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Former Thorntons Factory Site, Derwent Street, Belper: An Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation |
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Trent & Peak Archaeology unpublished report series
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trentpea1-318078_1.pdf (20 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Trent and Peak Archaeology was commissioned by Robertson (Yorkshire and East Midlands), on behalf of Derbyshire County Council, to carry out an archaeological trial trench evaluation at the Former Thorntons Factory Site, Derwent Street, Belper, Derbyshire (National Grid Reference SK 34579 47431). The factory site is located within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site and the Belper and Milford Conservation area. An earlier desk-based assessment produced by TPA (Davies 2014) quantified the potential for buried archaeological remains within the proposed development area. These broadly constitute probable buried archaeological remains of post-medieval or later date relating to earlier structures associated with the factory fronting Derwent Street and an area of post-medieval settlement along Bridge Street/Chapel Street, within the development area, which is visible in historic mapping from c.1767 onwards. The program of archaeological mitigation comprised the excavation of five 1.8 x 10-15m trenches providing a 2% sample of the total 5839.3m2 development area. The trenches were evenly distributed across the site and were designed to target the areas of probable post-medieval archaeological significance. This trial trench evaluation positively identified a number of post-medieval and early modern deposits relating to early eighteenth and nineteenth century expansion of the town and the development of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Archaeological features were present within 4 of the 5 trenches, with a concentration of features observed within trench 05. Given the presence of c.19th-20th century archaeological remains positively identified during this trial trench evaluation, it is likely that further mitigation may be required in the area of trench 05 and the Trench 01 culvert. |
Author: |
K Bentley
V Owen
C Collins
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Publisher: |
Trent & Peak Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Derbyshire County Council (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2018
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Locations: |
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FORMER THORNTON'S FACTORY SITE |
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Derbyshire |
District: |
Amber Valley |
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BELPER |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 434577, 347434 (Easting, Northing)
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trentpea1-318078 |
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Report number: 070/2018 |
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Grey literature, PDF
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Created Date: |
13 Jan 2020 |