Archaeological Excavation at Nos. 77-81, Sidney Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OASIS ID: archaeol5-308139)

Archaeological Research Services Ltd. was commissioned by Elmsdale Estates Ltd to carry out a multi-phase programme of archaeological works on land at Nos. 77-81 Sidney Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (NGR SK 35416 86575). The works included a strip, map and sample excavation, as well as evaluation trenching. The aims and objectives of this project were to identify and record any 19-20th century industrial workshops and/ or domestic remains in the proposed development area, to produce dating and phasing for archaeological deposits recorded on the site and to establish the character and extent of archaeological deposits in order to define functional areas of the site (e.g. industrial and domestic). Excavations revealed the remains of workers housing, as well as structural elements of the buildings which pre-date the construction of Sidney Street. Furthermore, the remains of cellars, paths and successive drainage were discovered to be associated with the workers housing. Stone built and brick built structures, relating to the earliest phases of industrial activity on the site were also discovered. The archaeological works at 77-81 Sidney Street revealed a sequence of structures that span the use of the site as agricultural land, its incorporation into an urban setting and through to the present day

Archaeological Excavations at Milken Lane, Ashover, Derbyshire (OASIS ID: archaeol5-341038 and archaeol5-321130)

In October 2018, Archaeological Research Services Ltd was commissioned by Mr Roger Hollingworth to undertake an archaeological excavation on land at Milken Lane, Ashover, Derbyshire. The site lies adjacent to the medieval core of Ashover. Archaeology is a material concern within the planning process and a condition of planning consent (NED/17/0020/OL) for residential housing required that a programme of archaeological works be undertaken and concluded prior to occupation. Previous works on this site by Archaeological Research Services Ltd encompassed a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) (Burpoe, 2017), a Geophysical Survey (Durkin, 2017b) and archaeological trial trenching (Cobbold, 2018). Excavations were focussed on an area of former lead mining activity and were undertaken between the 22nd and 30th October 2018. They revealed three backfilled mineshafts and their associated enclosure walls, along with the fragmentary remains of a small building, previously identified by archaeological trial trenching (Cobbold, 2018). Other features were also identified on the site and included a shallow burial pit, treeboles, and gullies