Site Event/Activity record ENT5169 - Excavation near Blyth Road, Blyth

Location

Location Blyth Road, Blyth, Nottinghamshire
Grid reference Centred SK 62079 88850 (591m by 607m)
Map sheet SK68NW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Blyth, Bassetlaw

Technique(s)

Organisation

PCAS Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

The development area is located some 14km south of the centre of Doncaster, 9.5km northeast of the centre of Worksop and 1.3km north of the centre of Blyth. The development area lies immediately north of the junction of the A1(M) and the A614 roads and immediately east of the A1(M). Based on the trial trenching it was decided that a strip, map and excavation was required within the footprint, and the area surrounding the warehouse. All archaeological features and horizons encountered during any part on the onsite investigations were investigated, allowing for the detailed recording of each feature and the recovery of artefactual and ecofactual evidence. Excavations undertaken prior to development exposed archaeological remains across the development area. The remains appear to correlate with the geophysical survey and the cropmarks seen prior to excavation. The most significant archaeology could be seen in the centre of the site, with the identification of the Bronze Age barrow, and the two associated cremations. The remainder of the archaeology excavated appears to be later in date, and most likely part of the wider Iron Age/Roman field system which extends across the remainder of the site. The confirmation of the Bronze Age barrow, and associated cremations indicate that the site is significant. It is situated at the top of a hill and appears, based on the cropmark, geophysical and evaluation data, to be situated in a landscape where a number of other barrows are present, although no more were exposed during work on site. A number of pits were also identified within and around the barrow, however with very little dating recovered from these, only having a single pit dated to the Iron Age, it is impossible to determine their date with any confidence. Its most likely that they are later than the barrow, and associated with the Iron Age/Roman activity in the area. The presence of industrial activity from near to this area during the evaluation may corroborate this theory. All but one of the boundaries were most likely related to the Iron Age/Roman field system. The ditches are on a broadly N-S/E-W axis. They correlate with the geophysical survey, suggesting an extensive network of agriculture in the area. Evidence of occupation during this period was identified to the north of the development siteduring the evaluation; however, evidence of this was scarce during the excavation, with only eight pottery sherds recovered from a pit and two ditches.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Leigh Brocklehurst. 2019. Land off Blyth Road, Blyth, Bassetlaw: Report on a Scheme of Archaeological Mitigation.

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

  • Barrow cemetery N of Nornay, Blyth (Monument)
  • Cremations at Blyth Road, Blyth (Element)
  • Pits at Blyth Road, Blyth (Element)
  • Roman field system at Blyth Road, Blyth (Element)

Record last edited

Oct 2 2024 4:10PM

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