site were within an area named Chapel Field. The historic core of Stainforth was largely located north of the buffer, but a ribbon of buildings along East Lane included a Primitive Methodist Chapel and school. These were not labelled on the 1893 OS map, but a pair of semi-detached cottages had been built to the north of the site. Between 1902 and 1932, the majority of the western half of the buffer had been developed with semi-detached housing, with terraced houses shown along Kenneth Avenue north of the site, and further semi-detached housing along East Lane to the north and northeast. A substantial school had been constructed just to the west of the site. Further infill had occurred by 1950. In 1962, a house or school building had been constructed in the former vicarage garden to the west of the site, and further housing had been built to the southeast. Another house had been built in the former garden by 1983.

Survival:

The majority of the site is occupied by a late 19th-century villa house, formerly a vicarage. It is likely that the house has some cellarage, and the construction of the house will have caused some disturbance and truncation of sub-surface deposits. The area to the front of the house is likely to be less disturbed, though there are likely to be service trenches that will have damaged sub-surface deposits. The potential for the presence of buried archaeological remains within the site is considered to be low. The house itself may be considered a heritage asset in its own right.

Further investigations:

Further investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development. This is likely to include an assessment of the standing buildings.



Significance:

As an unlisted late 19th-century building with apparently a good survival of historic fabric, the house is considered to be of local archaeological significance.

Aerial Photographs & Lidar Summary:

Aerial imagery from 2002-2015 shows the site occupied by a substantial house, the main part in a T-shaped plan, with a large extension to the west, and flat-roofed extensions or outbuildings in the northwest corner of the site. There is a tarmac-surfaced yard to the east, on the East Lane frontage, and a lawn to the south, outside the site area. Street View imagery show the house constructed of red brick, principally of three storeys (including attics), with round-headed window and an ornamental door surround in the east-facing gable. An adjoining two-storey structure to the north appears contemporary and has a wider door. The roofs of the main buildings are pitched. No details of the rear range or outbuildings are visible.

Photograph/Lidar references:

Google Earth 2002, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View 2011.

Magnesian Limestone mapping project: MAL/60427 81772 21-Jun-1960.

SMR Historic Environment Characterisation Reference ID

Name Details Site? Buffer?

HSY4887 East Lane Stainforth, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y Y

HSY4785 Stainforth model village, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4790 Thorne Road, Stainforth, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4867 Stainforth Infant School, Stainforth, Doncaster School Y

HSY4871 Historic Core, Stainforth, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY4885 Bootham Road / Bootham Crescent / East Lane, Stainforth, Doncaster

Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4886 Recreation Ground, East Lane, Stainforth, Doncaster

Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y

HSY4888 Infill development east of Back Lane, Stainforth, Doncaster

Villas/ Detached Housing Y


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Allocation Reference: 902 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Snooker Club, 21-27 St Sepulchre Gate

Area (Ha): 0.05 NGR (centre): SE 57379 03266 Settlement: Doncaster Urban Area


Archaeological significance of site Unknown



Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 37 SMR record/event - 43 records/29 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 902 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Snooker Club, 21-27 St Sepulchre Gate



The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site; however, there are 43 monuments and findspots and 29 events within the buffer zone. One event and four monuments are immediately adjacent to the north and east sides of the site. The event comprises an excavation that revealed Roman features including successive defensive ditches possibly associated with the boundary of the civilian settlement, pits, a coin hoard and pottery from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. Ovens, a well, rubbish pits, a stone-lined pit and a culvert were dated to the medieval period, and were interpreted as potentially associated with the Carmelite friary. These features comprise two of the monument records, the others relating to a Late Upper Palaeolithic stone tool found in one of the features during the excavation, and a Roman altar found in the vicinity in 1781.

A flint knife of Neolithic to Bronze Age date is the only other prehistoric find within the buffer, found to the southeast of the site. Remains associated with the Roman fort of Danum have been recorded at the northern side of the buffer, and Hall Gate and High Street follow the course of a Roman road that has been confirmed in at least two excavations. Other remains of Roman settlement activity are recorded to the north of the site (some poorly provenanced), including two coin hoards, a 4th-century midden assemblage and finds of brooches and keys. More widespread activity is indicated by finds of a coin at the northeast edge of the buffer and amphora sherds towards the southwest, as well as pits found off Cleveland Street to the southeast. Early medieval/Anglo-Saxon activity has been recorded in the vicinity of the fort, including pottery and a bead, as well as defensive ditches possibly associated with a fortified site or burgh. A medieval castle was located within the area of the fort at the northern edge of the buffer, and a probable town boundary ditch has been exposed in excavations to the west and southeast of the site. The presumed site of Gillott Bar, one of the entrances to the medieval town, is to the south of the site, and medieval cemeteries were recorded at the southern and northern edges of the buffer, the latter within the graveyard of the chapel of St Mary Magdalene.

The presumed site of the medieval Carmelite Friary is a short distance to the southeast of the site, and eight events have been recorded within or adjacent to it, revealing medieval as well as Roman remains. These included remains of a road and buildings associated with the priory. The remains of medieval buildings have been recorded at Hall Gate and further north, and coins and kilns associated with medieval pottery production have also been found within the buffer. Post-medieval features include timber-framed buildings in the vicinity of High Street, and the site of an 18th-century waterworks at the western edge of the buffer. Early 19th-century burials were found during excavations at Church Way.

No listed buildings or Scheduled Monuments are located within the site. There are 37 listed buildings within the 250m buffer, all but one of which are Grade II listed. The Mansion House is listed at Grade I. The Nag's Head to the immediate south of the site is Grade II listed, as are a number of banks and buildings fronting onto High Street to the north of the site, and a post office off Priory Place to the east.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project does not record any features within the site or buffer, mainly due to the built-up nature of the site.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the site as lying within an area of banks and a telephone exchange, in an area of former burgage plots. The HEC data suggests a date of 1970 onwards for this development, but historic mapping indicates that many of the buildings were present prior to 1938. The HEC entry mentions that construction of the telephone exchange is said to have disturbed medieval burials probably from the Carmelite friary, though this is not recorded on the SMR. Other character zones within the buffer include commercial core urban and suburban development, markets, shopping centres and entertainment, ring roads and bypasses, a railway station and bus depot, and a church.

The current building is a three-storey retail and leisure structure; its style suggests that it is steel-framed, with white tile coverage, and was likely built between the First and Second World Wars, possibly in the 1920s. It has a shield and motto design on the parapet at the top of the facade indicating that it was built by Burtons, who had a strong interest in building design and tended to employ an in-house architect for their stores, which often



included snooker and billiard halls and offices in addition to retail space. There is a tarmac-surfaced yard to the rear (east) of the building.


The 1852 OS town plan shows the site as developed, with four narrow buildings fronting onto St Sepulchre Gate and a yard or garden and outbuildings behind. By 1901, a larger building, probably the current structure, is shown within the site, with adjoining structures to the rear, though on the 1902 town plan it is shown as a single large structure. In 1928, the building appeared to have been rebuilt, with a main rectangular structure fronting the street and outbuildings to the rear, one of which was depicted as having a glass roof, though this was not shown in 1938. In 1969, the site is shown as a single structure including 21-27 St Sepulchre Gate; however, in 1984 it appeared to be in two different uses, with no.27 shown as divided off from the main building.

The 1852 OS map shows development along St Sepulchre Gate, Printing Office Street and High Street, with the site of the Carmelite Priory labelled to the east of the site. A large building just to the north of the site had an extensive garden that extended to the east of the site. The Borough Gaol was located to the southwest, at the junction of West Laith Gate and Factory Lane, the latter of which was labelled as 'site of the town ditch', as was Printing Office Street. In 1893, narrow buildings, including houses, shops and public houses are shown along most of the street frontages. A hotel was shown to the immediate north of the site. The General Post Office was labelled to the northeast, and the Crown Roller Mills (flour) were shown to the southwest, between Station Road and West Laith Gate. A Methodist Chapel was shown to the southeast, fronting onto Printing Office Street. The 1902 town plan showed a large structure just to the east of the site, labelled Exchange Brewery Stores. In 1929, the hotel to the north was labelled as a public house, with a bank and further pubs to the north along St Sepulchre Gate, and several banks and a cinema along High Street. By 1938, a telephone exchange had been constructed to the east of the site, and some larger buildings were shown to the west of St Sepulchre Gate, and there were gaps on streets to the northwest, suggesting some building clearance had taken place; however, numerous smaller buildings and terraced houses were still depicted fronting onto Priory Place, Printing Office Street and West Laith Gate. The hotel to the north was still depicted in 1961, by which date the telephone exchange had been expanded to the east. The area to the northwest had been developed as the Arndale shopping centre between 1961 and 1969. Between 1970 and 1984, this expanded southwards to cover the majority of the area to the west of St Sepulchre Gate down to West Laith Gate. The hotel to the north had been demolished and replaced with a bank by that date, and the telephone exchange further expanded.

Survival:

The site is within the medieval core of Doncaster and is adjacent to a site where prehistoric, Roman and medieval features have been recorded, including a Roman altar and ditches possibly associated with boundary of the civilian settlement, and ovens and pits that may be related to the nearby medieval friary. There is also a record of potential medieval burials from the vicinity. The site is currently occupied by a substantial building, which is likely to have caused substantial disturbance to buried deposits; however, on the basis of current knowledge, the survival of significant archaeological remains cannot be entirely ruled out. The yard to the rear has contained previous buildings shown on 19th to mid-20th-century mapping.


Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for redevelopment. The site is also close to several listed buildings, and the impact of redevelopment on the setting of these buildings should be considered.

Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with the medieval friary or Roman settlement and religious activity could be of Regional significance, depending on their nature and extent of preservation. Given the building's architectural style and its inter-War date, it is likely to be considered as having historic and architectural significance in its own right.




Aerial imagery from 2002-2017 shows the rectangular building fronting St Sepulchre Gate, with stair or lift towers against the rear elevation, and a hard-surfaced yard to the rear. The building was flat roofed. Street view imagery shows the building as having large shop windows on the ground floor and extensive windows separated by columns on the two upper storeys. The front elevation is surfaced with white tiles, with a Burton's crest on the parapet.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 & 2017. Google Street View imagery 2017.

Statutory Designations Reference ID

Name Designation/ Grade

Site? Buffer?

1031509 Co-Operative Emporium And Danum House II Y

1151420 Midland Bank II Y

1151421 National Westminster Bank II Y

1151422 17, High Street II Y

1151423 19 And 20, High Street II Y

1151424 24 And 24b, High Street II Y


1151426 The Mansion House And Attached Railings I Y

1151427 Trustees Savings Bank II Y

1151429 47 And 48, Market Place II Y

1151433 Priory Methodist Church II Y

1151434 4-13, Priory Place II Y

1151440 1, Baxter Gate II Y





1192593 Lloyds Bank II Y


1192632 Number 49a To Rear Of Number 49 II Y

1192791 Municipal Offices To West Of Mansion House II Y

1192815 Post Office II Y

1193202 Station Booking Hall And Offices II Y

1203768 Dollond And Aitchison; Farmhouse Frozen Foods II Y

1261881 The Grand Theatre, Top Rank Bingo Hall II Y



1286659 Waring And Gillow II Y

1314550 Nag's Head And Number 33 II Y



1314865 Westminster Building II Y




1314872 24 And 25, Baxter Gate II Y

1314902 Barclays Bank II Y

1314903 The Yorkshire Bank II Y


SMR Record/event Reference ID


00415/01 St Mary Magdelene Chapel, Doncaster

Eleven articulated burials from the former graveyard of the church of St. Mary Magdalene were exposed and examined, together with a large quantity of disarticulated human remains. The articulated skeletons were all aligned E-W and appear to be set out in rows.

Y

00422/01 Site of Carmelite Friary, Doncaster

Founded 1350, dissolved 1538. No visual remains. The Friary occupied a plot on the southern edge of the medieval town, bounded by the town ditch and the burgage plots along High Street and St Sepulchre Gate. The buildings were certainly demolished by 1767.

Y

00422/04 Medieval features, Priory Walk, Doncaster

A large (>3m) ditch running roughly west east along the line of, and set back from, Printing Office Street was excavated. This was dated to the 13th century or older and is in roughly the right place and alignment to comprise part of the town ditch.

Y

00423/01 West Barr, or Gillot Bar, Doncaster

No visual remains. Y

00456/01 Doncaster Castle The site of a motte and bailey castle dating to the medieval period. The site is no longer visible and lies under St George's church, Doncaster.

Y

00665/01 Danum Roman Fort at Doncaster

A Roman fort dating to the first century AD. The fort was abandoned, then rebuilt in the second century AD.

Y

00668/01 Flint dagger of Neolithic or Bronze Age date

Notched flint dagger f.37, St Sepulchregate in 1937. Y

00782/01 Site of the Guildhall on Frenchgate, Doncaster

1969 excavation on site of Guildhall found several floors dating back to the 14th century. (For finds see PIN 783).

Y

00783/01 Frenchgate - medieval settlement evidence at the Guildhall site

Finds from the 1969 excavation (PIN 782) on site of Guildhall included a late medieval bone knife handle and 3d of Elizabeth I (1567).

Y

00783/02 Medieval coin from Frenchgate excavations

Finds from the 1969 excavation (PIN 782) on site of Guildhall included a late medieval bone knife handle and 3d of Elizabeth I (1567).

Y

00786/01 Late Medieval and Post-Medieval Settlement, Doncaster

In 1972 limited excavations within a tenement fronting onto Market Place showed 15th to 19th century buildings and yards, including two large brick (16 bread ovens).

Y



00786/02 Sixteenth century bread ovens, Market Place, Doncaster

In 1972 limited excavations within a tenement fronting onto Market Place showed 15th to 19th century buildings and yards, including two large brick (16 bread ovens).

Y

01014/01 Fragments of Roman amphora

Roman amphora sherds were discovered while making "road from St Sepulchre Gate to the Railway Station", c.1883.

Y

01032/01 Roman coin found at Market Hall, Doncaster

Dupondious of Fanstina I found under the floor of the market hall in 1967 (Doncaster). Rome mint A.D. 86.

Y

01077/01 Section of Roman Road, (York - Lincoln), Frenchgate, Doncaster

Remains possible of the York- Lincoln Road discovered during excavation at Frenchgate.

Y

01224/01 Roman Altar found in St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Roman Altar -found in Sepulchre Gate in 1781. Dedicated to the Deae Matres.

Y

01524/01 Timber framed buildings, 4 and 5 High Street, Doncaster

Timber framed with dormer windows, 16th century. (The Doncaster District' 1977 p.31)

Y

01526/01 Timber framed building, 41 High Street, Doncaster

'…contains timber framing' (The Doncaster District' 1977 p.32) Y

01783/01 Roman Coin Hoard, High Street / Scot Lane, Doncaster

24 Denarii found at a depth of 10ft at junction of High Street and Scot Lane, in 1925. Probably part of a larger hoard. M J Dolby.

Y

01784/01 Roman Coin Hoard, Baxtergate, Doncaster

63 AR Denarii and 4 AE coins (Galba - Marcus Aurelius), found in lorry load of earth from Baxter Gate, dumped on Wheatley Hills Estate. About 40 further coins found at the same location but dispersed.

Y

01786/01 Roman Coin Hoard and Iron Key found in Doncaster Town Centre

Hoard of 7 siliquae and an iron key found in build-up behind Roman Fort rampart during archaeological excavation in 1966, within area now covered by Littlewoods store. Coins cover period 337-388 A.D.

Y

02265/01 Anglo-Saxon period glass bead, Frenchgate, Doncaster

Dark green glass, irregular pale colour bands. Accessioned as Saxon. Found in Frenchgate 1908.

Y

03280/01 Roman Brooch, High Street, Doncaster

Roman bronze harp shaped brooch of an elegant design with pin missing.

Y

03281/01 Romano-British Brooch and Roman Key Finds, High Street, Doncaster

Roman brooch, circular with traces of enamel found in 1912 and a Roman Key.

Y

03712/01 ?Post-Medieval Stone Lined Well, Wood Street, Doncaster

A stone lined well was discovered during building work at No. 28 Wood Street. Approx. 7m deep, empty to that depth and stone lined. Made of limestone, with use of brick in upper 2 courses, capped with Yorkstone slabs.

Y

04038/01 Medieval Building (Excavated), Hall Gate, Doncaster

Excavation at the Subscription Rooms in 1976 identified substantial footings of a late medieval building, fronting onto High Street. Well-preserved enviromental material indicated squalid conditions, with food debris and layers of cut vegetation accumulating to several centimetres, before a fresh clay floor was laid.

Y



04196/01 Possible Medieval Building, Doncaster

Limestone walls revealed in section during evaluation, possibly a cellar. Backfill cut by pit containing late medieval pottery that would indicate an earlier date for this feature. Some structural features were possibly industrial in origin. The medieval street frontages seem to have been disturbed by later cellars and it is unlikely that well preserved medieval buildings exist here, though the baulks between cellars may retain archaeological deposits.

Y

04436/01 Industrial period cellar 49 Market Place, Doncaster

A watching brief on the demolition of structures at the rear of 49 Market Place located "a hollow-sounding spot" under the floor of the cellar. In response, the flagstone was lifted and the area underneath was investigated. Within the deposits was found an array of cultural materials dating to the 19th and 20th centuries. The depth of the pit reached 60cm.

Y

04438/01 Mid/Late 4th Century Midden Assemblage, Doncaster

During a foundation trench excavation, a large amount of bone was unearthed. The trench was c. 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.4m, and cut the existing concrete flooring. The bone belonged to species such as cattle, deer and dog, and were from butchery refuse. Found in context with the remains were two rim sherds dating to the mid/late fourth century A.D.

Y

04547/01 Doncaster Town Medieval Ditch, 20-28 Cleveland Street

Evaluation in 1996 identified a large feature in the north of the site, from which medieval material was recovered. This is likely to have been the medieval town ditch of Doncaster, known to have occupied this approximate area. A large Medieval ditch identified to the west [see PIN00422/04] is likely to be a continuation of this feature.

Y

04572/01 Medieval Pottery Kiln at Doncaster Market Place

Archaeological investigation revealed pottery fragments, most from a pit-like feature with burnt soils, interpreted as a possible pottery kiln. There was no other evidence to indicate the extent of pottery manufacture in this vicinity. The fabric of the sherds compares closely with Doncaster Hallgate 'C' fabric. From the pottery style, it has been suggested that the manufactory was active somewhere between the 11th and first half of the 12th century.

Y

05016/01 Roman Road - Hall Gate, High Street, French Gate, Doncaster

The course of the Roman road through Doncaster was suggested to be along this route by plan form analysis. This has been confirmed in one location on Hall Gate and at 8-10 High Street. The cobbled road continued to be used into the Medieval period.

Y

05025/01 Doncaster Medieval Town Ditch, Doncaster Interchange

Section of the Medieval town ditch identified by excavation. There was evidence for recutting of the ditch, indicating that it was regularly cleaned out. Pollen analysis indicated that the area was marginal for settlement at this time.

Y

05026/01 Medieval Well and Ditch, Doncaster Interchange

Medieval features identified during an evaluation in 2003, containing pottery dated primarily to the 13-14th century.

Y

05027/01 18th Century Water Works, Doncaster

Site of an 18th century water works that employed a water powered pumping mill and later a steam engine.

Y

05029/01 Roman linear features, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Three wide, parallel ditches of Roman date probably represent parts of the town defences at different periods. A gully and a number of pits were also recovered, as well as an unstratified coin hoard. The north-eastern ditch appears to date to around the mid-2nd century. The central ditch, with a V-shaped profile, dated to the mid-4th century. The south-western ditch contained a 4th century assemblage of pottery with residual earlier pottery.

Y

05378/01 Late Upper Obliquely blunted point (angle backed blade) in a fine dark Y



Paleolithic point, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

grey translucent flint. Similar to finds at Creswell. Found in shallow undated feature near a Roman gully.

05488/01 Medieval features at St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Medieval features identified during a 1976 excavation, possibly associated with the Carmelite Friary, included four ovens, three stone-lined and two with a distinct keyhole shape. A stone-lined well and a number of pits, one stone-lined and with an associated culvert, a small kiln or hearth and a number of gullies were also encountered.

Y

05489/01 Medieval road, off High Street, Doncaster

A medieval road, massively constructed, interpreted as being part of the primary development of the town in this area during the first half of the 12th century. Between 1350-1538 it probably lay within the grounds of the Carmelite Friary [PIN00422/01]. An open fronted building (possibly a cart shed) was constructed along this road in the 13th or 14th century, and would have stood at the northern entrance to the friary A later stone-built building contained a probable malting oven.

Y

05490/01 Roman remains, High Street, Doncaster

Roman remains excavated in 1976-7, sealed by a 12th century road surface. The features consisted of a construction trench and possible wall foundations, along with the remains of a surface and several post holes or small pits. The Roman features were mid-late 2nd century.

Y

05491/01 Roman features, Cleveland Street, Doncaster

A layer and pits containing Roman pottery. Excavated in 1992. Details of pottery not known.

Y

05690/01 Early 19th century burials, Church Way West, Doncaster

Articulated remains of three individuals and some disarticulated bone and coffin fittings were identified during road construction in 2001. The burials were in poor condition, but are thought to date to the early 19th century; they were associated with the churchyard of St George's.

Y

05731/01 Probable Medieval cemetery, West Street, Doncaster

Rescue excavation in 1957 identified 7 inhumations. All were in discrete shallow graves and the burials were extended, with one individual buried on their side as a result of deformity from tuberculosis. The skeletons were cleaned, photographed and removed. No finds were recovered.

Y

ESY33 Evaluation at Baxtergate, Doncaster

A series of evaluation trenches on Baxtergate within the historic core of Doncaster. The SMR record for this site suggests the remains of a medieval building were revealed.

Y

ESY55 Excavation of Market Place in Doncaster

A medieval pottery kiln was discovered during an excavation by Hayfield.

Y

ESY487 Observation During Construction of Church Way

A stone-lined pit, a well or cess pit, was noted by A B Sumpter during observation of the construction of Church Way, Doncaster, in 1971. [SMR records medieval cess pits, wells and tanning activity nearby]

Y

ESY746 Archaeological Excavation at Yates's Wine Lodge Doncaster

An archaeological excavation was undertaken in advance of site redevelopment, in an area of recently demolished buildings. Cellarage had truncated the south-eastern part of the site to 1.8m below modern ground level, while the remainder of the site comprised rough ground. No details of results.

Y

ESY747 Archaeological Evaluation at 20-28 Cleveland Street

The site lay at the heart of medieval Doncaster, close to the reputed position of the medieval town ditch. The trial excavation in this area in foundations [seems like a chunk of words is missing here]. Romano-British features were also recorded.

Y

ESY860 A Watching Brief at A watching brief on site works was required by the SYAS. A Y



49 Market Place, Doncaster

cellar containing 19th and 20th century material was recorded.

ESY861 Archaeological Evaluation at the Proposed Interchange Site, Doncaster

Five trial trenches were excavated for proposed development of the Doncaster Interchange, currently Doncaster North Bus Station. Archaeological features revealed included the medieval town ditch, medieval pits, post-medieval boundary features and the remains of a late 18th century water-driven pumping mill and the bank-side of the River Cheswold.

Y

ESY863 Archaeological Mitigation (Phase III) at Doncaster Interchange, South Yorkshire

Mitigation comprised the excavation of two trenches and a watching brief on the excavation of nine pits for pile caps. A number of archaeological features were revealed, including the medieval town ditch, post-medieval boundary features and the remains of a late 18th century water-driven pumping mill, weir and stone revetted bank of the River Cheswold.

Y

ESY865 Excavation of Burials on Church Way, Part of Northbridge Project

Following identification in a watching brief, there was an excavation of human and other remains in the central reservation of Church Way West.

Y

ESY872 Archaeological Watching Brief Report, at Priory Walk, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Archaeological monitoring of two geo-technical pits observed a stone structure associated with two deposits of domestic waste, one of which was dated to the late medieval or early post-medieval period. These were sealed by two layers of demolition material, the uppermost dated to the later 17th century. The archaeological potential of the site is considered to be medium to high.

Y

ESY873 Archaeological Watching Brief at Priory Walk, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological watching brief undertaken at Priory Walk, Doncaster revealed the remains of a well of unknown date to the south of the site and a probable Victorian culvert to the northeast of the area. Later remains relating to the foundations and cellarage of post-medieval and modern buildings were found across the majority of the site.

Y

ESY881 Doncaster North Bridge Relief Road

A programme of archaeological mitigation during construction works for the Doncaster North Bridge Project included a watching brief carried out across this area. [No details of results]

Y

ESY897 A Geo-Archaeological Evaluation at The Tesco Store, Church View, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

A geo-archaeological evaluation involved a programme of boreholes from which archaeological deposit models were compiled, integrating data from a previous archaeological investigation at the site. No deposits of proven archaeological significance were recorded, though deposits of potential interest lie at relatively shallow depth in the southern part of the site, whilst to the north, they are in excess of 1.0m below ground level, some up to 2.0m.

Y

ESY1032 Trial trenching off Cleveland Street, Car Park, Doncaster

Four trenches were excavated between Priory Walk and Cleveland Street. In the southern part of the area a large ditch was recorded, running roughly along the line of Printing Office Street. This was dated to the 13th century or earlier, as were a number of pits. In the central area were a number of rubble filled pits. A pit containing Roman pottery was also recorded.

Y

ESY1035 Priory Walk Watching Brief

Watching Brief revealed no late Medieval/early post-Medieval deposits identified in previous watching briefs.

Y

ESY1036 Tesco Supermarket, West of Church View

Six trenches were excavated, the northernmost disturbed by Victorian cellars and foundations. Part of the line of the Roman fort and the Norman castle ditch were identified in the eastern trench. The south side of the site had up to 2m of Roman and medieval stratigraphy, with finds suggesting a Roman building in the vicinity. The northwest side of the site was marsh in

Y



Roman and medieval times. Two defensive ditches possibly associated with the Roman vicus were also exposed, as well as a medieval pottery kiln and metalworking evidence.

ESY1037 Frenchgate (Arndale) Excavations 1964-9

Excavations carried out prior to the development of the shopping centre recorded stratified sherds of Bronze Age pottery found along with flint flakes, as well as 1st to 4th century Roman pits, part of a Roman road at right angles to Frenchgate, a kiln or oven, a possible building, and a defensive ditch. Medieval features included a cellar, pit groups and a well. A flue for a probable post-medieval kiln or oven and a well were also identified.

Y

ESY1038 Excavation at St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Excavation revealed Roman features including three wide ditches probably representing vicus defences, pits, a gully and a coin hoard. Medieval features included four ovens, a well, a stone-lined pit and culvert and several rubbish or cess pits. No evidence for buildings or burgage plots was identified.

Y

ESY1039 Guildhall and Frenchgate 1969-70

Archaeological excavations were undertaken 70 after the demolition of the 19th-century Guildhall. The trenches did not find the postulated line of the 'Castle Ditch', but recorded part of the cobbled yard of the post medieval Old Angel Inn.

Y

ESY1040 Church Way 1960 A programme of observation and some limited archaeological excavation was undertaken during the construction of Church Way. The only feature recorded in any detail was a stone-lined kiln or oven, possibly a medieval malting oven. A number of post-medieval burials were also removed from the area.

Y

ESY1042 Church Way, Children's Library 1970

A limited excavation was undertaken on the site of the library. A large ditch containing residual Roman pottery and medieval pottery may have been part of the bailey ditch of the Norman Castle. It then appears that this area may have been kept clear until the construction of the Old Angel Hotel in the post-medieval period, with the 18th-century cobbling of the hotel's yard recorded, directly beneath the footings of the Church School, built in 1821, and those of the 1901 Children's Library.

Y

ESY1044 St George Gate 1967

Archaeological features were recorded on the western side of St George Gate during the construction of an extension to a department store. This required the demolition of 18th century properties, with excavations to a depth of 5m. The robber trench of the later Roman fort wall was recorded on the southwest side of the site, along with part of a parallel large ditch interpreted as a section of the Anglo-Saxon period inner 'burh' defences. A timber-lined well of probable 14th-century date was found on the line of the 'burh' defences, and suggests that they had gone out of use by this time.

Y

ESY1047 5,7,8 and 10 High Street, Doncaster

Excavations of foundation pits and trenches of the new building's footprint. The majority of archaeology was Roman, including building remains, wells, gullies and pits. A rare double inhumation burial was also found, as well as the edge of the Lincoln-York Roman road and ditch. Amongst the medieval and post-medieval features was a possible copper smelting pit, a limekiln, four wells and stone walls with fine ashlar masonry. The medieval finds were largely pottery and animal bone.

Y

ESY1048 Baxter Gate 1966/1972

An archaeological excavation undertaken during levelling work on a temporary car park identified the robber trench of the late Roman fort wall and a gravel road surface that may have formed part of a medieval road running behind medieval tenements fronting onto Market Place. A further trial trench identified the line of the inner 'burh' ditch and a possible recut, with the outer 'burh' ditch also investigated. A late 15th-century cess pit, the walls of a post-medieval building and two

Y



ovens, were also recovered.

ESY1049 Excavation at The Subscription Rooms, High Street, Doncaster

Archaeological excavation during redevelopment revealed a gravel access road to the Carmelite Friary overlying and sealing Roman remains comprising a construction trench and possible wall foundations, the remains of a surface and post holes or small pits with finds of mid-late 2nd century date. An open fronted building, possibly 13th-14th century, was constructed over the 12th-century road and extended in the 15th and 16th centuries. A late medieval building contained a malting oven, and cattle horn cores suggested a horner's workshop.

Y

ESY1050 37-45 Printing Office Street, Doncaster

Archaeological evaluation associated with redevelopment of 37-45 Printing Office Street was restricted to a single open area to the rear of demolished properties due to extensive cellarage. Pottery recovered ranged in date from the 12th to the 18th centuries. The remains of two stone walls and a stone post were thought to be post-medieval.

Y

ESY1051 High Street 1960 Observations made during cutting of a service trench revealed two hard-packed gravel surfaces, presumably the Roman road, and a large quantity of Roman pottery.

Y

ESY1563 Marks & Spencers department store, Frenchgate watching brief

Work on the loading bay was interrupted by the discovery of animal bones. Inspection of the trench showed no evidence of archaeological features. Fragments of butchered bone from a cow, a sheep or a goat and a dog were recovered from the fill of the trench and were associated with two fragments of Roman pottery of mid to late 4th century date.

Y

ESY1663 Rescue excavation at West Street, Doncaster

Excavation of a cemetery, found ahead of construction of a new postal sorting office, by the Assistant Curator of Doncaster Museum. At least 7 inhumations were excavated. No finds.

Y



HSY5824 Banks and telephone Exchange, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y Y

HSY5796 St Georges Minster, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5798 Superstore, (former French Gate area), North Bridge Road, Doncaster

Shopping Centre Y

HSY5799 Frenchgate Interchange, Doncaster Bus Depot Y

HSY5800 Frenchgate Junction, Doncaster Ring Road / Bypass Y

HSY5801 Church Way, Doncaster Ring Road / Bypass Y

HSY5804 Frenchgate Centre (within Bar Dike), Doncaster Shopping Centre Y

HSY5805 High Street/ Frenchgate historic plot area, Doncaster

Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5815 Old Guildhall Yard, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5816 Baxter Gate / Market Place North, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y

HSY5817 Market place south and eastern sides, Doncaster

Commercial Core-Suburban Y

HSY5819 Market Place / site of St Mary Magdalene Church, Doncaster

Markets Y

HSY5823 Priory Place, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5825 Bar and Restaurant, Cleveland Street, Commercial Core-Urban Y



Doncaster

HSY5826 Bowers Fold (south west corner of Market Place), Doncaster


HSY5911 Waterdale and Colonnades Centres, Doncaster Shopping Centre Y

HSY5912 Cleveland Street / Trafford Way, Doncaster Ring Road / Bypass Y

HSY5915 Doncaster Station, Doncaster Train Station Y

HSY5918 Hall Gate, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5930 Grand Theatre, Doncaster Entertainment Complex Y

HSY5931 Frenchgate Centre (outside the Bardike), Doncaster

Shopping Centre Y

HSY5932 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y

HSY5933 St Sepulchre Gate retail warehouses, Doncaster





Allocation Reference: 906 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Denison House, 15 South Parade



Archaeological significance of site Regional


Suitability of site for allocation Major archaeological constraint

Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building 1 33 SMR record/event - 9 records/11 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Extensive n/a



Allocation Reference: 906 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Denison House, 15 South Parade



The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site. Nine monuments or findspots and 11 events are recorded within the buffer. Findspots include two hoards of Roman coins (one of which is poorly located), and a Roman burial urn found near Hall Cross in 1748. South Parade and Hall Gate follow the route of a Roman road leading west to a fort at Doncaster, and this has been confirmed through excavations at Hall Gate and High Street. The road continued to be used in the medieval preiod. Medieval pottery production was recorded during excavations at Hallgate to the northwest of the site, and remains of a wall and sand extraction pits of probable medieval date were exposed off Prince's Street in the northwest part of the buffer. Hall Cross, also known as Ote de Tilli's Cross, was rebuilt on its current site at the east end of South Parade in 1793, previously being located at the junction of South Parade and Hall Gate. Part of a medieval column from the nave of St Mary Magdalene's chapel forms a feature in Regent Square to the north of the site. Events within the buffer include archaeological evaluations, excavations, watching briefs and building recording, with significant results recorded as monuments or findspots.

One grade II listed building is recorded within the site, no. 15 South Parade (Dennison House). A further 32 grade II listed buildings are recorded within the buffer, including most of the Georgian terraced houses along the south side of South Parade, houses along Hall Gate, and a reconstructed medieval cross at Hall Cross Hill. Christ Church in the northern part of the buffer is grade II* listed.

Two locally listed parks are within the buffer. These comprise Regent Square to the north of Hall Gate, a residential garden square associated with mid-19th-century semi-detached and detached villas and elaborate terraced dwellings, and the only surviving example of its type in Doncaster. Elmfield Park, at the east side of the buffer was Doncaster's first public park, formerly a 19th-century private park for Elmfield House.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project did not record any features within the site or buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and most of the South Parade frontage as a group of large terraced properties built along the former Great North Road in the late 18th century. Other character areas within the buffer comprise villas and detached housing of 19th-century date, a 19th-century former mansion and its park, now a public park and municipal building, terraced housing of 19th- to 20th-century date, two churches, schools and colleges, a recreation ground, Doncaster's historic commercial core, and a car park.

Recent aerial imagery (2017) shows the house, an adjacent building and a yard area behind a wall along the South Parade frontage, with a tarmac-surfaced car park and access lane behind. A group of smaller buildings to the west of the house are not included within the site, but seem to be former outbuildings to the house. The garden area to the south, with lawns and mature trees, is also largely outside the site boundary.


The 1852 OS town plan shows the majority of the site as occupied by a large house and possible outbuildings along the South Parade frontage, with a formal garden area to the south stretching to Chequer Road (then unnamed), and arranged with ornamental plantings and a fountain (probably outside the site). In 1902 the house was labelled 'The Hall', and the formal plantings and fountain were no longer shown in the garden. The map appears to depict a terraced area behind the house (possibly in the form of a ha-ha), and a circuit of paths around the sides. Three greenhouses were also depicted, and formally arranged trees or shrubs along the west and south sides. None of the greenhouses were clearly shown in 1930, when the house was labelled 'Nurses Home' and a large new structure had been built on the former terraced area to the rear. This was not shown in 1938, and was presumably a temporary or short-lived feature. In 1962, the house was shown as Municipal Offices, and outbuildings to the east appeared to have been demolished. The garden was still extant to the rear, with a possible yard area immediately south of the house and a footpath or access lane along the eastern side. The site



was still labelled 'offices' in 1992.

Within the buffer, the 1852 town plan showed the substantial terraced houses along the south side of South Parade, with the Salutation Inn immediately adjacent to the east of the site. Most houses had formal gardens to the rear, though these were in narrower plots than that to the rear of Dennison House. South of these were fields and groups of smaller gardens, possibly allotment or market gardens. To the north was a large area of open ground with a semi-circular pond (Hall Cross Pond), and a small reservoir of the Doncaster Water Works in one corner. Town Field was shown as a large open area to the northeast and Christ Church was located to the northwest. Further terraced housing was shown to the west along Hall Gate, some of these being substantial buildings with formal gardens to the rear, others to the north being crowded courts of back-to-backs and tenements. Elmfield House was shown in the southeast part of the buffer, with an associated park. By 1893, Regent Square had been laid out to the north, with terraced housing on three sides and a central garden area. The Salutation Inn had numerous small structures shown to the rear, as well as a bowling green. The purpose of the buildings is unclear, but they may have been stables. A series of strips were shown in Town Field in 1893, suggesting it was still being farmed in an open field system at that date. New, dense terraced housing had been constructed at the southern edge of the buffer by 1902, south of Chequer Road. In 1930, the Scarborough Barracks were shown in the southeast part of the buffer, west of Elmfield House, and Elmfield Park contained a paddling pool and bowling greens, indicating that it had become a public park. The Town Fields were shown as recreation grounds. Schools had been built to the south of Chequer Road, and a theater to the southwest. A further large school was built in the northern part of the buffer by 1956. By 1962, some of the smaller terraces and back-to-backs had been demolished and the sites redeveloped or left as car parks. A museum and art gallery had been constructed to the southeast of the site by 1970, and a health clinic at the south end of the former garden of Dennison House.

Survival:

The house within the site is a grade II listed building, and therefore a heritage asset in its own right. The house is likely to have truncated or disturbed any archaeological remains below its footprint. The yard to the south is likely to be less disturbed, though there has been landscaping for the formal gardens and terrace shown in the mid- to late 19th century and the current car park. The potential for the survival of archaeological remains within the car park is considered to be moderate.


Further archaeological investigations will be required if the site is brought forward for development, including assessment and recording of the listed buildings.

Significance:

The grade II listed building is considered to be of regional archaeological significance.


The 2002-2017 aerial imagery shows the house at the northern end of the site with an area of tarmac-surfaced carpark to the rear and an access lane along the eastern side, with a lawn and ornamental tree plantings in the garden area to the south of the site boundary. The building comprises a main block with a hipped roof, of four stories on the south (garden) side, and three on the South Parade frontage. It has two sets of chimney stacks on each of the east and west sides The adjoining structure to the east has a pitched roof with hipped gables, and is lower by a storey. The South Parade frontage has a central door with Doric columns, and a first floor balcony of iron railings. The windows are tall and rectangular; many have been boarded. To either side of the buildings are blocked entrances, one with a smaller inserted door, the other probably a former coach entrance, and there is a wall to the east blocking views into the yard area. The rear elevation of the main house has arched central windows on the first and second floors and possible doorways on the ground floor. the adjoining block has arched windows on the upper floor.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015 and 2017. Street View 2018.





Site? Buffer?

1132887 15, South Parade II Y

1132880 Elmfield House II Y

1132882 Number 1 And Attached Railings II Y

1132883 3, South Parade II Y

1132884 Number 4 And Attached Railing II Y


1132886 9, 10, 11, South Parade II Y

1132888 22, 23 And 23a, South Parade II Y

1132890 Railings And Gatepiers To South End Of Christ Church II Y

1151435 The Lodge II Y

1151444 Numbers 3 And 4 Regent Terrace And Attached Railings II Y

1151445 3 Albion Place, Hall Cross Chambers II Y

1151451 27, Hallgate II Y

1192021 Lamp Standard To Front Of Hall Gate United Reformed Church II Y


1192048 Georgian House II Y

1192752 43, Prince's Street II Y

1192885 7 And 8, South Parade II Y

1192921 The NCB Offices II Y

1286302 Numbers 4-9 Christchurch Terrace And Railings II Y

1286309 Christ Church II* Y

1286363 19, 20, 21 And 21a, South Parade II Y

1286405 The Salutation Hotel II Y

1286820 Number 1 And 2 Regent Terrace And Attached Railings II Y

1286869 Albion Place II Y

1314545 Hall Cross II Y



1314548 6a, South Parade II Y


1314551 Hall Cross Comprehensive School II Y

1314875 Numbers 5, 6 And 7 Regent Terrace And Attached Railings II Y

1314879 Hall Gate United Reformed Church II Y

1314880 40, 41 And 41a, Hallgate II Y





00421/01 Ote De Tilli's Cross or Hall's Cross, Doncaster

Original site of medieval Ote de Tilli's Cross. Rebuilt 1793 on new site (00421/02). No vestige of original remains.

Y

00421/02 Ote De Tilli's Cross or Hall's Cross, Doncaster

New site of Ote de Tilli's cross, rebuilt in 1793 on South Parade.

Y

00426/01 Hallgate 1965 - Medieval Pottery Kiln

There was a pottery in Hallgate in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The main products comprised jugs, pipkins, pancheons and some roof tiles. The kiln, defined as probably being a Type 2A two-flued, updraught kiln, was found with three pits all containing pottery wasters.

Y

01016/01 Roman coin hoard found 1929

Two coin hoards with little location data: one "from Doncaster" (52 denarii) and another of "120 coins from Wheatley Hills".

Y

01149/01 12th Century Column Piece, Regent Square, Doncaster

Column from 12th century nave arcade of St Mary Magdalene's Church. Now in Regent Square.

Y

01223/01 Roman cinerary urn, found near Hall Cross, Doncaster

A Roman burial urn was found in 1748 near Hall Cross. Y

03320/01 Roman Coin Hoard (with associated finds), Doncaster

Excavations southwest of the main north-south Roman Road produced "slight Roman features and, disturbed in a Medieval pit, a hoard of 15 C2 AE coins, 3 intagli (two mounted in rings), 3 brooches and a surgeon's knife".

Y

04205/01 Possible Medieval and Post-Medieval Unclassified Wall Footings, Sand Pit and Finds, Doncaster

Rubble remnants of a limestone wall of angular stone pieces, overlain by a later post-medieval wall base were found in archaeological excavations. A large pit may have been for medieval sand extraction. A multi-period pottery assemblage is likely to have been dumped there after the extraction, along with redeposited material.

Y



Y

ESY34 Excavation at Princess Street and East Laithe Gate

A long section across the site on a north-south axis was created by the removal of much of the site. The section was cleaned and drawn. The SMR record mentions the rubble remnants of a limestone wall of possible medieval date and unknown function, overlain by a post-medieval wall base on a different alignment.

Y

ESY854 Archaeological Field Evaluation of land at Chequer Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Five evaluation trenches indicated that prior to the 20th century, the site appeared to have been used as gardens or agricultural land. Post-holes and stake-holes cut into a post-medieval garden soil represented late 18th- to 19th-century property boundaries. The subsoil beneath appeared to have seen agricultural activity in the middle ages, and finds recovered from this level included residual sherds of Roman pottery. Nothing of further archaeological interest was encountered.

Y

ESY869 Building Recording at Odeon Cinema,

No 35 Hallgate is to be dealt with as part of a later phase of works. The site was initially developed in the 19th century,

Y



35-36 Hallgate, Doncaster

these buildings then replaced by Gaumont Place cinema in 1934. The building underwent a number of refurbishments and alterations and become a three screen cinema with no live entertainment, although the stage, orchestra pit and dressing rooms remain. The building ceased operation as a cinema in April 2008.

ESY870 Archaeological Watching Brief at Prince Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological watching brief on the corner of Prince's Street and Eeast Laith Gate, during the excavation of a foundation trench for a five storey building, revealed a series of modern and redeposited natural deposits. No archaeologically significant remains were identified.

Y

ESY874 Archaeological Building Recording at Doncaster College, Waterdale, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Drawn and photographic building survey. The Chequer Road Boys Elementary School was built to a central hall design so that pupils could gather for special occasions. The 1926 Girls and Infants building adopted elements of the more hygienic Pavilion ventilated style of building. The 1910 High School for Girls had elements of the new thinking and a more ornate façade. The 1958 Technical College was built to serve the mining and engineering industries in and around Doncaster.

Y


Y

ESY1052 Hallgate Kiln, Bradford Row 1964-5

A medieval pottery kiln was discovered to the northeast of Hall Gate during excavations in 1964 and 1965, prior to the construction of the Bradford Row shopping centre. Also pits containing pottery wasters, from late 12th to early 14th century date.

Y

ESY1478 Evaluations at Waterdale, Doncaster

Trial trenching and a borehole survey were undertaken in 2008, identifying a probable Roman ditch and 19th-20th century military practice trenches, as well as truncation from modern landscaping. In 2010 further trenching recorded at least two Roman cremation burials were recorded, along with apparently unstratified Roman finds and further remains of the WWI practice trenches.

Y

ESY1479 Excavations at Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations ahead of redevelopment revealed a cremation cemetery of 1st-2nd century date, containing 20-30 individuals, along with a small number of inhumations of 3rd/4th century date. Post-medieval features included mineral extraction pits and WWI trenches used during recruitment exercises.

Y

ESY1480 Evaluation and watching brief at Waterdale, Doncaster

A watching brief and evaluation in 2013 recorded features associated with 19th century gardens, and a buried ploughsoil containing a Romano-British sherd.

Y



HSY5921 South Parade, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y Y

HSY5233 Town Field, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y

HSY5300 Elmfield Park, Doncaster Public Park Y

HSY5301 Carr House Road, Hyde Park, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5305 Elmfield House, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY5855 Nether Hall Housing Area, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y



HSY5888 Doncaster College, University or College Y

HSY5903 Hall Cross Comprehensive School, Doncaster School Y

HSY5905 Christ Church, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5906 Christ Church Terrace, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5908 Regent Square, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y

HSY5909 Chequer Road School Buildings, Doncaster School Y

HSY5910 Doncaster College (Beechfield Park), Doncaster University or College Y

HSY5917 East Laithe Gate industrial area. Other Industry Y


HSY5919 South end of Hall Gate, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5920 Water Dale, Doncaster Car Park Y

HSY5923 Health Clinic, Museum and Art Gallery and Council Offices, Chequer Gate, Doncaster

Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY5924 St Peter's RC Church, Doncaster Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5925 19th century terrace to the north west side of Waterdale, Doncaster

Terraced Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 916 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Belmont Works, 3 Havelock Road, Balby




Historic landscape significance Negligible


Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 916 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Belmont Works, 3 Havelock Road, Balby



The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site or buffer. The conjectured line of a Roman road from Templeborough to Doncaster runs just north of the buffer.



Historic Environment Characterisation records the current character of the site and part of the buffer as a 20th-century business park. Other character areas within the buffer comprise three further business parks and an area of heavy metal trades, semi-detached and terraced housing of late 19th- to 20th-century date, a private housing estate, a school, railway sidings and a motorway and trunk road junctions.

Recent aerial imagery (2018) shows works buildings with corrugated roofs (some in poor repair) in the western part of the site, and a wide access road and parking areas at the east (Havelock Road).


The 1854 OS map shows the site as a field, which was bounded to the northwest by Balby Road. By 1893, the current western boundary had been established by the rear of housing plots fronting onto Balby Road, but the site still comprised either a garden or a small field. Havelock Road had been established by 1903, within the eastern edge of the site, but the majority was still a garden or vacant plot. Small buildings, possibly sheds, were shown within the site by 1930. Larger buildings were depicted in 1961, when the site was a builder's yard. In 1970 one building was a joinery works whilst a new building to the north was a builder's depot. The latter was shown as a motor repair works in 1974, with a new electrical works on the Havelock Road frontage. The joinery works was shown as a garage in 1986, with another to the northwest, and the two other buildings were labelled 'works'.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows Balby Windmill in the field to the north of the site, Balby Road to the west, and a railway line running through the north and east side of the buffer aligned northwest-southeast, with a small adjacent gravel pit. The grounds of Belmont House and Westfield House were depicted to the west of Balby Lane, and the area to the south was fields, with a shed in one to the south of the site, and a cottage towards the southwest end of the buffer. Development of terraced housing had occurred to the west and south of the site and at the northeast edge of the buffer by 1893, whilst a reformatory' for girls had been built to the north on the former windmill site. St James's Vicarage was depicted to the west of Balby Lane, between the grounds of Belmont and Westfield Houses. Further railway sidings had been added to the northeast, and the gravel quarry had expanded. By 1903, a mineral water works had been built on the site of the reformatory, with a steam laundry to its west on the Balby Street frontage. Further terraced housing had been built to the east of the site, and the Belmont Works (valve) had been constructed at the southeast edge of the buffer. The mineral water works and laundry had both expanded by 1930, and more terraced housing had been built to the northeast, within the former Belmont Park. The quarry was no longer depicted in 1939 when it was shown as an area of vacant ground. In 1962, the former vicarage site was occupied by a church and church hall. In 1992, the former mineral works building was labelled 'depot'.

Survival:

The site is occupied by mid- to late 20th-century small-scale works buildings. These may have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits, such as in the vicinity of work pits or fuel tanks, but are unlikely to have deep foundations. The conditions for the preservation of sub-surface archaeology is considered to be moderate to low. No archaeological remains are currently recorded within the buffer, so the potential for archaeology to be present is unknown.




Further archaeological investigations may be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Unknown.


Aerial imagery from 2002 shows three rectangular works buildings fronting onto Havelock Road, with a fourth building to the rear at the northwest corner of the site and a hard-surfaced yard to its south. Havelock Road itself was used for access and parking. Housing is shown to the east, west and south, and works buildings or a depot to the north. By 2008, some damage had occurred to the corrugated roofs of the works buildings/garages, which had increased by 2017. At that date, the yard area was shown as completely overgrown with trees and shrubs. Visibility of the site from Street View is limited, but the works buildings appear to be single storey.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015 and 2017. Street View 2018.



HSY5471 Balby Road, Balby, Doncaster Business Park Y Y

HSY5277 Balby Carr Bank, Doncaster Metal Trades (Heavy) Y

HSY5468 Lister Avenue, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5469 Queen Street, Balby, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5470 Havelock Road, Balby, Doncaster School Y

HSY5282 Kelham Street, Doncaster Business Park Y

HSY5472 Balby Road, Balby, Doncaster Business Park Y

HSY5473 Westfield Park, Balby, Doncaster Public Park Y

HSY5306 Balby Road Bridge, Doncaster Motorway and Trunk Road Junctions

Y

HSY5484 Balby Road, Balby, Doncaster Commercial Core-Suburban Y

HSY5485 Westfield Road, Balby, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5487 Roberts Road, Balby, Doncaster School Y

HSY5488 Littlemore Lane, Balby, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5257 Middle Bank, Doncaster Business Park Y

HSY5261 Railway Sidings, Doncaster Train Depot/ Sidings Y



Allocation Reference: 918 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Barnby Dun Car Centre, Top Road

Area (Ha): 0.208 NGR (centre): SE 61836 09199 Settlement: Barnby Dun





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 918 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Barnby Dun Car Centre, Top Road

Area (Ha): 0.208 NGR (centre): SE 61836 09199 Settlement: Barnby Dun


The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site or buffer zone.

No Scheduled Monuments, listed buildings or registered parks are recorded within the site or buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project did not record any features within the site. Three areas of post-medieval ridge and furrow are recorded within the buffer, one to the immediate northwest of the site from a photograph taken in 1967 in an area that is now a recreation field.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the current character of the site and part of the eastern buffer as a private housing estate probably dating to the 1960s-70s and constructed in a geometric street pattern, on land that was previously surveyed enclosure probably dating to the 1807 enclosure award. Other character zones within the buffer includes planned social and private housing estates, vernacular cottages in the area of the High Street, a school, the Well Green farm complex, a library and playing fields.

The most recent aerial and Street View imagery (2016) shows the site as an MOT garage and car sales site with car parking to the north and south.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as a field or garden/croft to the rear of buildings fronting onto the High Street (then unnamed) to the southwest, with the northeast boundary defined by Stainforth Road. The site was unchanged until a garage was constructed within the central area between 1962 and 1970, with a forecourt area to the northeast. By 1992, the area around the garage had been extended to the southwest, presumably for parking, and the southwest boundary established.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map shows buildings in the core of Barnby Dun along the High Street to the southwest, west and south, most with narrow gardens or crofts to the rear of the street frontage. Some contain trees, possibly orchards. The Town End Well was shown in the south part of the buffer, with fields to the northeast and east and southwest. The placename Mill Hill was shown to the east of the site, and a windmill was depicted further to the east, just outside the buffer. In 1892, the buildings to the south of the site were shown as a series of small structures, possibly barns or sheds, associated with a larger building on the south side of the plot. A footpath ran along the southeast side of the site. A smithy and Well Green farm were labelled to the southwest, and a Methodist Chapel to the west. A small school had been built to the northwest of the site and the windmill was no longer depicted at that date. By 1930, a housing estate had been constructed to the north of the site, with further housing under construction between 1948 and 1956. By 1962, detached and semi-detached housing was shown to the southeast of the site and further development was underway to the east. The school to the north of the site had been substantially expanded by 1970, and many of the older buildings along the High Street had been replaced. Further housing was built to the east and southwest by 1983.

Survival:

The current buildings and car parking areas within the site are not likely to have caused substantial disturbance to below ground deposit, with the exception of probable pits for car inspections and potential underground tanks for fuel storage. There are no recorded monuments on the SMR within 250m of the site, but it is located on the edge of the historic core of Barnby Dun, and as such the potential for the survival of unrecorded archaeological remains is considered to be moderate.



Significance:

Unknown.




The 2002-2009 Google Earth imagery shows the site as a garage, aligned north-south, with another square building to the east. Cars were parked in the forecourt and in the main parking/storage area to the southwest. By 2014, the eastern structure had been demolished. Street View imagery from 2016 shows the surviving building as a two-storey garage/MOT testing centre at the north, with a single storey extension to the south housing a car sales office. A public footpath runs in a ginnel along the southeast side of the site. Lidar coverage does not show any features of archaeological interest within the site, and indicates that the ridge and furrow recorded to the north in 1967 is no longer extant as earthworks.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014. Google Street View imagery 2016. Lidar 1m DTM.

Magnesian Limestone mapping project: MAL/67023 0049 31-Mar-1967.



HSY4793 Mallard Avenue and Environs, Barnby Dun, Doncaster

Private Housing Estate Y Y

HSY4633 Land between Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun, Doncaster

Piecemeal Enclosure Y

HSY4794 Estate to the north of Barnby Dun, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4795 Talbot Avenue, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4796 Barnby Dun later council housing, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4847 Barnby Dun, High Street area, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y

HSY4848 Schools Library Service, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY4849 Marquis Gardens, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4851 Barnby Dun Primary School, Doncaster School Y

HSY4852 Stainforth Road, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY4853 Well Green, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Farm Complex Y

HSY4859 Recreation Ground, Barnby Dun, Doncaster Playing Fields/ Recreation ground Y



Allocation Reference: 922 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Garage Site, Maple Road, Mexborough

Area (Ha): 0.21 NGR (centre): SE 46949 00598 Settlement: Mexborough





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 922 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Garage Site, Maple Road, Mexborough

Area (Ha): 0.21 NGR (centre): SE 46949 00598 Settlement: Mexborough


The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site or buffer zone.

No Scheduled Monuments, listed buildings or registered parks are located within the site or buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project does not record any features within the site or buffer zone.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the current character of the site and most of the western side of the buffer as a mixture of private and social housing in a geometric street pattern constructed between 1948 and 1966, with no legibility of earlier piecemeal enclosure of open field systems. Other character zones within the buffer include further housing estates to the east, northeast and southeast, a school at the northern edge, a 20th-century Roman Catholic church at the eastern edge, and allotment gardens and former clay pits at the south and southeast edges.

The site is shown on the most recent aerial imagery (2018) as an area of waste ground, with the base of former garages and a tarmac parking area at the north side and rough grass to the south.


The 1854 OS map shows the site as part of a large field to the northwest of Dolcliffe Common and east of Highwoods Farm. By 1930, the field boundaries had been removed within this area and the site was depicted as located at the eastern edge of a large, unenclosed area. By 1957, housing was under construction to the west and north of the site, with a narrow road and patch of probable hard standing shown within the site boundary. In 1969, car garages were shown to the north, east and south of the hard standing, with a field to the south. Four further garages had been built by 1980, by which date the southwest boundary of the site was being established. By 1986, only the garages on the east and south sides were depicted, though the map is not detailed.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map depicted the area to the east and southeast of the site as Dolcliffe Common, a large area of rough ground dotted with numerous small pit shafts or mounds probably associated with coal mining. To the north and west were fields, with Highwoods Farm just outside the western edge of the buffer. In 1892, a well and two small structures were shown in a narrow enclosure to the northeast of the site, and Dolcliffe Common had been enclosed into regular fields, with housing under construction at the southeast edge of the buffer. Allotment gardens were shown in the south and southeast parts of the buffer by 1903, with a clay pit towards the southern edge. Further terraced housing had been built to the south and southeast by 1930, and to the northeast by 1948. Housing was being constructed within the large field to the east of High Woods Farm by 1957, largely with a reservoir and water tower to the north and houses in the former well enclosure to the northeast. A school had been built at the western edge of the buffer, and an area of raised ground was shown to the east of the site. Housing was under construction to the immediate southwest of the site by 1980.

Survival:

Construction of the garages and the hard-standing/tarmac driveway is unlikely to have caused substantial disturbance to sub-surface deposits. No archaeological remains have been recorded within the buffer, but cropmarks of Iron Age to Roman field systems have been recorded as cropmarks at a greater distance to the northwest, outside the area of housing estates. There is some potential for the survival of similar remains within the site.



Significance:

Unknown.




The 2002-2003 aerial imagery shows the site occupied by two rows of garages to the east and south of an area of hardstanding, accessed from Maple Road by a narrow lane. To the southwest of the garages is rough grass crossed by footpaths, with a field to the east. By 2008, the eastern garages had largely been demolished and most of the southern ones were in a poor condition. By 2017, all the buildings had been demolished and the footprint of the garages were visible, with rough grass to the southwest and east. There is no Lidar coverage for the site.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014 & 2017.



HSY5205 Highwoods Estate, Mexborough, Doncaster Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y Y

HSY4277 Mexborough School, Adwick upon Dearne, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5190 Arnold Crescent / Browning Road, Mexborough, Doncaster


HSY5198 Park Road Infants and Montagu Junior Schools, Mexborough, Doncaster

School Y

HSY5201 English Martyrs Church, Mexborough, Doncaster

Religious (Worship) Y

HSY5217 Allotment Gardens north of Roman Terrace, Mexborough, Doncaster

Allotments Y

HSY5223 Lynwood and Wildene Drives, Mexborough, Doncaster

Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5234 Park Road, Mexborough, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY5242 Overgrown former clay pits, Lower Dolcliffe Road, Mexborough, Doncaster

Reclaimed Coal Mine Y



Allocation Reference: 923 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Electricity Sub Station, Young Street



Archaeological significance of site Local



Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - 40 SMR record/event - 30 records/27 events Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 923 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Electricity Sub Station, Young Street



The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site. There are 30 monuments and findspots and 27 events recorded within the buffer. The events include archaeological evaluation, excavation and watching briefs on development, as well as building appraisals. Most of the results of the fieldwork are included in the SMR monuments. The only prehistoric finds within the search area comprise a flint dagger of Neolithic to Bronze Age date found near St Sepulchre Gate in 1937, and a Neolithic bladelet found along with pottery of probable Iron Age date at Waterdale, at the southeast edge of the buffer. Hallgate follows the route of a Roman road leading to a fort at Doncaster, and remains associated with Romano-British settlement have also been recorded close to the road, including to the east of the site at Wood Street and Hallgate, with part of a cemetery also recorded at the latter site. Other Roman settlement features and remains have been recorded to the north and west at High Street and Cleveland Street, and a further cemetery was found during archaeological works at Waterdale to the southeast. Roman coin hoards have been found at High Street, Bowers Fold and in the vicinity of Hallgate, the latter disturbed in a medieval pit.

Medieval monuments include the site of a Carmelite Friary to the west of Cleveland Street, with a probably earlier medieval road running through it. Parts of the medieval town ditch have been revealed along the line of Printing Office Street and Cleveland Street, just to the west of the site. The manufacturing of medieval pottery is recorded from Doncaster, with kiln sites and wasters recorded close to the site from excavations along Hallgate and Wood Street, as well as lime-slaking pits possibly used to mix mortar. Footings of a medieval building were exposed in excavations at the Subscription Rooms off High Street. Two timber-framed buildings have been recorded at High Street to the northwest, possibly of early post-medieval date. A post-medieval well was recorded during building works at Wood Street, and buildings of post-medieval date have been recorded at High Street and Wood Street. The excavations at Waterdale revealed sand and gravel extraction pits of probable post-medieval date, and First World War practice trenches associated with training and recruitment of soldiers.

There are no listed buildings, Scheduled Monuments or Registered Parks within the site. Within the buffer there are 40 listed buildings, all but one of which are grade II listed, and include houses, shops, banks, offices, churches, swimming baths and a lamp standard, mostly of 18th to 19th-century date. The Mansion House on High Street is grade I listed, and is in the northwest part of the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project did not plot any features within the site or buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the character of the site and most of the southwest part of the buffer as a 20th-century shopping centre. Other character areas within the buffer include the historic urban and sub-urban commercial core of Doncaster, Georgian and Victorian terraced housing, schools and college buildings, 20th-century civil and municipal buildings and commercial and light industrial units, a leisure centre and a car park.

Recent imagery (2017) shows the site as a tarmac-surfaced private car park surrounded by a low modern brick wall, with a single-storey, flat-roofed red brick building just outside the northwest corner.


The 1852 OS town plan shows the site lying within an area of formal gardens, which bounded by Young Street to the southwest and Whittaker Street to the southeast. They appear to have been associated with terraced housing fronting onto Cleveland Street, called High Street Buildings. By 1893, one of a row of terraced houses had been constructed within the site. The terraces had been extended to the rear (possibly offshot kitchens or outhouses) by 1962. By 1969, the building within the site had been demolished and it was largely shown as a vacant lot, with an electricity substation to the northwest and a turning off Young Street in the southeast part of the site. The less-detailed 1984 map showed the site as a car park.

Within the buffer, the 1852 map showed a hotel and ranges of large buildings to the north, and grid-iron streets



of terraced housing to the west and south. Larger terraces fronted onto Hall Gate and High Street, with formal gardens fronted to the rear. At the southeast side of the buffer was a wide street named Horse Fair, known as Waterdale in 1893. A large building had been built on Wood Street to the northeast of the site by 1893, labelled in 1902 as a general infirmary and dispensary. A Salvation Army barracks was shown at the junction of Wood Street and Cleveland Street to the northwest of the site by the latter date, and an area named Glasgow Paddocks, with stables and horse-sale rings was shown to the southeast of Waterdale at the edge of the buffer. High Street Buildings were demolished between 1902 and 1930 and replaced by smaller houses to the south and larger buildings, possibly shops or offices, to the north. One to the immediate northwest of the site was labelled 'institute' in 1930 and YWCA Hall in 1962. Buildings to the north of the site also appeared to have been enlarged or rebuilt by that date, whilst the area to the south had been redeveloped as a series of shops by 1969. Law courts, offices and college buildings were shown to the southeast of Waterdale by 1984.

Survival:

The site is in use as a car park, suggesting that there is the potential for the survival of remains associated with the later 19th-century terraced house. The site is within an area of high potential for Roman to medieval archaeology, though this is likely to have been disturbed or truncated by the terraced housing and surrounding redevelopment, including the insertion of buried cables associated with the sub-station. The potential for the survival of archaeological remains within the site is considered to be low to moderate.



Significance:

Remains associated with the late 19th-century terraced house are likely to be considered to be of local archaeological significance. The significance of any Roman to medieval remains is currently unknown.


Aerial imagery from 2002-2017 and Street View (2015) show the site as a hard-surfaced car park surrounded by a low modern brick wall, with a single-storey, flat-roofed red brick building located just outside the northwest corner. One of the later 19th-century terraced houses survives to the immediate west of the site, now a shop. It is of three storeys and red brick construction.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015 & 2017. Street View 2018.



Site? Buffer?

1031509 Co-Operative Emporium And Danum House II Y



1151418 53 And 54, Hallgate II Y

1151421 National Westminster Bank II Y



1151424 24 And 24b, High Street II Y


1151426 The Mansion House And Attached Railings I Y



1151427 Trustees Savings Bank II Y

1151433 Priory Methodist Church II Y

1151434 4-13, Priory Place II Y

1151449 7 And 7a, Hallgate II Y



1192021 Lamp Standard To Front Of Hall Gate United Reformed Church II Y

1192048 Georgian House II Y





1192791 Municipal Offices To West Of Mansion House II Y

1192815 Post Office II Y

1268265 18, Hall Gate II Y



1286659 Waring And Gillow II Y



1314550 Nag's Head And Number 33, St Sepulchre Gate II Y

1314865 Westminster Building II Y




1314879 Hall Gate United Reformed Church II Y

1314880 40, 41 And 41a, Hallgate II Y

1314903 The Yorkshire Bank II Y


1403445 St James' Pool and Health Club II Y



00422/01 Site of Carmelite Friary, Doncaster

Founded 1350, dissolved 1538. No visual remains. The Friary occupied a plot on the southern edge of the medieval town, bounded by the town ditch and the burgage plots along High Street and St Sepulchre Gate. The buildings were demolished by 1767. Excavation off High St revealed a well-made road [PIN05489] associated with the friary. Ovens, pits and a well, excavated to the east of St Sepulchre Gate in 1976 could be associated with the friary [see PIN05488]. Evaluation off Cleveland Street in 1992 revealed further evidence for activity on the site throughout the medieval period, with a possible peak in the 13th and 14th century.

Y



00422/04 Medieval features, Priory Walk, Doncaster

A large ditch running roughly west east along the line of, and set back from, Printing Office Street was excavated. This was dated to the 13th century or older and is in roughly the right place and alignment to comprise part of the town ditch.

Y

00426/01 Hallgate 1965 - Medieval Pottery Kiln

There was a pottery in Hallgate in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The main products comprised jugs, pipkins, pancheons and some roof tiles. The kiln, defined as probably being a Type 2A two-flued, updraught kiln, was found with three pits all containing pottery wasters.

Y

00668/01 Flint dagger of Neolithic or Bronze Age date

Notched flint dagger f.37, St Sepulchregate in 1937. Y

01524/01 Timber framed buildings, 4 and 5 High Street, Doncaster

Timber framed with dormer windows, 16th century. (The Doncaster District' 1977 p.31)

Y

01526/01 Timber framed building, 41 High Street, Doncaster

'…contains timber framing' (The Doncaster District' 1977 p.32) Y

01783/01 Roman Coin Hoard, High Street / Scot Lane, Doncaster

24 Denarii found at a depth of 10ft at junction of High Street and Scot Lane, in 1925. Probably part of a larger hoard. M J Dolby.

Y

01787/01 Roman Coin Hoard, Bowers Fold, Doncaster Town Centre

Roman coin hoard - about 40 AR denarii found during Bowers Fold redevelopment in 1963. Two of the coins were purchased by Doncaster Museum, both of Hadrian, from the Rome mint 119-138 A.D.

Y

03320/01 Roman Coin Hoard (with associated finds), Doncaster

Excavations southwest of the main north-south Roman Road produced "slight Roman features" and, disturbed in a medieval pit, a hoard of 15 C2 AE coins, 3 intagli (two mounted in rings), 3 brooches and a surgeon's knife.

Y

03712/01 ?Post-Medieval Stone Lined Well, Wood Street, Doncaster

A stone lined well was discovered during building work at No. 28 Wood Street. Approx. 7m deep, empty to that depth and stone lined. Made of limestone, with use of brick in upper 2 courses, capped with Yorkstone slabs.

Y

04038/01 Medieval Building (Excavated), Hall Gate, Doncaster

Excavation at the Subscription Rooms in 1976 identified substantial footings of a late medieval building, fronting onto High Street. Well-preserved environmental material indicated squalid conditions, with food debris and layers of cut vegetation accumulating to several centimetres, before a fresh clay floor was laid.

Y

04500/01 Romano-British Settlement at Wood Street, Doncaster

From an excavation of a single trench, there were found to be abundant remains dated to the Roman period, including pottery consisting mainly of locally produced greyware, simple field boundary ditches and a pit. These, and other finds, imply that a domestic settlement once occupied this site.

Y

04547/01 Doncaster Town Medieval Ditch, 20-28 Cleveland Street

Evaluation in 1996 identified a large feature in the north of the site, from which medieval material was recovered. This is likely to have been the medieval town ditch of Doncaster, known to have occupied this approximate area. A large Medieval ditch identified to the west [see PIN00422/04] is likely to be a continuation of this feature.

Y

04562/01 Roman Cemetery in Hallgate, Doncaster

Archaeological investigation at 53/54 Hallgate and the rear of 9 Wood Street revealed Roman inhumations and cremations. The excavated site is thought to be on the edge of a larger cemetery. Later Roman features cut through some of the burials, dated to the 3rd to early 4th century. Excavations at 58-59 Hallgate found no evidence of human remains. The

Y



cemetery may have been closer to the road and possibly destroyed by the 1970s construction of the bank.



Y

05017/01 Excavated Features at Hall Gate, Doncaster

A possible boundary ditch with associated bank and fence were sealed by the Roman Road that came through this area (PIN 05017). No artefacts were located to date these features more specifically. A possible Roman cremation was identified, although no burnt bone was recorded.

Y

05019/01 18/19th Century Workshop, Wood Street, Doncaster

Workshop built around 1800, and surrounded by contemporary structures, probably domestic tenements. The workshop was probably built as an extension to an earlier building on Wood Street.

Y

05020/01 Roman to Post-Medieval Activity, Hallgate, Doncaster

A Roman ditch terminus or pit was identified during excavations on this site. There was "considerable truncation of the [Roman] deposits here during the medieval and post-medieval periods." A substantial plough soil horizon covered the site dating to the medieval period, and a contemporary cobbled surface was interpreted as a pathway between open strip fields. It has previously been thought that the pre-18th century activity on Hall Gate was confined to the street frontage, but 16th century structures were located further from the road.

Y

05023/01 Medieval Pottery Kiln, Wood Street

Pottery kiln identified on excavations at Wood Street is the same type as others found in the Hall Gate area. The ceramic material found in the kiln and associated features suggests a 1th-12th century date.

Y

05029/01 Roman linear features, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Three wide, parallel ditches of Roman date probably represent parts of the town defences at different periods. A gully and a number of pits were also recovered, as well as an unstratified coin hoard. The north-eastern ditch appears to date to around the mid-2nd century. The central ditch, with a V-shaped profile, dated to the mid-4th century. The SW ditch contained a 4th century assemblage of pottery with residual earlier pottery.

Y

05378/01 Late Upper Paleolithic point, St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Obliquely blunted point (angle backed blade) in a fine dark grey translucent flint. Similar to finds at Creswell. Found in shallow undated feature near a Roman gully.

Y

05384/01 Medieval lime slaking pit, Hallgate, Doncaster

Several pits, including one clay-lined and another containing lime-rich deposits. This latter interpreted as having been used to mix lime mortar.

Y

05488/01 Medieval features at St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Medieval features identified during a 1976 excavation, possibly associated with the Carmelite Friary, included four ovens, three stone-lined and two with a distinct keyhole shape. A stone-lined well and a number of pits, one stone-lined and with an associated culvert, a small kiln or hearth and a number of gullies were also encountered.

Y

05489/01 Medieval road, off High Street, Doncaster

A medieval road, massively constructed, interpreted as being part of the primary development of the town in this area during the first half of the 12th century. Between 1350-1538 it probably lay within the grounds of the Carmelite Friary [PIN00422/01].

Y

05490/01 Roman remains, High Street,

Roman remains excavated in 1976-7, sealed by a 12th century road surface. The features consisted of a construction trench

Y



Doncaster and possible wall foundations, along with the remains of a surface and several post holes or small pits. The Roman features were mid-late 2nd century.

05491/01 Roman features, Cleveland Street, Doncaster

A layer and pits containing Roman pottery. Excavated in 1992. Details of pottery not known.

Y

05654/01 WWI practice trenches, Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations at Waterdale in 2010-11 revealed trenches originally revetted with wood and built to British army specifications. These may have been practice trenches excavated by local units, to assist with recruitment exercises.

Y

05655/01 Roman cremation and inhumation cemetery, Waterdale

Evaluations in 2008-10 and excavation in 2010 established the presence of a Roman cremation cemetery, containing 20-30 individuals, of 1st-2nd century date was recorded. There were several cremation urns and pottery and glass vessels, many associated with votive offerings, as well as ceramic lamps, evidence of ritual feasting, pyre remains and melted glass vessels. Amphorae associated with the burials indicate that olive oil was used in some quantity, and charred remains of a number of imported fruits were identified. Two inhumation burials of 3rd/4th century date were also recorded. Early post-medieval extractive pits (see PIN 05657) to the northwest of the cemetery complex contained residual Roman material so it is possible the cemetery once extended into that area.

Y

05656/01 Probable Iron Age pit, Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations at Waterdale in 2010-11 identified a pit containing a residual bladelet (probably Neolithic) and a single sherd of Iron Age pottery. It was cut by a Roman pit.

Y

05657/01 Late/Post medieval features, Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations at Waterdale in 2010-11 revealed extractive pits for sand and gravel and an L-shaped line of post holes. The post holes contained pottery of Roman to medieval date, and are likely to represent a fence line or other agricultural feature of possible medieval date.

Y

ESY33 Evaluation at Baxtergate, Doncaster

A series of evaluation trenches on Baxtergate within the historic core of Doncaster. The SMR record for this site suggests the remains of a medieval building were revealed.

Y

ESY746 Archaeological Excavation at Yates's Wine Lodge Doncaster

An archaeological excavation was undertaken in advance of site redevelopment, in an area of recently demolished buildings. Cellarage had truncated the south-eastern part of the site to 1.8m below modern ground level, while the remainder of the site comprised rough ground. No details of results.

Y

ESY747 Archaeological Evaluation at 20-28 Cleveland Street

The site lay at the heart of medieval Doncaster, close to the reputed position of the medieval town ditch. The trial excavation in this area in foundations [seems like a chunk of words is missing here]. Romano-British features were also recorded.

Y

ESY839 Archaeological Building Appraisal at 8-9 Hall Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Building appraisal was undertaken prior to the demolition of printing works and erection of a new office building. The rear wing of 9 Hallgate is listed and will be subject to alterations. The two 19th century buildings probably relate to manufacture and administration. A late 20th-century extension was associated with the print works. An archaeological watching brief is recommended during the demolition of the 19th-century buildings.

Y

ESY840 Archaeological Evaluation at 58-59 Hallgate, Doncaster

An archaeological evaluation of seven trial trenches was undertaken in advance of redevelopment. Three trenches contained 19th-century deposits which destroyed or prevented access to earlier layers. Three contained features of post-medieval date. One trench revealed a sequence of

Y



occupation including a Roman pit, a medieval plough soil horizon, and post-medieval garden levels and floor surfaces. As a result, a watching brief was required on development.

ESY841 Archaeological Excavation at Hallgate, Doncaster

An archaeological excavation recovered evidence for three phases of activity during the Roman and medieval periods. These include use of the site as a 1st/2nd-century cemetery and cremation site, and the medieval production of pottery. In each case it is clear that the activities represented also extended into the surrounding areas.

Y

ESY849 Archaeological Evaluation on land off Hallgate/Wood street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological field evaluation to the rear of 53 Hallgate and 9 Wood Street revealed a multi-phase occupation of the site. The SMR record suggests Roman inhumations and cremations were found, probably the edge of a cemetery. Later Roman features cut the cremations.

Y

ESY850 Report on a second Phase Excavation of Archaeological remains on land off Wood Street, Doncaster

A second phase archaeological investigation on land off Wood Street, Doncaster aimed to investigate more fully a number of features of Roman date. This revealed what is believed to be part of a Romano-British settlement site of probably 2nd century date.

Y

ESY851 Evaluation 10-14A Hallgate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Archaeological evaluation encountered Roman to post-medieval activity, as well as a wattle fence and ditch sealed by the Roman road that may be prehistoric, although in the absence of artefacts this is unconfirmed. The Roman road, with at least seven phases of cobbles, was situated to the north of the present street frontage. Two clay-lined pits, other discrete pits and post-holes were medieval, while further post-holes and brick cellars represented post-medieval disturbance.

Y

ESY853 Further Archaeological investigations at 58-59 Hallgate, Doncaster

The watching brief took place intermittently and covered an area considerably greater than that originally investigated as part of the evaluation. Several phases of late medieval and post medieval occupation and activity were identified, including stone buildings of 16th- and 17th-century origins, one of which had been modified to include a possible oven. More intensive development occurred in the late 18th century, with the construction of cellared brick and limestone buildings.

Y

ESY871 An Archaeological Watching Brief within the 'St. Leger Tavern', Silver Street, Doncaster

A watching brief during refurbishment, with the monitoring of two foundation holes for column bases in the cellar, and four trenches for drainage at ground floor level. Made ground was encountered below the existing surfaces, and nothing of archaeological interest was recorded.

Y

ESY872 Archaeological Watching Brief Report, at Priory Walk, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Archaeological monitoring of two geo-technical pits observed a stone structure associated with two deposits of domestic waste, one of which was dated to the late medieval or early post-medieval period. These were sealed by two layers of demolition material, the uppermost dated to the later 17th century. The archaeological potential of the site is considered to be medium to high.

Y

ESY873 Archaeological Watching Brief at Priory Walk, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological watching brief undertaken at Priory Walk, Doncaster revealed the remains of a well of unknown date to the south of the site and a probable Victorian culvert to the northeast of the area. Later remains relating to the foundations and cellarage of post-medieval and modern buildings were found across the majority of the site.

Y

ESY874 Archaeological Building Recording at Doncaster College, Waterdale,

Drawn and photographic building survey. The Chequer Road Boys Elementary School was built to a central hall design so that pupils could gather for special occasions. The 1926 Girls and Infants building adopted elements of the more hygienic

Y



Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Pavilion ventilated style of building. The 1910 High School for Girls had elements of the new thinking and a more ornate façade. The 1958 Technical College was built to serve the mining and engineering industries in and around Doncaster.

ESY877 Report on an Archaeological Evaluation on Land off Wood Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

An archaeological evaluation in association with construction of a five-storey office block involved one trial trench, due to the extent of disturbance from 19th-century buildings. This contained remains dated to the Romano-British period.

Y

ESY1028 Building Appraisal of 10-14A Hall Gate, Doncaster

Photographic survey of building to look for archaeological potential noted extensive damage of the buildings by fire. The building included the former 1920s Odeon Cinema and Art Deco shop fronts, as well as a former three-storey townhouse.

Y

ESY1032 Trial trenching off Cleveland Street, Car Park, Doncaster

Four trenches were excavated between Priory Walk and Cleveland Street. In the southern part of the area a large ditch was recorded, running roughly along the line of Printing Office Street. This was dated to the 13th century or earlier, as were a number of pits. In the central area were a number of rubble filled pits. A pit containing Roman pottery was also recorded.

Y

ESY1035 Priory Walk Watching Brief

Watching Brief revealed no late Medieval/early post-Medieval deposits identified in previous watching briefs.

Y

ESY1038 Excavation at St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

Excavation revealed Roman features including three wide ditches probably representing vicus defences, pits, a gully and a coin hoard. Medieval features included four ovens, a well, a stone-lined pit and culvert and several rubbish or cess pits. No evidence for buildings or burgage plots was identified.

Y

ESY1047 5,7,8 and 10 High Street, Doncaster

Excavations of foundation pits and trenches of the new building's footprint. The majority of archaeology was Roman, including building remains, wells, gullies and pits. A rare double inhumation burial was also found, as well as the edge of the Lincoln-York Roman road and ditch. Amongst the medieval and post-medieval features was a possible copper smelting pit, a limekiln, four wells and stone walls with fine ashlar masonry. The medieval finds were largely pottery and animal bone.

Y

ESY1049 Excavation at The Subscription Rooms, High Street, Doncaster

Archaeological excavation during redevelopment revealed a gravel access road to the Carmelite Friary overlying and sealing Roman remains comprising a construction trench and possible wall foundations, the remains of a surface and post holes or small pits with finds of mid-late 2nd century date. An open fronted building, possibly 13th-14th century, was constructed over the 12th-century road and extended in the 15th and 16th centuries. A late medieval building contained a malting oven, and cattle horn cores suggested a horner's workshop.

Y

ESY1050 37-45 Printing Office Street, Doncaster

Archaeological evaluation associated with redevelopment of 37-45 Printing Office Street was restricted to a single open area to the rear of demolished properties due to extensive cellarage. Pottery recovered ranged in date from the 12th to the 18th centuries. The remains of two stone walls and a stone post were thought to be post-medieval.

Y


Y

ESY1052 Hallgate Kiln, Bradford Row 1964-5

A medieval pottery kiln was discovered to the northeast of Hall Gate during excavations in 1964 and 1965, prior to the construction of the Bradford Row shopping centre. Also pits containing pottery wasters, from late 12th to early 14th

Y



century date.

ESY1368 Watching brief conducted during demolition of buildings at 8-9 Hall Gate, Doncaster

A watching brief was undertaken during demolition of buildings to the rear of the frontage, consisting of a brick gabled building and a 20th century extension. Limited ground reduction precluded an assessment of the below ground archaeological potential.

Y

ESY1478 Evaluations at Waterdale, Doncaster

Trial trenching and a borehole survey were undertaken in 2008, identifying a probable Roman ditch and 19th-20th century military practice trenches, as well as truncation from modern landscaping. In 2010 further trenching recorded at least two Roman cremation burials were recorded, along with apparently unstratified Roman finds and further remains of the WWI practice trenches.

Y

ESY1479 Excavations at Waterdale, Doncaster

Excavations ahead of redevelopment revealed a cremation cemetery of 1st-2nd century date, containing 20-30 individuals, along with a small number of inhumations of 3rd/4th century date. Post-medieval features included mineral extraction pits and WWI trenches used during recruitment exercises.

Y



HSY5911 Waterdale and Colonnades Centres, Doncaster Shopping Centre Y Y

HSY5805 High Street/ Frenchgate historic plot area, Doncaster


HSY5817 Market place south and eastern sides, Doncaster


HSY5823 Priory Place, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5824 Banks and telephone Exchange, Doncaster Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY5825 Bar and Restaurant, Cleveland Street, Doncaster


HSY5826 Bowers Fold (south west corner of Market Place), Doncaster


HSY5888 Doncaster College, University or College Y

HSY5909 Chequer Road School Buildings, Doncaster School Y

HSY5910 Doncaster College (Beechfield Park), Doncaster University or College Y

HSY5917 East Laithe Gate industrial area. Other Industry Y


HSY5919 South end of Hall Gate, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5920 Water Dale, Doncaster Car Park Y

HSY5921 South Parade, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5925 19th century terrace to the north west side of Waterdale, Doncaster

Terraced Housing Y

HSY5926 Crossgate House, Doncaster Civil & Municipal Buildings Y

HSY5927 Waterdale Swimming Baths, Doncaster Leisure Centre Y




Allocation Reference: 925 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land Off Highfield Road, Askern

Area (Ha): 1.777 NGR (centre): SE 56641 13379 Settlement: Askern





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - - Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 925 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land Off Highfield Road, Askern

Area (Ha): 1.777 NGR (centre): SE 56641 13379 Settlement: Askern


The SMR does not record any monuments or events within the site or the buffer zone.

No Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings are located within the site or the buffer zone.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project did not record any features within the site. Within the buffer zone, post-medieval ridge and furrow cultivation remains were recorded as cropmarks to the southwest of the site.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the site as part of an area characterised as part of a public park area associated with Askern Lake. The lake, in the western part of the buffer, may be a naturally-formed water body in an area historically subject to waterlogging, and may have been landscaped during the spa town phase in the 18th to 19th centuries. The site itself is divided from the main part of the park by a railway line and does not appear to form part of the recreation grounds. Further character zones within the buffer include an industrial area to the southwest, with the principal complex being a sawmill, the urban commercial core of Askern at the northwest edge; late 19th-century townhouses and early 20th-century terraces at the northern edge, a school and planned miners' housing estates to the north and northeast; and drained wetland at Askern Common to the southeast.

The most recent aerial imagery (2015) shows the site as part of a field in rough grass vegetation, bounded to the west by the railway line and to the north by modern housing.


The site formed part of Askern Common at the time of Thomas Jefferys’ 1771 map of Yorkshire. The majority of the site was shown as part of a larger field on the 1818 Campsall, Norton and Askern enclosure plan, while small areas of adjacent fields extended into the site at the east and northwest. The 1818 enclosure boundaries had been removed by 1854, when the site was shown as within a single field, in almost its current layout, with the Yorkshire and Lancashire Railway along the western boundary. By 1932, the field had been divided into two by a north-south aligned boundary. By 1961, it was a single field again, with a house built in the northeast corner by 1975, just outside the site boundary.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map shows the area surrounding the site to the east and north as regular, mainly narrow enclosures formerly part of Askern Common. Rushy Moor Lane ran through the buffer to the east of the site and Askern Common Road to the north. A watercourse to the south of the site was marked ‘Mill Goit’ in 1818 and Mill Dike in 1854, and probably channelled water to Askern Mill to the northeast. A National School and a cottage were shown to the south of the latter road. Askern Lake was depicted at the western edge of the buffer, along with several spa baths and a lounge. By 1893, further housing was shown to the north and south of Askern Common Road, and a Methodist chapel and Sunday School. Further housing was shown in this area by 1932, and continuing east along the road. The spa baths were no longer shown at that date. A small tennis ground was shown in a field to the east of the site. By 1961, housing had extended up to the northern edge of the site, and a recreation ground was shown to the east. To the west of the railway was a further playing field adjacent to the lake, with an area of raised ground or spoil tipping to the south. The housing to the north of the site may have been pre-fabs, as this area had mostly been cleared by 1975. The recreation ground to the west of the railway had extended south by that date, and a house called Greenacres was shown in the corner of the field containing the site. New housing had been built to the north of the site by 1986.

Survival:

There has been no recorded sub-surface disturbance within the site on any of the historic maps or aerial photographs. Any use for arable cultivation may have caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits, but in general the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeology is considered to be moderate.





Significance:

Unknown.

Note: This site represents half of site 303.


The 2002 aerial photograph shows the site as a field, which had been mowed and may have been used for hay cultivation. It was crossed by several footpaths. The field to the east and the area west of the railway were shown as recreation grounds. By 2008, the vegetation was rough grass and it remained unchanged by 2015. There is no Lidar coverage for this site.


Google Earth: 2002, 2008, 2009 & 2015.

Photographs transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone mapping project: RAF/541/31 3407 18-May-1948.



HSY365 Askern Lake Public Park Y Y

HSY354 Askern Town Centre Commercial Core-Urban Y

HSY356 Terraced housing to the east of Askern village Terraced Housing Y

HSY364 Askern Mather / Sawmill Other Industry Y

HSY368 Late 19th century villas and townhouses in Askern.


HSY370 1930s semi detached housing along Moss Road Askern, Doncaster

Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY372 Askern Common planned estate Planned Estate (Social Housing) Y

HSY4370 Former Askern Common, Askern, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y

HSY5700 Askern Moss Road, Doncaster School Y



Allocation Reference: 929

Allocation Type: Housing

Site Name: Land north of Cadeby Road, Sprotbrough

Area (Ha): 2.85

NGR (centre): SE 5328 0188

Settlement: Sprotbrough





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone

Scheduled Monument - -

Listed Building - -

SMR record/event 1 record 4 records/1 event

Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes

Cartographic features of interest No Yes

Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a





Site Name: Land north of Cadeby Road, Sprotborough

Area (Ha): 2.85


Settlement: Sprotbrough

Site assessment

Known assets/character:

The SMR records one monument within the northern half of the site and extending into the buffer: an Iron Age-

Roman complex of large enclosures, trackways and field systems, though only one of these features is recorded

by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project to the north of the site. With the buffer, the SMR records

one findspot and two further monuments. A Roman coin was found to the northeast of the site and a medieval

wayside cross base of possible medieval date is located to the northwest. A further medieval stone cross was

recorded on Cadeby Road to the south of the site, but no remains of this survive. One event is recorded within

the western part of the buffer: a geophysical survey that revealed remains corresponding to the enclosures and

field systems recorded as cropmarks. Just outside the western edge of the buffer, archaeological survey at Scabba

Wood recorded banks, ditches and an enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site or the buffer zone.

Though extensive cropmarks are reported by the SMR, most have not been recorded by the Magnesian

Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project, which only shows a trackway in the

northwest part of the buffer zone and levelled ridge and furrow in the northeast part.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the site and much of the southern part of the buffer as strip fields

with curving boundaries characteristic of the piecemeal enclosure of open field. Further character zones within

the buffer include agglomerated fields to the northwest where 20th

-century boundary loss has led to a

fragmentary legibility of former piecemeal enclosure, modern private housing estates to the east and northeast,

a modern school to the southeast, and a modern quarry to the south.

Three areas of historic landfill within former railway cuttings are recorded in the south and east buffer zone.

The site is an arable field on the west side of Sprotbrough. Modern housing estates are located to the east.


The present-day site boundary was extant at the time of the 1854 Ordnance Survey map. A rectangular building

was shown in the southern part of the site in 1930. Its function us unknown. The building remained extant in

1948, but was not shown in 1956. No further changes were shown within the site on the 1980 OS map.

Within the buffer zone, the remains of a stone cross, Toecroft Farm and several ironstone quarries were shown in

1854, along with Melton Road, Folder Lane, Scabba Wood Cottage and two rectangular ponds, New Lane, a

school, several houses, a rectory, Sprotbrough Boat Lane and Sprotbrough Plantation. The remains of a second

stone cross were marked in the southern part of the buffer on the 1892 map, while Sprotbrough Station and the

South Yorkshire Junction Railway had been constructed through this part of the buffer by 1903 and a new quarry

was shown in this area in 1956. Houses had been built adjacent to the southeast site boundary by the latter date.

Sprotbrough Copley School had been built in the eastern part of the buffer by 1980.

Survival:

The site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Modern cultivation may have caused

some truncation to sub-surface deposits, but the presence of cropmark features within the site suggests that the

potential for the survival of buried archaeology is high.


Further archaeological investigations will be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Unknown. Remains of Iron Age to Roman agricultural activity and settlement could be considered to be of up to

Regional archaeological significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.



Aerial Photographs & Lidar

Summary:

The site is shown as a field largely in arable cultivation on the 2002-2015 aerial imagery. Cropmark features are

visible within the site on the 2002 image. These are likely to be part of the cropmark complex recorded in the

northern part of the site by the SMR, though the photograph shows these also extending into the southern part

of the site. These features, which are not recorded by the SMR or the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping

Project, are smaller than the field enclosures to the north and may be settlement enclosures. Lidar data does not

show any earthwork features within the site.

Photograph references:

Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015.

Photos transcribed by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project:

Trackway: SE5202/5 NMR 12861/9 25-Jul-1996. Ridge and furrow: RAF/CPE/UK/1880 5096 06-Dec-1946.

Lidar: SE5301 SE5302 DTM 1m.

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


00058/01 Iron Age or Romano-

British complex of large

rectangular enclosures,

trackways and field

systems, Sprotbrough

A group of particularly interesting cropmarks, consisting of

a sub-rectangular enclosure, and rectangular enclosure,

trackway and field boundaries.

Y Y

00402/01 Possible medieval

wayside cross base,

Sprotbrough

Socketed base of a probably medieval wayside cross,

possibly moved during road widening measures.

Y

00412/01 Site of a medieval

stone cross, Cadeby Rd,

Sprotbrough

Site of a cross, no remains. Y

02631/01 Roman coin find,

Sprotbrough

A Roman coin, denarius of Trajan, Rome mint, dated to

101-2 AD.

Y

ESY442 Geophysical survey on

land near Scabba Wood

In March and November 1994 a geophysical survey was

undertaken by the Doncaster Group of the Yorkshire

Archaeological Society. The survey demonstrated a close

association between cropmarks shown on aerial

photographs and the geophysical survey.

Y

SMR Historic Environment Characterisation

Reference

ID


HSY4284 Land between Sprotborough and King Hengist

Rein, Sprotborough, Doncaster

Strip Fields Y Y

HSY4262 Land west of Sprotborough village, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY5100 Speculative estates to the west of

Sprotborough, Doncaster






Site Name: Land between Lindrick Lane & Worksop Rd, Tickhill

Area (Ha): 1.31

NGR (centre): SK 5328 9249

Settlement: Tickhill





Summary



Listed Building - 4

SMR record/event 1 record 9 records/2 events








Site Name: Land between Lindrick Lane & Worksop Rd, Tickhill

Area (Ha): 1.31


Settlement: Tickhill

Site assessment


There is one SMR record within the eastern part of the site: a disused limestone quarry. Six monuments, three

findspots and two events are recorded in the buffer. An Iron Age to Roman enclosure and field boundary are

recorded as cropmarks at the western edge, whilst to the northwest a Roman artefact scatter was found near the

site of the medieval Tickhill Friary (grade II* listed). An archway at the Friary and Friary Cottage are also recorded

in this area, and the two events recorded are evaluations undertaken at the Friary site, neither of which

encountered significant medieval remains. In the northeast part of the buffer, findspots of a medieval arrowhead

and a medieval silver coin are recorded, A disused post-medieval limestone quarry is located near the north edge

of the buffer, and the grade II* listed Lindrick House is located at the northeast edge.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site. Within the buffer there are two Grade II*

listed buildings: the Friary and Friary Close, and Lindrick House, and two grade II listed buildings: an arch set in

the Friary wall and Brook House, all located towards the northern edge of the buffer.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records levelled

ridge and furrow within the northern part of the site. The project recorded the Iron to Roman enclosure and field

boundary at the western edge of the buffer, and further levelled ridge and furrow to the north and east of the

site.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as agglomerated fields, part of a

small but well-preserved area of piecemeal enclosure with no legibility of earlier open field. Character zones

within the buffer include part of a large area of agglomerated fields in the western half, consolidated from

furlongs in open fields, with only fragmentary legibility of the open field landscape surviving through place-name

evidence. Housing at the northeast edge includes mid-19th

-century terraced row housing and detached houses

with modern infill, and to the northwest is villa housing incorporating the remains of the medieval Tickhill Friary

complex. To the immediate north and north of the site is a modern private housing estate.

The site is The site is currently two grassed fields, possibly used for hay cultivation, with hedged boundaries. A

modern housing estate is located to the north-east.


The present-day field boundary across the centre of the site was extant at the time of the 1854 Ordnance Survey

map. A disused quarry was shown along the site’s eastern boundary with Lindrick Lane at that date. The quarry

had been infilled by 1892. A small plot in the northwest part of the site had been demarcated by a field boundary

by 1948. No further changes were shown within the site on OS maps produced up to 1992.

Within the buffer zone, Tickhill Friary, a limestone quarry, Friary Lane, Lindrick House, Lindrick Lane, orchards and

an area of fields named ‘King’s Closes’ were shown on the 1854 OS map. A cave was marked in the northwest

part of the buffer in 1903, while Lindrick Farm was shown in 1922. Houses had been built immediately to the

north of the site by 1948, with further housing to the northeast by 1967 and a new housing estate to the north by

1981. No substantive changes were shown within the buffer on the 1993 OS map.

Survival:

The site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Modern cultivation activity may have

caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits, but in general, the potential for the survival of buried

archaeological remains is considered to be moderate. A small area on the eastern side of the site has been

quarried, and the archaeological potential within the footprint of the quarry is negligible. Iron Age to Roman and

medieval activity have been recorded in the buffer.


Further archaeological investigations are likely to be required if the site is brought forward for development.



Significance:

Unknown. A consideration of the impacts of development within the site on the setting of listed buildings at

Tickhill Friary may be required.


Summary:

A 2002 aerial photograph shows the site unchanged from the 1992 OS map, with the exception of a small number

of sheds and areas of informal dumping immediately adjacent to the northwest boundary. No changes were

visible within the site on an aerial photograph taken in 2012. No ridge and furrow remains are visible on the

recent vertical imagery, and there is no available Lidar data for the site.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012.


Enclosure and field boundaries: SK5892/7 NMR 17286/28 08-Jul-1999.

Ridge and furrow: RAF/CPE/UK/1880 3358 06-Dec-1946; RAF/58/1891F21 0019 14-Oct-1955.

Statutory Designations

Reference

ID

Name Designation/

Grade

Site? Buffer?

1151668 Arch set in garden wall south west of the Friary II Y

1191433 Lindrick House II* Y

1191449 Brook House II Y

1286862 The Friary and Friary Close II* Y

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


04981 Prehistoric to

Romano-British

Enclosure, Friars

Hill Closes, Tickhill

A trapezoidal enclosure and two field boundaries recorded as

cropmarks.

Y

00222/01 Tickhill Medieval

Friary

Two ranges of buildings incorporating medieval work. Founded

c.1260 and incorporated into a house probably c.1663. Ian

Stead of Doncaster Archaeology Society was informed by the

groundsman that graves were uncovered during the

construction of the tennis courts. They were apparently

quickly covered up again.

Y

00222/02 Archway at Tickhill

Friary

Arch set in garden wall s w of the friary. Ashlar, two centred

double bowtell mouldings, set with dogtooth ornament.

Probably re-sited as it appears in 1810 engraving a few yards

further north and on the other axis.

Y

00483/01 and

03903/01

Medieval Silver

Coin Find, 10

Lindrick Close,

Tickhill

Silver halfpenny of Robert II of Scotland found in the garden of

10 Lindrick Close.

Y

01890/01 Romano-British

Pottery Scatter at

A scatter of Roman period pottery is reported to have come

from south of the valley at Friars Hill Closes, Tickhill.

Y



Friars Hill Closes,

Tickhill

03920/01 Lindrick House,

Tickhill

Early 18th

century. Shown on a 1724 plan of the Sandbeck

estate. Rendered rubble. Ashlar dressings. Hipped modern

pantile roof. Two storeys. Five bays. Quoins.

Y

04058/01 Limestone Quarry,

Lindrick Lane,

Tickhill

Shown on 1854 1st edition O.S. map (limestone extraction). Y

04065/01 Post-Medieval

Limestone Quarry,

Worksop Road,

Tickhill

Limestone quarry recorded on the 1854 1st edition O.S. map. Y

04071/01 Medieval

Arrowhead Find,

Lindrick Lane,

Tickhill

Socketed iron arrowhead with part of shaft. Y

04529/01 Friary Cottage (land

off), Tickhill

The area was cleared and a trench dug. which subsequently

revealed very few finds of any date, i.e., only one medieval

sherd and eight modern sherds. There was no bone or glass

and only 10 to 15 fragments of modern brick. In addition to

this, there was very little charcoal, thus giving the trench the

appearance of a peripheral location, in direct contrast to its

actual location.

Y

ESY30 Trial Trenching at

The Friary,

Rotherham Road

In February 2001 a programme of trail trenching was

undertaken at The Friary. The results exposed the top surface

of a 19th century or 20th century brick-built vaulted structure,

which is probably a cistern, drain or possibly a cellar.

Y

ESY540 Archaeological

Evaluation of land

within the grounds

of Tickhill Friary

In November 1992 an evaluation of land within the grounds of

Tickhill Friary was undertaken. No significant remains were

recorded.

Y


Reference

ID


HSY5500 Junction of Worksop Road / Lindrick Lane,

Tickhill, Doncaster

Agglomerated fields Y Y

HSY4292 Stump Cross Lane, Tickhill, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY5478 Lindrick Close, Tickhill, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5493 Lindrick Square, Tickhill, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5494 Lindrick, Tickhill, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y

HSY5496 Tickhill Friary, Tickhill, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y



Allocation Reference: 931 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Warren Farm, Dunsville

Area (Ha): 1.91 NGR (centre): SE 6464 0770 Settlement: Hatfield-Stainforth





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 1 record Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes Yes Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low n/a



Allocation Reference: 931 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land at Warren Farm, Dunsville



The SMR records no monuments, findspots or events within the site. One findspot is recorded in the buffer zone: a 4th-century Roman coin found at the western edge.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records a sub-oval ditched enclosure within the northern part of the site, and possible ditches adjacent. The enclosure is interpreted as being of prehistoric or Roman date. A large 20th-century sand and gravel extraction pit is recorded in the buffer, to the immediate southeast of the site.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and most of the south and southwest part of the buffer as drained wetland, enclosed in 1774 by Parliamentary Award. The area has seen a loss of hedged boundaries, but the drainage pattern preserves some of the character of the Parliamentary Enclosure landscape. Further character zones within the buffer zone comprise a gravel quarry to the southeast and modern private housing to the north.

The majority of the site is a grassed field located on the south side of Dunsville. Two modern houses and the Warren Farm access road are within the western part of the site.


The site was shown as a part of two fields on the 1854 OS map, with the northern side bounded by the Doncaster and Thorne turnpike road. An access track to Warren Farm crossed the site, but the field boundaries were at a diagonal angle to those extant in the present day. The current western boundary had been established by 1930. The eastern boundary of the site was extant by 1948, and Warren House had been built at the western edge of the site by 1962, when the field boundary crossing the site had been removed. No further changes were shown within the site on the 1991 OS map.

Within the buffer zone, Warren Farm, Warren Holt, fields, the ‘Dutch Dyke’ land drain, Spring Hill Well, Spring Hill Plantation and the Park Lane turnpike road were shown on the 1854 OS map. Houses had been built to the north and northeast of the site by 1930, with areas of sand and gravel extraction also shown in those areas. Further housing and mineral extraction areas were shown in 1948 and 1956 and a bus depot in 1967. Further housing had been constructed by 1991.

Survival:

The site was fields in 1854 and, with the exception of the two modern houses and the modern farm access road, has remained undeveloped since that time. Agricultural activity may have caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains on the site is considered to be moderate. A sub-oval enclosure and ditches are recorded as cropmarks within the site, possibly of prehistoric to Roman date.



Significance:

If the enclosure within the site is associated with prehistoric to Roman settlement, or prehistoric ritual activity, it could be considered to be of Regional significance.




Twenty-first century aerial photography shows that two houses had been built in the northwest part of the site by 2002. The site is a grassed field, possibly used for hay cultivation. No further changes were shown within the site on an aerial photograph taken in 2015. Lidar data records no earthworks of archaeological significance within the site.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2015. Lidar SE6407 1m DTM.


Prehistoric to Roman enclosure: OS/92255 0102 20-Jul-1992.

Sand & gravel extraction: OS/78051 0102 25-May-1978; OS/92255 0104 20-Jul-1992.



01827/01 Roman Coin, Dunsville

Small 4th-century bronze House of Constantine, largely illegible but probably Constantine I. Found in garden of 181 High Street, Dunsville.

Y



HSY4509 West Moor, Armthorpe, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y Y

HSY4628 Dunsville gravel quarry, Doncaster Quarry Y

HSY4731 'Park Lane' / High Street, Dunscroft. Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4733 'Saints' Estate, Hatfield, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4734 St Georges Avenue, Orchard Close, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y




Allocation Type: Employment

Site Name: Site 1, Land at West Moor Farm, Armthorpe

Area (Ha): 71.32


Settlement: Armthorpe





Summary



Listed Building - 2

SMR record/event - 2 records/1 event


Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes







Area (Ha): 71.32



Site assessment


There are no SMR records within the site. One findspot, one monument and one event are recorded in the buffer

zone. A 4th

-century Roman coin was found in a garden to the north of the site, whilst an Iron Age to Roman

farmstead complex has been recorded as cropmarks to the south. This is not included on the Magnesian

Limestone mapping project and is recorded only as a point on the SMR, so the extent of the cropmark complex is

unclear, and it is possible that it continues into the site. At the northeast edge of the buffer, archaeological

investigations undertaken at Lings Farm included trial trenching and open area excavation on an Iron Age to

Romano-British enclosure, trackway and field system.

There are no Scheduled Monuments or listed buildings within the site. Two Grade II listed buildings are recorded

at the northwest edge of the buffer zone: a milepost and Wyndthorpe Hall.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project does not record any

features within the site. Within the buffer, an area of 20th

-century sand and gravel extraction is shown to the

immediate northeast of the site.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and much of the buffer as drained

wetland, enclosed in 1774 by Parliamentary Award. The area has seen a loss of hedged boundaries, but the

drainage pattern preserves some of the character of the Parliamentary Enclosure landscape. Further character

areas in the buffer zone comprise the grounds of Wyndthorpe Hall at the northwest corner, a gravel quarry to the

east, and modern private housing to the north.

The site is an area of fields located on the south side of Sprotbrough. A modern housing estate is located to the

north.


In 1854, the site was fields belonging to Warren Farm. The farm stood in the northern part of the site, while the

fields were crossed by ‘Dutch Dyke’, a substantial land drain. Given its name, this feature may have been

constructed by Cornelius Vermuyden, the Dutch engineer responsible for many of the major drainage schemes in

the Doncaster area. A well and a plantation were also marked within the site in 1854. With the exception of

several new buildings that had been constructed at Warren Farm by 1967, no substantive changes were shown

within the site on Ordnance Survey maps produced up to 1993.

Within the buffer zone, the area surrounding the site was mostly fields in 1854, with the exception of the north-

west area, which included part of the grounds of Park Lane Hall and Pike Pool Farm. Park Lane Farm, Park Lane

Cottages, the Park Lane turnpike road, West Moor Lane, West Moor Drain, Armitage Road, Rake Bridge and Rake

Bridge Farm were all extant by 1854. Park Lane Hall had been renamed ‘Wyndthorpe Hall’ by 1934. Pike Pool

Farm had been demolished by that date, while a housing estate had been constructed in the northern part of the

buffer and gravel extraction was taking place in the eastern part of the buffer. This had been extended

substantially by 1967, when several gravel pits, some water-filled, were shown. A bus depot had been

constructed in the northern part of the buffer by that date. Sand pits were shown within the buffer in 1982.

Survival:

The site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Modern cultivation activity may have

caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits, however, remains of Iron Age to Roman farmsteads and field

systems have been recorded in the immediate vicinity, potentially extending into the site. The potential for the

survival of buried archaeological remains on the site is therefore considered to be moderate to high. The extent

of survival of any historic buildings at Warren Farm is currently unknown.





Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman settlement and field systems could be of up to regional

significance depending on their extent, nature and condition. Some consideration of the impact of development

on the setting of the nearby listed Wyndthorpe Hall may be required.


Summary:

Recent aerial imagery records the site as fields in arable cultivation, with Warren Farm in the northwest part of

the site, including several modern barns or sheds. Linear features were visible within the site, immediately to the

south of Dutch Dyke, on a 2009 aerial photograph. These do not follow the alignments of any field boundaries

that are shown on OS maps from 1854 and they may be associated with the Iron Age to Roman field system

recorded to the south. A 2015 aerial photograph shows that the site was unchanged from the 1993 OS map.

Lidar data covers the northern part of the site and a small area along the eastern site boundary. With the

exception of field boundaries and tracks, Lidar does not show any features within the site.




Sand & gravel extraction: OS/78051 0102 25-May-1978; OS/92255 0104 20-Jul-1992.

Lidar: DTM 1m SE6507 & SE6407.

Statutory Designations

Reference

ID

Name Designation/

Grade

Site? Buffer?

1151580 Wyndthorpe Hall II Y

1314827 Milepost approximately 40 metres to west of entrance to

Wyndthorpe Hall

II Y

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


01827/01 Roman Coin,

Dunsville

Small 4th century bronze House of Constantine, largely

illegible but probably Constantine I. Found in garden of 181

High Street, Dunsville.

Y

03358/01 Iron Age or

Romano-British

Enclosures,

Edenthorpe

Iron Age or Romano-British complex of small conjoined

enclosures within PIN 1251. Probably represents a "farm".

Y

ESY98 Excavations at Lings

Farm, Dunsville,

Doncaster

A mixture of small open area excavation and smaller,

evaluation type, trenches were excavated (Iron Age to Roman

enclosure, field system, trackway).

Y




Reference

ID




HSY4731 'Park Lane' / High Street, Dunscroft. Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4733 'Saints' Estate, Hatfield, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY4779 Wyndthorpe / Park Lane Hall, Doncaster Private Parkland Y






Area (Ha): 54.47







Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event 1 event 3 records/4 events

Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes








Area (Ha): 54.47



Site assessment


There are no monuments or findspots recorded on the SMR within the site. The eastern edge of the site and part

of the buffer was covered by archaeological evaluation and monitoring associated with a water pipeline, although

it is unclear whether any features were recorded within the site itself. Two monuments, one findspot and three

further events are recorded in the buffer zone. A Middle Bronze Age looped, socketed spearhead was found at

the northeast side, whilst to the immediate south of the site, geophysical survey associated with the pipeline

recorded features possibly associated with Iron Age to Roman fields. To the immediate northwest of the site is a

point marking Iron Age to Roman cropmark enclosures, possibly a farmstead, identified as cropmarks. These

features are not recorded by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial Mapping Project and their extent is unclear,

therefore it is possible that they extend into the site. Events within the buffer comprised geophysical survey on

the pipeline route and geophysical survey and trial trenching at Huggin Lakes, to the southeast, where the

remains of stock enclosures and a trackway of probable Iron Age to Roman date were recorded.



features within the site. A sand and gravel quarry extended into the northeast tip of the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the buffer as drained

wetland, largely enclosed in 1774 and 1825 by Parliamentary Award. The area has seen a loss of hedged

boundaries, but the road and drainage pattern preserves some of the character of the Parliamentary Enclosure

landscape. An area of modern sand and gravel extraction extends into the northeast tip of the site.

The site is a group of arable fields to the northeast of Armthorpe. The M18 is located along the eastern boundary.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as fields belonging to Rake Bridge Farm. The farm itself, Rake Bank, Middle

Lane, Rake Bank Drain, Pilkington’s Drain and Moor Hills Drain were shown within the site at that date. A

plantation had been established to the south of Rake Bridge Farm by 1930, but had been felled by 1948. Rake

Bank and Middle Lane were labelled ‘grass roads’ on the 1962 OS map. Rake Bridge Farm had been demolished

by 1993.

Within the buffer zone, Rake Bridge, Dutch Dyke, Woodhouse Sewer, Waterton Lane and Sheep Cote Lane were

marked on the 1854 OS map. Rake Bridge Plantation had been established in the northern part of the buffer zone

by 1894, while the M18 had been constructed through the eastern part of the buffer by 1982. No changes were

shown within the site on the 1986 OS map.

Survival:

The site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Some disturbance at the eastern edge

of the site may have occurred during the construction of the M18. Modern cultivation activity may have caused

some truncation to sub-surface deposits; however, remains of Iron Age to Roman farmsteads and field systems

have been recorded in the immediate vicinity, potentially extending into the site. The potential for the survival of

buried archaeological remains on the site is therefore considered to be moderate to high.



Significance:


significance depending on their extent, nature and condition.




Summary:

A 2002 aerial photograph shows the site unchanged from the 1986 OS map. No changes were visible within the

site on aerial photographs taken up to 2015. All the photos show the fields as in arable cultivation. No cropmarks

features were clearly visible on any of these recent photographs, but these do not appear to have been taken in

ideal conditions for the formation of cropmarks. There is no available Lidar data for the site.




Sand & gravel extraction: OS/92255 0104 20-Jul-1992

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


02737/01 Middle Bronze Age

Spearhead, Hatfield

Middle Bronze Age looped socketed bronze spearhead. Found

September 1982 on the surface of a field adjacent to dredge

upcast from West Moor Drain.

Y


Romano-British

Enclosures,

Edenthorpe

Iron Age or Romano-British complex of small conjoined

enclosures within PIN 1251. Probably represents a farmstead.

Y

04924 Partial remains of

undated field

system, Hatfield

Within area 6 of the Nutwell Geophysical Survey (see ESY643)

a series of anomalies were detected that may correspond to a

prehistoric field system, but they have yet to be proved to be

of archaeological origin.

Y

ESY641 Fluxgate

Gradiometer

Survey of Huggin

Lakes, Armthorpe

Detailed fluxgate gradiometer survey of several fields at

Huggin Lakes. In the southeast of the area ditches appearing to

comprise an old field system or possible settlement area were

detected. Other evidence of past agricultural practices was

detected in the form of old field boundaries, ploughing and

field drains or possible ridge and furrow cultivation.

Y

ESY643 Fluxgate

Gradiometer

Survey, Nutwell

Water Treatment

Works, Doncaster

Pipeline

A systematic gradiometer survey was carried out at several

locations along the route of a proposed water pipeline. The

pipeline runs east of Doncaster, for some 21km.

Y


Monitoring and

Trial Trenching at

Doncaster Water

Pipeline, South

Yorkshire

A programme of trial trenching and archaeological monitoring

was undertaken for Laing O'Rourke on behalf of Yorkshire

Water Services Ltd between April and November 2006 along

the route of a new water pipeline to the east of Doncaster

South Yorkshire.

Y

ESY1386 Trial trenching at

Huggin Lakes,

Armthorpe

Trial trenching at a site at Huggin Lakes in Armthorpe.

Romano-British enclosures, previously identified via

geophysical survey, were investigated. These small enclosures,

possibly associated with stock management, flanked a

trackway. Pottery of 2nd and 3rd century AD date was

recovered.

Y




Reference

ID



HSY4479 Former Carrs and Commons east of Hatfield,

Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y







Area (Ha): 13.67







Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event - 5 events

Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No

Cartographic features of interest No No







Area (Ha): 13.67



Site assessment


The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site. Five archaeological events are

recorded in the buffer zone. Geophysical survey and trial trenching at Huggin Lakes to the southeast of the site

revealed the remains of stock enclosures and a trackway of probable Iron Age to Roman date. Trial trenching and

archaeological monitoring were undertaken along the route of a water pipeline to the west. Geophysical survey

and trial trenching undertaken at Low Grounds Farm at the eastern tip of the buffer revealed two undated gullies

and numerous features that proved to be of natural origin.



features within the site or the buffer.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the buffer as drained wetland

largely enclosed in 1774 and 1825 by Parliamentary Award. The area has seen a loss of hedged boundaries, but

the road and drainage pattern preserves some of the character of the Parliamentary Enclosure landscape. A small

area at the eastern tip of the buffer was probably drained c.1639 as part of Vermuyden’s works on Hatfield

Chase.

The site is a group of arable fields to the northeast of Armthorpe. The M18 is located along the western boundary

of the site.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as fields in an area named ‘Waterton Carrs’. Moor Hills Drain ran through the

northern part of the site at that date. No substantive changes were shown within the site until 1982, when the

majority of the field boundaries had been removed.

Within the buffer zone, Waterton Farm, fields, Moor Hills and Waterton Road and an area named ‘Brick Hill Carrs’

were shown on the 1854 OS map. The M18 had been constructed along the western side of the site by 1982. Only

a single building remained at Waterton Farm by that date.

Survival:

The site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Some disturbance at the western edge


some truncation to sub-surface deposits, however, remains of Iron Age to Roman farmsteads and field systems

have been recorded in the immediate vicinity, potentially extending into the site. The potential for the survival of

buried archaeological remains on the site is therefore considered to be moderate to high.



Significance:




Summary:

A 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the layout of the site as unchanged from the 1986 OS map. The site

comprised fields in arable cultivation throughout this period. The 2002 and 2009 aerial photographs show linear



cropmark features to the immediate southeast of the site, possibly field boundaries associated with Iron Age to

Roman activity. The conditions within the site itself were unsuitable for the formation of cropmarks in 2002, but

the orientation of the boundaries to the south suggest they probably continue into the site. The 2009 photograph

shows linear cropmarks in the eastern half of the site, two of which are on a similar alignment to the current

fields and may be post-medieval boundaries removed in the 20th

century. The third is on a different alignment

and may be associated with the Iron Age to Roman field system. Again, conditions in the western half of the site

were not conducive to the visibility of cropmarks in 2009. There is no available Lidar data for the site.



SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


ESY253 Geophysical Survey

of Low Grounds

Farm

In May and September 2004 a geophysical survey was

conducted at Low Grounds Farm. The results indicated the

presence of former field systems and linear and pit type

anomalies of unknown date.

Y

ESY641 Fluxgate

Gradiometer

Survey of Huggin

Lakes, Armthorpe


Huggin Lakes. In the southeast of the area ditches appearing to

comprise an old field system or possible settlement area were

detected. Other evidence of past agricultural practices was

detected in the form of old field boundaries, ploughing and

field drains or possible ridge and furrow cultivation.

Y


Monitoring and

Trial Trenching at

Doncaster Water

Pipeline, South

Yorkshire





South Yorkshire.

Y

ESY994 Archaeological Trial

Trenching at Low

Grounds Farm,

Huggin Carr

In January 2005 a programme of trial trenching concluded that

most of the area was devoid of archaeological features with

the exception of two gullies of unknown date. A number of

anomalies located during the geophysical survey was generally

proved to be natural features.

Y


Huggin Lakes,

Armthorpe





trackway. Pottery of 2nd and 3rd century date was recovered.

Y


Reference

ID




Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y

HSY4496 Huggin Carr or Low Grounds, and Cantley Low

Common, Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y






Area (Ha): 13.46







Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event - 3 events









Area (Ha): 13.46



Site assessment


There are no SMR records within the site. Three archaeological events are recorded within the buffer zone.

Evaluation at Brick Hill Carr Common, at the eastern edge of the buffer, did not record any anomalies of

archaeological origin, whilst geophysical survey and evaluation trenching at Low Grounds Farm, Huggin Carr, to

the south of the site, revealed two undated gullies and numerous features that proved to be of natural origin.



features within the site or the buffer zone.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and the buffer as drained wetland

enclosed by Parliamentary Award c.1825, and retaining some of this character despite 20th

-century loss of field

boundaries. The fields in the southern part of the buffer were probably drained c.1639 as part of Vermuyden’s

works on Hatfield Chase.

The site is currently two fields in arable cultivation, located to the northeast of Armthorpe.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as fields in an area named ‘Brick Hill Carrs’. The site was bisected by Green

Lane at that date. No changes were shown within the site on the 1956 OS map, although the field boundaries in

the interior of the site had been removed by 1962. Green Lane was marked as a ‘green road’ at that date. No

changes were shown within the site on the 1983 OS map.

Within the buffer zone, fields, Moor Hills and Waterton Road, Gate Wood Lane, Woodhouse Sewer and several

further land drains were shown on the 1854 OS map. A large pond was shown immediately to the north of the

site in 1892. Other than the amalgamation of field boundaries, no changes were shown within the buffer on OS

maps produced up to 1983.

Survival:

The majority of the site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Modern cultivation

activity may have caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits. The results of nearby evaluations suggest that

the potential for the survival of unrecorded buried archaeological remains on the site is considered to be low to

moderate.



Significance:

Unknown.


Summary:

A 2002-2015 aerial photographs show the site as two arable fields with boundaries largely defined by drainage

ditches or Green Lane, the layout unchanged from the 1983 OS map. Removed post-medieval field boundaries

were visible as cropmarks on the 2002 photograph, as well as a linear feature in the site’s northwest corner which

does not correspond with any former field boundary shown on historic OS maps.

There is no available Lidar data for the site.





SMR Record/event

Reference

ID



of Low Grounds

Farm





Y

ESY516 Land at Brick Hill

Carr Common

Hatfield

Woodhouse

In November 2003 a geophysical survey was undertaken on

land at Brick Hill Carr Common. The survey detected a number

of linear anomalies that were caused by modern agricultural

activity but no anomalies of archaeological origin.

Y


Trenching at Low

Grounds Farm,

Huggin Carr






Y


Reference

ID



Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y Y


Common, Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y




Allocation Type: Mixed Use

Site Name: Site 2, West Moor Park East, Armthorpe

Area (Ha): 46.19




Archaeological significance of site Regional/unknown/negligible


Suitability of site for allocation Major/uncertain/no archaeological

constraint

Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event 1 record/2 events 2 records/4 events

Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes No


Estimated sub-surface disturbance Low/Extensive n/a




Allocation Type: Mixed Use

Site Name: Site 2, West Moor Park East, Armthorpe

Area (Ha): 46.19



Site assessment


The SMR records two archaeological events and one monument within the site: geophysical survey and trial

trenching at Huggin Lakes recorded Roman period enclosures, possibly part of a small ladder settlement (A. Lines

pers. comm.), with evidence for small-scale ironworking, the remains of a kiln and pottery of 2nd

- to 3rd

-century

AD date. The archaeological remains were confined to a spur of river terrace gravels, with no associated activity

on the adjacent lacustrine clays, which would have been wetland at the time of the occupation. The enclosures

have been preserved in situ. Within the buffer, the SMR records two monuments: the partial remains of an

undated field system to the northwest and the site of a Second World War heavy anti-aircraft battery to the

south. Four events are recorded within the buffer, geophysical survey, archaeological evaluation and monitoring

along the course of a pipeline route to the west of the site that recorded the partial undated field system; and

geophysical survey and evaluation at Low Grounds Farm, Huggin Carr, at the northeast edge, which recorded two

undated gullies and various features of natural origin.




Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site as drained wetland. The southern

part of the site and eastern part of the buffer were drained and enclosed c.1639 as part of Vermuyden's works at

Hatfield Chase, with the possibility of retention of significant features relating to its early drainage history. The

northern half of the site and buffer were formerly part of West Moor, drained and enclosed c.1774. The pattern

of the enclosure fields still has some legibility through the layout of the drainage ditches, though most hedged

boundaries have been lost. Further character zones within the buffer include Armthorpe Quarry to the south,

with a motocross park on a former gravel extraction site to the southeast. To the southwest are a motorway

junction on the M18 and an area of agglomerated fields with some legibility of former Parliamentary Enclosure

through the drainage pattern.

One area of historic landfill is recorded in the southeast part of the buffer zone: Armthorpe Landfill Site.

The site comprises arable fields to the northeast of Armthorpe, with Holme House Farm and Holme Wood Grange

located within the site. The M18 is situated along the western boundary.


The site was fields at the time of the 1854 Ordnance Survey map. West Moor Farm and Holme House were

shown within site at that date. Waterton Drain ran through the site on a northeast-southwest alignment, and the

northern boundary was formed by Woodhouse Lane, with Woodhouse Sewer drain to the south of the lane. The

site was enclosed into fields, mainly small and fairly regularly shaped. Holme Wood was located in the northeast

part of the site and Holme Wood Lane ran along most of the southeast boundary. Minor field boundary loss had

occurred by 1891. West Moor Farm had been renamed Holme Wood Grange by 1930. A cluster of small buildings

were shown to the southeast of Holme House on the 1956 OS map. These were shown as the works’ buildings of

a disused sand extraction site in 1962. The sand pit covered the eastern edge of the site. The former sand pits had

been infilled by 1986. No further changes were shown within the site on the 1993 OS map.

Within the buffer, the 1854 OS map showed Holme Wood and Holme Wood Farm to the south of Holme Wood

Lane and Waterton Farm to the north of the site. Drainage ditches with the area included Dickon Dyke or Diggin

Drain, Pilkington's and Rake Bank Drains, and Woodhouse Sewer. West Moor Road, Waterton Road and Rake

Bank or Goose Carr Road were shown to the north. Buildings were shown at Greenlands to the north of Holme

Wood Lane by 1930, with sand extraction works shown to the southeast in 1962. The M18 had been constructed

along the northern boundary of the site by 1982, with Holmewood Mink Farm and Holmewood Piggeries marked

on the 1986 OS map to the immediate south of the site.



Survival:

The majority of the site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Some disturbance at

the western edge of the site may have occurred during the construction of the M18. Modern cultivation activity

may have caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits, however, remains of Iron Age to Roman farmsteads

and field systems have been recorded within the site and its immediate vicinity. The Roman activity within the

evaluation area was confined to a spur of river terrace gravels, with only remains of post-medieval to modern

drainage and ploughing recorded on the adjacent lacustrine clays. The potential for the survival of unrecorded

buried archaeological remains in any remaining areas of river terrace gravels is considered to be high; however,

much of this appears to have been quarried away. In clay and sand areas, the archaeological potential is

considered to be low to moderate.


Part of the site has previously been subject to archaeological evaluation; the area now defined as a monument on

the SMR may be a small ladder settlement of Roman date, of sufficient archaeological significance to be

preserved in situ in a previous development scheme. No features of archaeological significance were observed in

the evaluated area outside the monument, but there is a possibility that remains associated with the farmstead

may extend into the southwest part of the site and further archaeological investigations are highly likely to be

required if the site is brought forward for development. The eastern edge of the site has been quarried, and no

further archaeological investigations are likely to be required in this area.

Significance:

The Roman farmstead previously recorded within the site is considered as being of Regional significance.

Associated remains in the southwest part of the site could be of up to Regional significance, depending on their

extent, nature and condition.


Summary:

A 2002 aerial photograph shows that the southern part of Holme Wood had been felled by that date, while

several field boundaries had been removed and features possibly associated with Holmewood Piggeries are

visible in the central part of the site. Aggregates were being stored in the latter area by the time of a 2008 aerial

photograph. An extensive curvilinear track had been established in the northern part of the site by that date,

whilst the 2015 aerial image shows stripped topsoil, a car park, access roads and several curvilinear tracks in this

area by 2015. Some cropmarks are visible in the western part of the site on the 2002 and 2009 photographs,

possibly relating to Iron Age to Roman field boundaries. Features are also visible in the area of the evaluated Iron

Age to Roman enclosures recorded through evaluation at the northeast part of the site. There is no available

Lidar data for the site.



SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


04707 'H20' Heavy Anti-

Aircraft Battery,

Holme Wood,

Armthorpe

'H20' Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Holme Wood, Armthorpe Y

04923 Romano-British

enclosures and

trackway, Huggin

Lakes, Armthorpe

Romano-British enclosures and trackway, Huggin Lakes,

Armthorpe.

Y


undated field



Y



system, Hatfield prehistoric field system, but they have yet to be proved to be



of Low Grounds

Farm





Y

ESY641 Fluxgate

Gradiometer

Survey of Huggin

Lakes, Armthorpe


Huggin Lakes (land immediately north, east and west of Holme

House, and bounded by M18 to the northwest), Armthorpe

and Hatfield parishes, Doncaster. In the south east of the

application area a concentration of linear responses

interpreted as ditches were detected, appearing to comprise

an old field system or possible settlement area.

Y

ESY643 Fluxgate

Gradiometer

Survey, Nutwell

Water Treatment

Works, Doncaster

Pipeline



pipeline runs east of Doncaster, for some 21km. The route had

been divided into sections by the client and four were

investigated: Rossington Bridge, Finningley, Cantley and

Hatfield.

Y


Monitoring and

Trial Trenching at

Doncaster Water

Pipeline, South

Yorkshire





South Yorkshire.

Y


Trenching at Low

Grounds Farm,

Huggin Carr






Y


Huggin Lakes,

Armthorpe





trackway. Pottery of 2nd and 3rd century date was recovered.

Y


Reference

ID



Common, Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y Y


HSY4497 Cantley Common, Cantley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4505 M18 J4 (Armthorpe), Doncaster Motorway and Trunk Road

Junctions

Y

HSY4506 Armthorpe Moto Park, Armthorpe, Doncaster Sports Ground Y

HSY4507 Armthorpe Quarry, Holme Lane, Armthorpe,

Doncaster

Quarry Y





Site Name: Site 1, Junction 4, M18

Area (Ha): 3.51







Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event - 2 records/4 events

Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes








Area (Ha): 3.51



Site assessment


There are no SMR records within the site. Two monuments are recorded in the buffer zone: an Iron Age-Roman

field system visible as cropmarks to the south, partially destroyed by the M18 junction, and the partial remains of

an undated field system to the north. There are also four events recorded in the buffer zone. Evaluation and

investigations at West Moor Park, at the southwest edge of the buffer, recorded agricultural and industrial

enclosures of Roman date, with field boundaries, hearths, ovens/kilns, a well and cremation burials revealed.

Geophysical survey, trial trenching and archaeological monitoring was undertaken along the route of a pipeline to

the west of the site, with remains recorded including the undated field system recorded as a monument.



features within the site. One linear feature, possibly an Iron Age to Roman field boundary, was recorded in the

southern part of the buffer zone.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and eastern part of the buffer as

former wetland, drained and enclosed c.1639 as part of Vermuyden's works at Hatfield Chase, with the possibility

of retention of significant features relating to its early drainage history. Further character zones within the buffer

include part of the former West Moor to the north, drained and enclosed c.1774, with some legibility of the

enclosure period fields in the layout of the drainage ditches. To the southwest are a motorway junction on the

M18 and an area of agglomerated fields with some legibility of former Parliamentary Enclosure through the

drainage pattern, and at the southeast tip of the buffer is an active sand and gravel quarry.

The site is part of an arable field to the northeast of Armthorpe, with some remaining hedged boundaries. The

M18 is located along the western boundary of the site, with Junction 4 immediately to the southwest.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as fields. A field boundary in the western part of the site had been removed by

1930. No changes were shown within the site until 1982, by which time the construction of the M18 had created

the western boundary. No further changes were shown within the site on the 1993 OS map.

Within the buffer zone, West Moor Farm, Holme Wood, fields, a track, Holme Wood Lane and several land drains

were shown on the 1854 OS map. West Moor Farm had been renamed ‘Holme Wood Grange’ by 1930 and a

house named ‘Greenlands’ had been constructed by 1948. Extensive, disused sand extraction was shown around

Greenlands in 1962. These workings had been infilled by 1982. The M18 had been constructed through the buffer

zone by that date. No further changes were shown within the buffer on the 1986 OS map.

Survival:

The site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Some disturbance at the western edge


some truncation to sub-surface deposits, however, remains of Iron Age to Roman farmsteads and field systems

have been recorded in the vicinity. The potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains is therefore

considered to be moderate to high.



Significance:

Unknown. Any remains associated with the Iron Age to Roman agricultural landscape could be of up to regional





Summary:

A 2002 aerial photograph shows the site unchanged from the 1993 OS map. The 2002-2015 aerial photographs

show the site as part of a field in arable cultivation, with some remains of hedging along the eastern boundary.

No cropmark features are visible within the site on any of the recent imagery, though conditions never appeared

to be ideal for cropmark visibility. Boundaries shown in the field to the immediate east in 2009 may relate to the

Iron Age to Roman agricultural landscape, with associated features potentially extending into the site.

There is no Lidar data for this site.




Ditch: SE6505/2 DNR 1535/26 12-Jul-1979.

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


01254/01 Cropmarks showing

Iron Age / Romano-

British field system,

Armthorpe

Rectangular field system partly destroyed by M18. Y


undated field

system, Hatfield



prehistoric field system, but they have yet to be proved to be


Y


evaluation at land

at West Moor Park,

Armthorpe,

Doncaster

A scheme of trial trenching, on land at West Moor Park, was

undertaken by Archaeological Services WYAS in January 2005.

The scheme of works comprised the excavation of 12 trenches.

No evidence of any archaeological activity was identified

Y


Investigations at

West Moor Park

Between 1999 and 2007 various archaeological investigations

have been conducted at West Moor Park and off Rands Lane in

Armthorpe. The area is characterised by an agricultural and

industrial Romano-British landscape of enclosures, 'brickwork

plan' field systems, hearths, ovens/kilns, a well and

cremations.

Y

ESY643 Fluxgate

Gradiometer

Survey, Nutwell

Water Treatment

Works, Doncaster

Pipeline



pipeline runs east of Doncaster, for some 21km. The route had

been divided into sections by the client and four were

investigated: Rossington Bridge, Finningley, Cantley and

Hatfield.

Y


Monitoring and

Trial Trenching at

Doncaster Water

Pipeline, South

Yorkshire





South Yorkshire.

Y




Reference

ID



Common, Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y Y

HSY4497 Cantley Common, Cantley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y


Junctions

Y

HSY4507 Armthorpe Quarry, Holme Lane, Armthorpe,

Doncaster

Quarry Y

HSY4509 West Moor, Armthorpe, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y






Area (Ha): 3.51







Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event - 2 records/3 events

Cropmark/Lidar evidence Yes No








Area (Ha): 3.51



Site assessment


The SMR records no monuments or events within the site, though it is possible that an Iron Age-Roman field

system recorded to the immediate east, identified as cropmarks but of unrecorded extent, extends into the site.

A further unclassified cropmark of probable Iron Age to Roman date has been recorded in the southern part of

the buffer. Three archaeological events are recorded in the buffer zone, with evaluation and investigations at

West Moor Park recording agricultural and industrial enclosures of Roman date, with field boundaries, hearths,

ovens/kilns, a well and cremation burials revealed. Trial trenching and archaeological monitoring was undertaken

along the route of a pipeline to the west of the site.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records a linear

feature, aligned north-south, within the site, possibly an Iron Age to Roman field boundary ditch. No features are

recorded within the buffer zone, though cropmark sites are recorded to the east and south on the SMR.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the site and southern part of the buffer as

an area of agglomerated fields with some legibility of former Parliamentary Enclosure in the drainage pattern.

Further character zones within the buffer include former wetland, drained and enclosed c.1639 as part of

Vermuyden's works at Hatfield Chase to the northeast, a motorway junction on the M18 to the north, and

modern commercial/warehouse developments to the west of the M18.

The site is part of an arable field to the northeast of Armthorpe. Junction 4 of the M18 forms the north and west

boundaries of the site.


The 1854 OS map showed the site as part of a larger trapezoidal field to the north of Holme Wood Lane. The field

boundary on the eastern edge of the site had an adjacent track in 1892, which was was not shown in 1906. The

M18 had been constructed by 1982, thereby creating the site’s north and west boundaries. The field boundary

along the eastern side of the site had been removed by that date and it was then part of a semi-circular field. No

changes were shown within the site on the 1991 OS map.

Within the buffer zone, Holme Wood, Holme Wood Lane, Thornham Lane, fields and several land drains,

including Diggin Dike, were shown on the 1854 OS map. An unnamed building was shown in the southwest corner

of the field containing the site, just outside the current site boundary. This was labelled Black Horse Farm in 1962,

when a rectangular enclosure was shown to the east of the farm. The M18 had been constructed over the site of

Black House Farm by 1982, while Seven Yards Farm had been built immediately to its south by that date. A single

building stood to the northeast of Thornham Lane at that date, but was not shown on the 1991 OS map.

Survival:

The site was fields in 1854 and has remained undeveloped since that time. Some disturbance at the northern and

western edges of the site may have occurred during the construction of the M18. Modern cultivation activity may

have caused some truncation to sub-surface deposits, however, remains of Iron Age to Roman farmsteads and

field systems have been recorded in the vicinity, possibly extending into the site. The potential for the survival of

buried archaeological remains is therefore considered to be moderate to high.



Significance:

Unknown. Remains associated with Iron Age to Roman agriculture and settlement could be considered to be of

up to Regional significance, depending on their extent, nature and condition.




Summary:

A 2002 aerial photograph shows the site as a field in arable cultivation, with no significant changes from the 1993

OS map. No changes were visible within the site on aerial photographs taken up to 2015, and no clear cropmark

features were identifiable.

There is no available Lidar data for the site.




Ditch: SE6505/2 DNR 1535/26 12-Jul-1979.

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


01254/01 Cropmarks showing

Iron Age / Romano-

British field system,

Armthorpe

Rectangular field system partly destroyed by M18. Y


Romano-British

Unclassified

Cropmark,

Armthorpe

Iron Age or Romano-British unclassified cropmark shown on

aerial photographs.

Y


evaluation at land

at West Moor Park,

Armthorpe,

Doncaster

A scheme of trial trenching, on land at West Moor Park, was

undertaken by Archaeological Services - WYAS in January

2005. The scheme of works comprised the excavation of 12

trenches. No evidence of any archaeological activity was

identified, apart from modern field boundaries and field

drains.

Y


Investigations at

West Moor Park

Between 1999 and 2007 various archaeological investigations

have been conducted at West Moor Park and off Rands Lane in

Armthorpe. The area is characterised by an agricultural and

industrial Romano-British landscape of enclosures, 'brickwork

plan' field systems, hearths, ovens/kilns, a well and

cremations.

Y


Monitoring and

Trial Trenching at

Doncaster Water

Pipeline, South

Yorkshire





South Yorkshire.

Y




Reference

ID


HSY4497 Cantley Common, Cantley, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y


Common, Doncaster

Drained Wetland Y


Junctions

Y

HSY4508 West Moor Park (Rands section) Distribution Centre Y

HSY4511 West Moor Park (Phase 2), Armthorpe,

Doncaster

Distribution Centre Y





Site Name: Site 1, Land east of Poplars Farm, Auckley

Area (Ha): 105.46


Settlement: Auckley





Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event 3 records 9 records/4 events


Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes

Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a






Area (Ha): 105.46


Settlement: Auckley

Site assessment


The SMR records two monuments and a findspot at the southern end of the site, relating to a large area of early

Iron Age to Romano-British settlement and enclosure features recorded as cropmarks, as well as Roman pottery

and a possible cobbled surface found during field walking. A further three monuments and five findspots are

recorded in the buffer zone: an Iron Age to Roman field system and rectangular enclosure recorded as cropmarks

to the west probably continues into the site, whilst the extent of unclassified Iron Age to Roman cropmarks to the

north is uncertain. The possible route of a Roman road runs along the western boundary of the site. Roman and

medieval pottery and a Roman brooch have been found to the north. Four events are recorded within the buffer.

Archaeological evaluation at Hurst Plantation to the northwest revealed linear ditches running through the

plantation. Geophysical survey associated with the construction of Robin Hood airport to the north of the site

revealed possible pits, a curvilinear ditch and ridge and furrow, with field evaluation recording a ditch of

unknown date and remnant ridge and furrow remains.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records field

boundaries, trackways and possible settlement enclosures of probable Iron Age to Roman date within the south

and west parts of the site, along with areas of ridge and furrow in the central and northwest parts and a former

sand and gravel extraction site at the eastern side. The Iron Age to Roman features continue into the south and

west parts of the buffer zone.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the majority of the site as fields enclosed

by Parliamentary Award in 1778 from Hurst Common, with minimal boundary loss since 1854. There are two

areas of ancient woodland along part of the northern side, and late 19th

- to early 20th

-century plantations in the

south central area. The northern end is characterised as 18th

-century assarts from ancient woodland, with large

agglomerated fields at the southern edge of the site, where late 20th

-century boundary loss has led to only

fragmentary visibility of the former Parliamentary enclosure of wetland. Further character zones within the

buffer include post-medieval to modern assarts to the east, Doncaster-Sheffield airport at the northeast edge,

surveyed enclosure and post-medieval to modern woodland to the north, drained, enclosed wetland to the west

and surveyed enclosure to the south.

The site comprises fields in a mixture of arable and pasture usage, as well as areas of woods and ponds and a

plantation. It is located in an area to the south of Auckley and the east of Rossington.


The site was predominantly fields at the time of the 1854 OS map, with the northern area forming part of Hurst

Common. Hurst Wood, Hurst House and its access road, and Terburg Tree Wood were shown in the northern part

of the site at that date, along with Warren House Farm at ‘Hurst or Poverty Hill’ in the western part of the site

and Hag Plantation in the central area. A large pond was situated to the east of the plantation, while a gravel pit

was shown near Hurst House in 1892. The northwest corner of the site contained two ‘stones’ and was labelled

‘Poors’ Land’ in 1902. Wood Cottage had been constructed to the southeast of Hurst House by the time of the

1930 OS map. Cadman’s Plantation had been established in the western part of the site by that date, with further

trees planted to the north of Hag Plantation by 1948. Hurst House and Wood Cottage had both been demolished

by the time of the 1956 OS map. Large areas of woodland in the west and northwest parts of the site had been

largely felled by that date. Several embanked areas, including a track, had been created in the northern part of

the site by 1962. A refuse tip and a large pond were also shown in this area at that date. Further ponds were

shown within the site in 1992. Much of site’s woods had been felled by that date.

Within the buffer zone, Hurst Road, several woods and plantations, fields, ponds, large land drains and part of

Finningley Park were shown within the site on the 1854 OS map. Mount Pleasant, High Common Lane, the Great

North Road and part of Rossington Hall Park were also shown within the buffer at that date. Mount Pleasant



Cottage had been built in the western part of the buffer by 1892, with a water tower by 1956. Poplars Farm had

been constructed to the north of the site by 1962, with Shooters Hill to the west of the Great North Road.

Extensive gravel extraction had taken place in the former Finningley Park by that date. Housing had been

constructed to the north of Hurst Lane by 1992, with Oaks Farm to the west of the lane

Survival:

The majority of the site comprised fields and woodland, with occasional isolated houses, in 1854. Much of the

site has remained largely undeveloped since that time. A small area of narrow ridge and furrow cultivation,

probably of post-medieval date, survives as earthworks in the central part of the site. Agricultural activity may

have caused some truncation of sub-surface deposits, though an extensive cropmark complex is recorded in the

southern part of the site and the archaeological potential for the survival of buried archaeological remains in this

area is considered to be high. Where deep ground disturbance has not taken place within the site, the

archaeological potential is considered to be moderate. Within the footprint of areas of mineral extraction, the

archaeological potential is negligible.



Significance:

The Iron Age to Roman remains are likely to include settlement and agricultural features. These could be of up to

Regional significance, depending on their extent, nature and condition. The preserved ridge and furrow remains

are considered to be of Local significance.


Summary:

A 2002 aerial photograph shows that the site remained substantially unchanged from the 1992 OS map and

appeared to be predominantly arable fields, with areas of woods. No further changes were shown within the site

on an aerial photograph taken in 2015.

Lidar data shows a small area of earthwork ridge and furrow (as recorded by the Magnesian Limestone Aerial

Mapping Project) in the centre of the site, to the northwest of Hag Plantation, though similar remains previously

recorded north of Hurst Wood appear to have been levelled. The surviving ridge and furrow is narrow and

straight, and is likely to be of post-medieval date.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015.


Iron Age to Roman features: OS/72362 0028 23-Aug-1972; SK6398/21 DNR 1066/19 29-Jun-1975; SK6398/60 DNR

862/14 27-Jun-1976; SK6497/18 DNR 1542/32 15-Jul-1979; ULM (BYH39) 28-JUN-1976; SK6497/26 NMR 12514/1

11-Jul-1994; ULM (ZKnEV177) 10-AUG-1995.

Ridge and furrow: RAF/541/35 3040 19-May-1948; OS/72362 0028 23-Aug-1972; RAF/541/35 4040 19-May-1948.

Sand and gravel extraction: RAF/541/35 3040 19-May-1948.

Lidar DTM 1m data.

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


00442/01 Roman pottery

from Hanging Carr

Roman pottery from ploughed field south of Hanging Carr. Y

00442/02 Medieval pottery

from Hanging Carr

Medieval pottery from a ploughed field south of Hanging Carr. Y



00973/01 Roman pottery,

Auckley

Roman pottery of 2nd century AD date turned up whilst

ploughing.

Y

00974/01 Roman pottery and

possible cobbled

surface, Auckley

Roman-British coarse pottery and cobbling turned by plough

and found during field-walking by Doncaster Museum. Pottery

not very diagnostic but could be 3rd century AD.

Y

01794/01 Iron Age to

Romano-British

Field Boundaries

and Possible

Settlement,

Austerfield

Traces of field boundaries, with a possible settlement site

(sub-rectangular enclosure) at SK (02) 643 976. Lying between

Mount Pleasant Hotel and Hammond's Elders, continues

eastwards as far as Finningley runways. Some Roman material

found

Y Y


Cropmark Complex,

Austerfield

Iron Age or Romano-British cropmark complex shown on aerial

photographs.

Y


Romano-British

Unclassified

Cropmarks,

Austerfield

Iron Age or Romano-British unclassified cropmarks shown on

aerial photographs.

Y


Romano-British

Rectangular

Enclosure and Field

system, Rossington

Iron Age or Romano-British rectangular enclosure and field

system shown on aerial photographs.

Y


Brooch Find,

Auckley

Romano-British brooch (1st century AD) found February 1987

after removal of sugar beet.

Y

04303/01 Roman Pottery,

Auckley

A quantity of 2nd century Roman pottery found during

ploughing.

Y

04915 Roman Road;

Bawtry to

Castleford via

Doncaster and

Adwick-le-Street

Route of a Roman road following the original line of military

penetration from Lincoln towards York. This section of road

joins up a number of known Roman forts; namely Rossington,

Doncaster, Burghwallis and Castleford (West Yorks).


for the Robin Hood

Airport Access

Route

In April 2006 a geophysical survey was undertaken for the

access route for Robin Hood airport. The results indicated the

presence of anomalies likely to reflect ridge and furrow

cultivation.

Y


Evaluation at Hurst

Plantation

In 1993 an archaeological evaluation was undertaken at Hurst

Plantation. A walk-over survey of the site and woodland survey

revealed linear ditches running through the plantation.

Y


Evaluation Robin

Hood Airport

Business Park, Rail

Station and Access

Route

A programme of archaeological field evaluation was

undertaken at two sites, off Hurst Lane (Access Route) and

Hayfield Lane (Rail and Business park site) in the vicinity of

Robinhood Airport near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. A ditch of

unknown date was recorded within the Hayfield Lane Site and

some possible remnant furrows were recorded at the Hurst

Lane Site.

Y

ESY1376 Geophysical survey,

Hurst Lane,

Hayfield Green

Geophysical survey was undertaken on a plot of land at Hurst

Lane. Possible archaeological features were concentrated at

the eastern part of the site, and consisted of possible pits and

a curvilinear ditch.

Y




Reference

ID


HSY4477 High Common Lane, Austerfield, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y

HSY4489 Finningley Big Wood, Finningley, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y Y

HSY4544 Savage Wood, Auckley, Doncaster Plantation Y Y

HSY4570 Hurst Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Assarts Y Y

HSY4606 Hag and Cadman's Plantation, Auckley,

Doncaster

Plantation Y Y

HSY4608 Hurst Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure

(Parliamentary/ Private)

Y Y

HSY4432 Rossington Hall Park, Rossington, Doncaster Private Parkland Y

HSY4480 High Common Lane (south), Austerfield,

Doncaster

Surveyed Enclosure


Y

HSY4491 Finningley Park fields, Austerfield, Doncaster Assarts Y

HSY4595 Hurst Plantation, Auckley, Doncaster Plantation Y

HSY4610 Marr Flatts Plantation, Auckley, Doncaster Plantation Y

HSY4612 Hayfield Lane, Auckley, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure


Y

HSY4641 Bessacarr Lane, Doncaster Drained Wetland Y

HSY4644 Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Finningley,

Doncaster

Airport Y






Area (Ha): 68.53


Settlement: Auckley-Hayfield Green





Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event 2 records 5 records



Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a






Area (Ha): 68.53


Settlement: Auckley-Hayfield Green

Site assessment


The SMR records two monuments within the site: Iron Age-Roman cropmark field and possible settlement

boundaries across the southern part of the site, and unclassified Iron Age-Roman cropmarks towards the

northeast edge. The field boundaries and settlement extends south and west into the buffer zone, where there

are three further monuments and one findspot recorded. The features to the west comprise an Iron Age-Roman

cropmark complex, the route of a Roman road and pottery and a possible cobble surface found during

fieldwalking. A possible medieval moated site or Roman enclosure, now quarried away, is recorded to the

northeast.


The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire Aerial Photographic Mapping Project records extensive

rectilinear field boundaries and enclosures of probable Iron Age to Roman date within the site and buffer.

Levelled ridge and furrow cultivation remains are recorded within the southern part of the buffer zone.

Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the southern half of the site and much of

the buffer as large agglomerated fields at the southern edge of the site, where late 20th

-century boundary loss

has led to only fragmentary visibility of the former Parliamentary enclosure of wetland. The northeast part of the

site and buffer are characterised as piecemeal enclosure of Finningley Hall Park, where reinstatement following

gravel extraction has led to the loss of the former field pattern, whilst the northwest part of the site is classed as

20th

-century assarts from ancient woodland. Further character zones within the buffer include Parliamentary

Enclosure fields to the northwest and south, Rossington Hall Park to the southwest, and ancient woodland to the

north.

The site comprises an area of arable fields and woods to the south of Auckley and the east of Rossington. Several

former mineral extraction areas have been landscaped and the land is currently in arable use.


The site was shown as fields on the 1767 Austerfield enclosure map and the majority of the site remained fields

at the time of the 1854 OS map, although the northern area was shown as part of Finningley Park at that date.

Hammond’s Pond, a large field drain named ‘Rake Dale’ and a track that led to Finningley Hall were shown within

the site. A house had been constructed in the northeast part of the site by 1892, while ‘Hammond’s Elders’, a

small plantation, had been established immediately to the east of the pond by 1930. The pond was dry at that

date. By 1956, the remnant of the 19th

-century Finningley Park trees in the northern part of the site had been

felled. Mineral extraction had taken place across part of the northern area by 1962, with a smaller extraction

zone shown to the southeast. The house had been demolished by that date. Further mineral extraction had taken

place within the site by 1968. The extraction zones had been infilled by 1985 and most field boundaries removed.

No changes were shown within the site on the 1992 OS map.

Within the buffer zone, Finningley Park was shown on the 1767 Austerfield enclosure map and the 1854 OS map.

A ‘site of camp’ was marked in the northeast part of the buffer at the latter date, along with Park Farm, a gravel

pit, fields, High Common Lane, the Great North Road and part of Rossington Hall Park. Tinker’s Pond was marked

in 1894, while the camp was labelled ‘Roman camp’ in 1905. Extensive sand and gravel extraction had taken place

in the north and northeast parts of the buffer by 1962. Park Farm had been demolished by 1985 and much of the

former extraction zones had begun to be landscaped by the time of the 19992 OS map.

Survival:

The majority of the site comprised fields in 1767, with wooded areas within Finningley Park extending into the

site by 1854. With the exception of areas that have been subject to mineral extraction, the site has remained

largely undeveloped since that time. Cultivation may have caused some truncation to buried deposits; however,

an extensive cropmark complex is recorded in the southern part of the site and similarly extensive cropmarks are



visible in the northern part of the site on recent aerial imagery. The archaeological potential for the survival of

unrecorded buried archaeological remains relating to these features is considered to be high. Two areas have

previously been subject to mineral extraction, and within the footprints of these areas, the archaeological

potential is negligible.



Significance:

The Iron Age to Roman cropmarks include field boundaries and possible settlement features forming part of a

wider agricultural landscape. These could be considered as being of up to Regional significance, depending on

their extent, nature and condition.


Summary:

Cropmark features are shown within the site on the 2002 and 2009 aerial imagery, corresponding with the

features recorded by the Magnesian Limestone aerial mapping project but continuing further north into the

northeast part of the site. Large palaeochannels are also visible in the northern and southern parts of the site on

these photographs. These recent aerial images show that the site remains substantially unchanged from the 1992

OS map and is primarily arable fields and woods. Former mineral extraction areas have been landscaped and this

land is also now in arable use.

Lidar data shows a small area of disturbed ground within a plantation in the northern part of the site, presumably

associated with former quarrying. There are no earthworks of archaeological interest within the remainder of the

site.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015.


Iron Age to Roman features: SK6497/10 DNR 862/17 27-Jun-1976; ULM (BYH39) 28-JUN-1976; SK6497/18 DNR

1542/32 15-Jul-1979.

Ridge and furrow: RAF/541/35 3040 19-May-1948.

Lidar 1m DTM data.

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


00465/01-2 Possible moated

site or Roman

enclosure, near

Finningley

A rectangular enclosure, destroyed by sand and gravel

quarrying in the 19th century. The OS 1st edition marks the

site but gives no plan. Many Roman coins and military

weapons found on the site rather suggest that this was a

Roman site, rather than a medieval moated site.

Y

00974/01 Roman pottery and

possible cobbled

surface, Auckley

Roman-British coarse pottery and cobbling turned by plough

and found during field-walking by Doncaster Museum. Pottery

not very diagnostic but could be 3rd century AD.

Y

01794/01 Iron Age to

Romano-British

Field Boundaries

and Possible

Settlement,

Austerfield

Traces of field boundaries, with a possible settlement site

(sub-rectangular enclosure) at SK (02) 643 976. Lying between

Mount Pleasant Hotel and Hammond's Elders, continues

eastwards as far as Finningley runways. Some Roman material

found

Y Y




Cropmark Complex,

Austerfield

Iron Age or Romano-British cropmark complex shown on aerial

photographs.

Y


Romano-British

Unclassified

Cropmarks,

Austerfield

Iron Age or Romano-British unclassified cropmarks shown on

aerial photographs.

Y

04915 Roman Road;

Bawtry to

Castleford via

Doncasterand

Adwick-le-Street

This section of road corresponds to Margary number 28a and

28b. Roman road following the original line of military

penetration from Lincoln towards York. This section of road

joins up a number of known Roman forts; namely Rossington,

Doncaster, Burghwallis and Castleford (West Yorks).

Y


Reference

ID


HSY4477 High Common Lane, Austerfield, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y Y

HSY4491 Finningley Park fields, Austerfield, Doncaster Assarts Y Y

HSY4597 Finningley Hall Park, Austerfield, Doncaster Piecemeal Enclosure Y Y

HSY4432 Rossington Hall Park, Rossington, Doncaster Private Parkland Y

HSY4480 High Common Lane (south), Austerfield,

Doncaster

Surveyed Enclosure


Y

HSY4489 Finningley Big Wood, Finningley, Doncaster Ancient Woodland Y

HSY4492 Finningley Park hall (site of), Austerfield,

Doncaster

Piecemeal Enclosure Y

HSY4606 Hag and Cadman's Plantation, Auckley,

Doncaster

Plantation Y





Site Name: Former proposed MRO site, Robin Hood airport

Area (Ha): 74.26 ha


Settlement: Auckley


Archaeological significance of site Unknown/No


Suitability of site for allocation Uncertain/negligible archaeological constraint

Summary



Listed Building - -

SMR record/event 2 records -



Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial/extensive n/a





Site Name: Former proposed MRO site, Robin Hood airport

Area (Ha): 74.26 ha


Settlement: Auckley

Site assessment


The SMR records one monument and one findspot within the site: a Roman coin hoard found near the eastern

edge of the site and the site of Brancroft Air Field in the centre, which was used during the First World War but

never fully developed. No monuments, findspots or events are recorded within the buffer zone.




Historic Environment Characterisation records the present character of the southern part of the site as

agglomerated fields, created through boundary loss in the 20th

century with only fragmentary legibility of the

former Parliamentary Enclosure fields created in 1767. The northern half of the site is recorded as a former gravel

extraction pit, first depicted in 1968, with some of the land subsequently reinstated. The landscape character

within the buffer comprises a mixture of further agglomerated fields, plantations, surveyed enclosures, parts of

the Robin Hood Airport and a golf course.

The southern part of the site is currently in arable use, while the central area is reclaimed/landscaped land and

mineral extraction dominates the remainder of the site.


With the exception of a building labelled ‘New Park’, New Park Plantation and an unnamed building, the site was

shown as fields on the 1854 OS map. The unnamed building was marked ‘Nursery Cottages’ on the 1899 OS map.

Dyson’s Gate and an associated footpath were marked along the western site boundary at that date, while New

Park Plantation had been felled. No substantive changes were shown within the site in 1956, although extensive

sand and gravel extraction had taken place at the northern end of the site by 1962. A series of works buildings

associated with the mineral extraction stood immediately to the south of Nursery Cottage at that date. Much of

the site was shown as rough heath on the 1985 OS map. While the works buildings remained extant, Nursery

Cottage had been demolished. The northern half of the site was shown as a spoilheap on the 1992 OS map,

extending all over the site of New Park. It is uncertain from the historic mapping whether all of this area had been

quarried, but it is all designated as gravel extraction in the HEC data.

Within the buffer zone, Finningley Park was shown on the 1854 OS map, along with Old Bawtry Road, Great

Wood, Crow Wood, a house named ‘Brancroft’, the Great North Road, Cross Lane, gravel pits, plantations and

fields. Many of the trees in Finningley Park had been felled by 1921. Large areas of mineral extraction were

shown within the buffer on the 1956 OS map, while the new Bawtry Road had been constructed by 1961. All of

the trees within Finningley Park had been felled by that date. RAF Finningley was shown in the western part of

the buffer on the 1962 OS map. The air base was extant at the time of the 1956 OS, but had not been shown on

the map. Houses, a depot and a golf course were shown in the buffer in 1985.

Survival:

The majority of the site comprised fields in 1854. Subsequent development includes an airfield, houses, cottages,

works and areas of mineral extraction. Due to this disturbance, the archaeological potential in the northern half

of the site is considered to be negligible. In the southern part of the site, minimal disturbance has been recorded

and the archaeological potential is considered to be moderate.


Further archaeological investigation may be required if the site is brought forward for development.

Significance:

Unknown.




Summary:

A 2002 aerial photograph shows a large piggery in the southern part of the site. An area of landscaped, reclaimed

land occupied the site of part of the 1980s spoilheap, while the remainder of the site was occupied by mineral

extraction zones. The piggery had gone by 2005, when the southern part of the site was scrub. The mineral

extraction area in the central part of the site was disused by that date. Parts of the southern area appeared to be

in agricultural use by 2012. No changes are visible in the rest of the site at that date or on a 2015 aerial

photograph.

Lidar data shows areas of disturbed ground in the northern part of the site, in the location of former quarry pits.

No features of archaeological significance are shown in the southern part of the site.


Google Earth images 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015. Lidar 1m DTM data.

SMR Record/event

Reference

ID


00961/01 Roman coin hoard,

Austerfield

Roman coin hoard - 32 silver coins from Caracalla to Gallierius,

in a pot, found by a bulldozer in 1963 (while digging gravel pit).

Other coins have been found in the vicinity; Gordian III (2

coins) Philip I (1); Valerian II (1), Gallierius (3), Postumus (1)

Y

04347/01 Brancroft Airfield Bancroft Farm owned a field which was used by 'A' Flight of

No. 33 Squadron Royal Flying Corps, on home defence duties.

During 1918 the Flight operated from here for short spells, but

the site was never developed. When the RAF expanded in the

mid-1930s, the site was looked at and rejected. It later became

RAF Finningley.

Y


Reference

ID


HSY4475 Cross Lane, Austerfield, Doncaster Golf Course Y Y

HSY4488 Brancroft, Austerfield, Doncaster Other Mineral Extraction &

Processing

Y Y

HSY4477 High Common Lane, Austerfield, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4481 Great wood/ Spen Close Plantation,

Finningley/ Austerfield, Doncaster

Plantation Y

HSY4515 High Field Lane, Austerfield, Doncaster Agglomerated fields Y

HSY4520 High Common Lane, Austerfield, Doncaster Other Mineral Extraction &

Processing

Y

HSY4643 Old Park, Finningley, Doncaster Airport Y

HSY4644 Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Finningley,

Doncaster

Airport Y



Allocation Reference: 946 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land Off Station Road, Dunscroft






Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event - 2 records Cropmark/Lidar evidence No No Cartographic features of interest No Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 946 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land Off Station Road, Dunscroft



The SMR does not record any monuments, findspots or events within the site. One findspot and one monument are recorded within the buffer. A Neolithic axe hammer was reportedly found near the eastern edge, though its name states that it was found in Kirk Sandall/Barnby Dun, suggesting the grid reference may be wrong. The former location of a 17th-century building named Dunscroft Manor House or Dunscroft Abbey is just to the south of the site, reputedly the site of a medieval grange (monastic farm) owned Roche Abbey.



Historic Environment Characterisation records the current character of the site and the western part of the buffer as villas and detached housing of mid-20th-century date. Station Road was laid out in association with the 1825 Parliamentary Award. Other character areas within the buffer include the site of the manor house/grange to the south, built over with a private housing estate and public house in the mid-20th century, and the historic core of Dunscroft to the immediate east, the character of which has been altered by modern housing. An area of fields enclosed by Parliamentary Award extends into the northeast edge of the buffer, with the remaining character zones being 20th-century housing estates and commercial core, industrial premises, and a caravan site.

Recent aerial imagery (2015) shows the site as a single-storey garage or car showroom.


The 1854 map showed most of the site as part of a large field, within a group of fields named Golden Hills. A narrow enclosure was located at the eastern edge, adjacent to Bootham Lane. A building was within this enclosure, possibly just to the north of the site. The building was not labelled, but may have been a house. By 1962 the house had been demolished and its enclosure removed. In 1972 a garage was shown within the site, with parking and access to the south. The garage had increased in size by 1982.

Within the buffer, the 1854 map mainly showed fields, with a small group of buildings to the east of the site forming the historic core of Dunscroft. A Manor House and associated farm buildings were located to the south of Dunscroft Lane, with a dovecot. Golden Hills was known as Hop Hills by 1893. The 1948 map showed semi-detached housing at the southern edge of the buffer and detached houses south of Dunscroft Lane. By 1962, a bus depot had been built to the north of the site, with housing and a small works to the west of Dunscroft Abbey. The dovecot had been demolished. A house had been constructed at the northern side of the buffer, and housing extended into the southeast side. The 1972 map showed a massive increase in housing in the west and south sides of the buffer. A house and a telephone exchange had been built to the west of the site. The manor house had been demolished and a public house called The Abbey built on its site. There were no clear changes by 1992.

Survival:

The site is occupied by single-storey garage buildings. Though these are unlikely to have deep foundations, there are likely to be buried fuel tanks, servicing pits and service trenches within or close to the buildings, which will have caused some damage or truncation archaeological remains. Overall the conditions for the survival of buried archaeological remains are considered to be poor; however, the site is close to the medieval core of Dunscroft, and there is the potential that remains of medieval activity could extend into the site.



Significance:

Unknown.




Aerial imagery from 2002-2015 shows the site occupied by flat-roofed buildings at the northern side and a canopy on the south side, with tarmac yards to the east and south and scrub vegetation to the north. A housing estate had been built to the north of the site between 1992 and 2002. By 2015, the Abbey public house to the south of the site had been demolished and replaced with an L-shaped retail unit. Street View shows the site as a disused garage or car sales and repairs workshop, with a canopy supported on two metal columns on the south side, a single storey double-height workshop at the east end and a longer single-storey range to the west. The buildings are flat roofed. To the north is a single-storey workshop.


Google Earth 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View 2015 & 2018.



00460/01 Dunscroft Grange, or Dunscroft Abbey, Dunscoft near Hatfield

Monastic grange, probably dependent on Roche Abbey, founded around the 14th century? Precise location doubtful. "Dunscroft Abbey" demolished c.1964 was a brick building dated 1611, of two storeys with a central range, two cross-wings and a porch forming an E-shaped plan.

Y

00701/01 Neolithic axe head, Kirk Sandall / Barnby Dun

Part of a perforated stone axe hammer, broken across the perforation.

Y



HSY4696 Station Road, Hatfield, Doncaster Villas/ Detached Housing Y Y

HSY4472 Land to the north of Hatfield, Doncaster Surveyed Enclosure (Parliamentary/ Private)

Y

HSY4688 Late twentieth century estates, Dunscroft, Doncaster


HSY4689 Site of Dunscroft Manor House / Abbey, Dunscroft, Doncaster


HSY4690 Late twentieth century housing between Hatfield historic core and Dunsville, Doncaster


HSY4695 Hund Oak estate, Hatfield, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY4697 Dunscroft historic Core, Hatfield, Doncaster Semi-Detached Housing Y

HSY4698 Abbey Walk Caravan Site, Hatfield, Doncaster Prefabs Y

HSY4699 North of Station Road between Dunscroft and Stainforth, Doncaster


HSY4700 Hop Hills Industrial premises, Dunscroft, Doncaster

Other Industry Y

HSY4702 Dunscroft Commercial Core, Dunscroft, Hatfield, Doncaster


HSY4703 Crookesbroom Lane and Millcroft Crescent, Dunscroft, Doncaster




Allocation Reference: 949 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land off Site of Former Rising Sun PH, Hatfield Rd

Area (Ha): 0.502 NGR (centre): SE 6855 1287 Settlement: Thorne





Summary

Within site Within buffer zone Scheduled Monument - - Listed Building - - SMR record/event 1 record/1 event 1 record/1 event Cropmark/Lidar evidence No Yes Cartographic features of interest Yes Yes Estimated sub-surface disturbance Partial n/a



Allocation Reference: 949 Allocation Type: Housing Site Name: Land off Site of Former Rising Sun PH, Hatfield Rd

Area (Ha): 0.502 NGR (centre): SE 6855 1287 Settlement: Thorne


The SMR records one monument and one event within the southern part of the site. The monument is the Rising Sun, a public house of c.1820 fronting onto Hatfield Road with later 19th- and 20th-century extensions and repairs. The event was building recording of the pub prior to redevelopment. One monument and one event are recorded within the buffer. The possible site of a medieval river fishery is recorded on the Don, though the exact location of the fishing activity is unknown. A programme of archaeological recording was undertaken at Union Road in the north part of the buffer, but no details of the methods or results are listed in the event record. This area was a boat yard adjacent to the late 18th-/early 19th-century Stainforth and Keadby Canal.


One locally listed park is recorded at the east side of the buffer. Thorne Memorial Park comprises private pleasure grounds associated with Thorne Hall, purchased as a public park and war memorial in the 1920s.

The Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire aerial mapping project records no features within the site, though three areas of post-medieval ridge and furrow were plotted in the north and west sides of the buffer. These were recorded as earthworks and cropmarks from photographs taken in the 1940s-60s.

Historic Landscape Characterisation records the site and part of the buffer to the northeast and southeast as an area of late 19th-century terraced housing developed around Horse Fair Green and the Stainforth and Keadby Canal. Other character zones within the buffer comprise a golf course to the west, villas and detached housing to the southwest, private housing estates to the south and north, a public part to the east and vernacular cottages at the southeast edge. The site of the former Thorne Shipyard, now a housing estate, is at the northern side of the buffer.

The most recent aerial imagery (2015) shows a pub and car park in the southeast part of the site, with a grassed garden in the southwest. At the northeast side is an L-shaped range of buildings with two possible Nissen huts to the west, and a derelict house in the central north area with a garden at the northwest.


The 1854 map is unclear, but shows the northern part of the site as fields, labelled as a detached portion of Hatfield parish. Buildings were shown across the northeast edge of the site and within the southern half, one of which was presumably the Rising Sun, another named Canal Side. The 1892 map shows a drainage ditch running across the northern edge of the site, and named the Rising Sun and more extensive buildings at Canal Side, including possible barn or stable ranges to the rear. No clear changes were shown within the site until 1962, when the building at the northeast side was shown as a garage with a new addition to the north and three further buildings to the west. The Rising Sun also seemed to have been expanded. The Canal Side buildings were demolished between 1975 and 1989.

Within the buffer, the 1853 map shows buildings to the south of the site at Balne Croft Common, the Stainforth and Keadby Canal and a railway line to the east, buildings at Horse Fair Green, including Thorne Station, to the northeast and the shipyard to the north. Buildings were shown at the eastern edge of the buffer off Ellison Street. The remainder of the buffer was fields. The railway line and station were not shown in 1893, when a gas works was shown north of the shipyard. Substantial detached houses were shown to the southeast of the site, east of the Canal, and Thorne Park was shown at the eastern side of the buffer, possibly with a large feature, possibly a pond, at its centre. A cottage was shown to the immediate northeast of the site, and Thorne swing bridge over the canal was labelled to the east. In 1932, Thorne Park had been renamed Memorial Park, with a monument adjacent to the central feature. Some new housing had been constructed in the southeast buffer, off Kirton Road, with further housing added to the west of the site by 1950. A football ground was shown to the immediate north of the site in 1962. The swing bridge had been replaced by a flyover by 1976.



Survival:

Archaeological recording of the Rising Sun public house was undertaken in 2013. It is not recorded that there was any investigation of sub-surface archaeological deposits at this time. No building assessment of the buildings in the northern half of the site has been recorded. Within the footprints of the buildings it is likely that any sub-surface remains will have been disturbed or truncated. The conditions for the survival of buried archaeology within the garden areas is considered to be moderate, though the potential for their presence is currently unknown. The site is close to an historic route of the River Don, so there may be the potential for waterlogged organic deposits.


Archaeological building recording has already been undertaken in association with development in 2013. Further archaeological investigations of buried archaeological remains may be required if the site is brought forward for development. The date and significance of the garage buildings may also need to be assessed.

Significance:

Unknown.


Aerial imagery from 2002 showed that the Canal Side buildings in the southern half of the site had been demolished, and their site covered by a car park to the south of the Rising Sun public house. A garden was in the southwest part of the site, mostly grassed and with a play area in the centre. The northern part of the site had a garage at its eastern side, with parking to the north, two smaller structures to the west (possibly Nissen huts) and a house in the central area, with a lawn behind. By 2008, the garage appeared to be disused, and in 2009 the roof appeared to have been taken off the house. The play area in the southwest part of the site also appeared disused and overgrown. Street View shows the pub as a two-storey building with pitched red tile roof and rendered frontage. The rear wing is of brick construction. The garage to the northeast is a single-storey building, also rendered, with a similar pitched roof, with a range running parallel to the street and an adjacent range at the north end gable-on to the road, with a wide doorway. In 2009 it was a timber dealers. The house to the rear is not visible from the road. Lidar data does not show any obvious features within the site.


Google Earth 2002, 2008, 2009 & 2015. Street View 2009. Lidar 2m DTM.

Magnesian Limestone project: RAF/541/31 3423 18-May-1948; RAF/541/31 3425 18-May-1948; MAL/69072 0169 30-Jul-1969



02981/01 Site of Possible Medieval River Fishery, Thorne

Possible medieval river fishery. As part of the Hatfield - Axholme area, Thorne was in an area of early fishing activity Exact location of fishery unknown.

Y

05594/01 Rising Sun Public House, Thorne

A public house of c.1820, the original building being the main pub building fronting onto Hatfield Road. Extensions and repairs dating to the later 19th and 20th centuries were also identified during building recording in 2013 prior to redevelopment.

Y

ESY259 Archaeological Recording at Union Road

A programme of archaeological recording was undertaken. [No details of techniques or results.]

Y

ESY1270 Building Recording of the Rising Sun

Building recording of a 19th century public house established that the main historical building had been altered considerably

Y



Public House, Thorne.

with later unsympathetic extensions as well as some repairs and renovations, such as the rough cast rendering. Later refurbishments have also replaced original internal fixtures and fittings.



HSY5638 Late 19th century development around Horse Fair Green and Canal, Thorne, Doncaster

Terraced Housing Y Y

HSY4456 Golf Course, South West of Thorne, Doncaster. Golf Course Y

HSY4682 Kirton Lane / Ashfield Avenue, Thorne, Doncaster


HSY4683 Housing west of Hatfield Road, Thorne, Doncaster


HSY5604 Site of former Shipyard, Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

HSY5609 Union Road, Thorne, Doncaster Terraced Housing Y

HSY5610 Thorne Memorial Park, Thorne, Doncaster Public Park Y

HSY5636 South End, Thorne, Doncaster Vernacular Cottages Y

HSY5637 West Street / Park Crescent infill, Thorne, Doncaster


HSY5662 Orchard Street, Thorne, Doncaster Private Housing Estate Y

Allocation Reference: 901 Area (Ha): 0.173 …...with a large extension to the west, and flat-roofed...

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