Potash Minehead, Doves Nest Farm, North York Moors Heritage ...
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© Cotswold Archaeology<br />
<strong>Potash</strong> <strong>Minehead</strong>, <strong>Doves</strong> <strong>Nest</strong> <strong>Farm</strong>, <strong>North</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Moors</strong>: <strong>Heritage</strong> Desk-Based Assessment<br />
SUMMARY<br />
Project Name: <strong>Potash</strong> <strong>Minehead</strong><br />
Location:<br />
<strong>Doves</strong> <strong>Nest</strong> <strong>Farm</strong>, <strong>North</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Moors</strong><br />
NGR: 489715 505018<br />
Type:<br />
<strong>Heritage</strong> Desk-based Assessment<br />
In November 2012 Cotswold Archaeology was commissioned by <strong>York</strong> <strong>Potash</strong> Ltd to conduct<br />
a heritage desk-based assessment relating to the proposed <strong>Potash</strong> minehead at <strong>Doves</strong> <strong>Nest</strong><br />
<strong>Farm</strong>, Sneaton, <strong>North</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Moors</strong> National Park. The proposed development primarily<br />
entails the excavation of two mine shafts and the construction of surface ancillary structures,<br />
including a welfare compound.<br />
No World <strong>Heritage</strong> Sites or sites included on the Tentative List of Future Nominations for<br />
World <strong>Heritage</strong> Sites, Scheduled Monuments, Conservation Areas, Registered Parks and<br />
Gardens or Registered Battlefields are located within the Study Area or its immediate<br />
vicinity. The only designated asset identified comprises a Grade II Listed boundary stone,<br />
located just beyond the boundary of the proposed minehead to the south-west, and which<br />
will be not be harmed by the proposed development.<br />
Thirty-two non-designated heritage assets have been identified within the Study Area, five of<br />
which are located within the proposed minehead itself. A Post-medieval pond, a Postmedieval<br />
embanked field boundary and a cluster of undated circular earthworks, possibly<br />
prehistoric, are to be preserved in situ under the current proposals. <strong>Doves</strong> <strong>Nest</strong> <strong>Farm</strong>house<br />
is to be demolished and a possible enclosure may also be affected by the development,<br />
though both features are considered to be of limited archaeological significance.<br />
There is no evidence to suggest significant archaeological activity within the proposed<br />
minehead, which would appear to have remained primarily in agricultural usage. There is a<br />
slight, though unconfirmed, potential for prehistoric activity within the proposed minehead<br />
and the local conditions may also be conducive to the preservation of organic material.<br />
It is considered unlikely that the proposed development will have a significant impact upon<br />
the heritage resource. The development does not conflict with local or national heritage<br />
policy and there are not considered to be any heritage constraints sufficient to preclude the<br />
proposed development.<br />
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