Archaeological Evaluation (Phase 1) of Land near the Bull Ring, Dove Holes, Derbyshire

Mr R. Critchlow of Kalro Lid has submitted a planning application for a housing | development on land near the Bull Ring, Dove Holes, Derbyshire. The proximity of the proposed development to the Bull Ring henge, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, led the Derbyshire County Council Sites and Monuments Records Officer to require an archaeological evaluation to be undertaken before development could proceed. The first stage of the evaluation programme was to investigate one field, the first to be impacted by the housing development. This field had already been stripped and the evaluation consisted of monitored machine cleaning. This technique was used to examine the field for archaeological features and collect any artefacts revealed. The only archaeological features exposed were two areas of modern rubbish dumping. All the finds were modern except for one flint flake recovered from the subsoil. In conclusion no archaeologically significant features or artefact scatters were identified within the field.