Church Lane, Rowsley, Derbyshire: Watching Brief at Home Farm,

All work was undertaken in accordance with the Written Scheme of Investigation produced by Matt Hurford Historic Buildings and Archaeology Services (Hurford 2021) and approved by Natalie Ward, Senior Conservation Archaeologist at the Peak District National Park Authority. The principal aim of the work was to identify the presence of any archaeological remains and to achieve an appropriate level of recording including an assessment of the overall extent, date and state of preservation of archaeological remains and the results presented within a report. The eastern edge of the site generally has two alluvial deposits, a lower one of gravels within a silty clay matrix and an upper one of silty clay. A silty clay loam buried former soil in present in each indicating little ground disturbance prior concrete yard being laid. In contrast, the western part of the site generally only has the lower alluvial deposit with the buried soil absent indicating extensive relandscaping for the yard. Archaeology relating to the buildings depicted on the early Ordnance Survey maps was not encountered. The trenches may have been placed just outside of the footprints of the buildings though due to the depth of the levelling for the yard, notably in the location of the southern building, all trace of the building is likely to have been removed.