Dransfield, N. and Norton, A. (2014). Land at Hallsteads , Dove Holes, Derbyshire Archaeological Evaluation Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1033350. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Hallsteads , Dove Holes, Derbyshire Archaeological Evaluation Report
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 A total of eighteen trenches of 50m and 25m lengths were excavated across the Site. The purpose of the trenching was to assess the positive worked lithic artefact results of a previous test pit evaluation and to examine blank areas to determine the archaeological potential of the Site and to inform any mitigation strategy prior to the impact of the development. The trenching amounted to a 5% coverage of the total area. The results of the evaluation revealed no archaeological remains and the recovery of flint or chert artefacts consisted of two, tentatively assigned worked chert lithics. The evaluation did uncover a spur of undulating natural chert bedrock running across the Site from the centre towards the southwest corner. The outcrops showed frost shattered weathering and the small to medium sized chips and angular fragments of degraded chert had migrated into the surrounding clay natural substrate and overlying subsoil via natural and recent human agricultural and landscaping activities. It is considered that this concentration of angular chert in the southwest quadrant of the Site may have accounted for the interpretation of worked lithics in that region from a previous test pitting programme. The evaluation also uncovered substantial disturbance in the form of quarrying, landscaping, rubbish disposal, sewage drainage cuts and a modern building site compound. The entire northern tip of the Site was made up of over 1.8m of modern made ground and substantial areas in the north-eastern, eastern and south eastern parts of the Site contained modern made ground deposits over which the previous test pitting programme had found worked lithics. These heavily disturbed areas would have effectively removed any earlier archaeological activity within those affected areas. The results from the evaluation indicate that the development is highly unlikely to impact on any significant archaeological remains.
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Author:		 N Dransfield
Andrew Norton
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Derbyshire County Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Hallsteads, Dove Holes, Derbyshire
County: Derbyshire
District: High Peak
Parish: CHAPEL EN LE FRITH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 407800, 378600 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MADE GROUND (Monus)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) QUARRY (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-197729
OBIB: 106970.01
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018