Glossop Road, Gamesley, Derbyshire - Archaeological Excavation Report

Wessex Archaeology

The excavation was carried out to investigate the proposed course of a Roman road, believed to pass through the area on a north-west to south-east alignment. During the strip, map and record exercise no evidence of a Roman road was observed. A modern recut within the field boundary was also recorded.

A soil sample taken from the earlier ditch was found to coal/clinker, slag and hammerscale, with evidence for later disturbance recorded. Radiocarbon dating from two charcoal samples recovered from the fill of this earlier ditch returned early Neolithic dates.

The presence of the metal working waste suggests these radiocarbon dates represent residual material present within the deposit and do not date the infilling of the ditch. The presence of coal/clinker suggest the ditch is not prehistoric.