A number of earthworks lie in a pasture field to the SW of Goldthorpe Mill. A broad E-W ditch, with a bank on its N side, runs parallel with the S boundary of the plot; the bank turns through 90 degrees at the SE corner of the field and continues N along its E boundary. A low mound lies N of the ditch in the SE corner of the plot. Other earthworks may survive towards the centre of the field, beyond the area visible from the road. (1)

Medieval/ post medieval banks are visible as earthworks on air photographs, centred at SK 5864 8840. Dispersed banks with no common alignment scattered over an area of approximately 17.8ha. The most northerly pair runs parallel on an east west alignment. These are spaced 11m apart. It is possible that these features are associated with the remains of Hermeston DMV recorded immediately to the east but they could also be more recent in date. Magnesian Limestone in South and West Yorkshire: Archaeological Mapping and Assessment Project - NMR OS/89141 255 06-May-1989. (3)

See M4760 for watermill, M5972 for Ro road (possibly included in these earthworks). See M4771 for Hermeston DMV.

Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

3 colour print, CP 217-9 (negs F10/2,3), SMR

<1> TPAT, 1994, Village Earthwork Survey I (Published document). SNT1359.

<2> Fairey Surveys, 1971, Vertical Air Photos (Aerial photograph). SNT681.

Other Refs: 6/221,1992 47/179-80

<3> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.