Partridge Hill Farm, Doncaster - Archaeological Evaluation Report

Wessex Archaeology

The uncovered features, comprising ditches, gullies and pits, represent evidence of Iron Age/Romano-British agricultural practices and settlement although several features remain of uncertain date due to a lack of artefactual material. All but a small proportion of the finds assemblage came from the southernmost field, and almost entirely comprises sherds of pottery dating to the Romano-British period. One residual flint artefact, of probable Neolithic/Bronze Age date, was found in a Middle Iron Age ditch.

The only artefactual evidence of activity post-dating the Romano- British period is two pieces of post-medieval pottery found within the topsoil. However, radiocarbon dating of the environmental assemblages from two pits that exhibited in-situ burning, produced Anglo-Norman dates and further analysis has shown that they represent the remains of charcoal production pit kilns. Two ditches to the north were interpreted as the remains of post-medieval field boundaries matching historic cartographic records.