Images from Archaeological Works to the East of Linacre Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 2018
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Introduction
This digital archive contains images from a scheme of Archaeological Works on land to the east of Linacre Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire in advance of planning consent, under the authority of Chesterfield Borough Council and Steve Baker, Archaeologist for Derbyshire County Council, the work was undertaken by Archaeological Research Services Ltd between August and October 2018.
The scheme comprised four phases of work fieldwork commencing with a geophysical survey of the whole proposed development area which located potential archaeological features and apparently barren areas. This data was used to inform the second phase of works which comprised the excavation of 31 evaluation trenches targeted to assess the potential archaeological features and blank areas. Based on the results of the evaluation and in consultation with Steve Baker and Kier Asset Partnership Services Ltd. it was agreed to carry out two further phases of work in the form of a Strip, Map, and Sample excavation in the south-eastern filed of the Proposed Development Area (PDA) and a watching brief focussed on the north-western and south-western fields. The evaluation trenches identified archaeological remains including ditches, pits, plough furrows, mineshafts, drains and a posthole. Within the Strip, Map and Sample area, a number of significant archaeological features were identified including; prehistoric (possibly Late Iron Age) enclosure ditches, clusters of postholes of probable prehistoric date, a possible medieval hollow way, and post-medieval mineshafts and areas of in situ burning associated with 19th century industrial processes. The watching brief in the north-western and south-western fields recovered a large number of pottery sherds from the 19th century onwards, demonstrating post-medieval and modern domestic activity in and around the investigated area.
