| Title: |
Cusworth Hall and Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment (Report No. 824) |
| Number of Pages: |
71 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The assessment concluded that the prevalence of spot finds in the vicinity, coupled with the evidence of cropmarks seen from aerial reconnaissance, suggested that the hall and park were superimposed upon a Late Iron Age/Roman landscape. Most tangibly, the nature of this landscape may have been represented by the typical pattern of 'brickwork'' fields and enclosures identified immediately to the east of the park. Later landscaping and/or cropping regimes at the time of air reconnaissance may have prevented the manifestation of further cropmark anomalies, either within, or running into, the present park area. It was clear nevertheless that the observed field system to the east of the park did extend westward and would certainly have been affected by landscaping in the eastern extremities of the park. The ridge and furrow earthworks within the park and surrounding area were probably associated with medieval fields that surrounded the villages of Cusworth and, perhaps, Skinthorpe. The core of the medieval village of Cusworth lay immediately to the north-east of the present hall and there was a very strong likelihood that elements of the late medieval village, or its precursors, lay within the present curtillage of the hall and park. Although the site of Skinthorpe was essentially lost, it potentially lay in the vicinity of the eastern edge of the park. Post-medieval landscaping within certain areas of the park would have impacted upon earlier archaeological remains and reduced the east with which the remains of them might be detected using remote sensing methods, such as geophysical survey. [Au(adp)] |
| Author: |
K Keith
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| Publisher: |
Archaeological Services WYAS
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| Year of Publication: |
2000
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Cusworth |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2000
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: CUSWORTH HALL AND PARK, DONCASTER
Study area:
Investigation type: Desk-based
District: Doncaster
Monument: GARDEN. Post-medieval (1540-1901), HA HA. Post-medieval (1540-1901), FEATURE. Modern (1901-present), BREWHOUSE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), DOVECOTE. Post-medieval (1540-1901), CROSS. Medieval (1066-1540), BOWLING GREEN. Undated, CASCADE. Post-medieval (15
Ngr: SE54900410
Parish: Sprotbrough and Cusworth
Postcode: DN5 7TX
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |
