Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment of Bankwood Lane, New Rossington, South Yorkshire

In October 2007, ARCUS were commissioned by Peacock and Smith Ltd to undertake a desk-based assessment of land at Bankwood Lane, New Rossington, South Yorkshire (SK 60828 98613). The assessment included a site visit, along with documentary and cartographic research. The site is located in an area of key significance for the Iron Age and Romano-British periods. Extensive cropmark sites dating from these periods survive throughout the undeveloped parts of the Rossington area and, given their proximity to the proposal area, previously unknown archaeological deposits within the site cannot be ruled out. The proposal area was parkland or pasture within the Rossington Hall estate between c.1220 and 1938. Substantial ground disturbance is unlikely to have occurred during this period or, as the site contained allotment gardens and a factory unit that lacked basement levels, in association with its subsequent post-war development. The relatively shallow level of ground disturbance within the site suggests that while the upper levels of any sub-surface archaeological deposits may have been impacted by the construction of the factory, the lower levels of such features could be preserved in good condition.