Remembered Places, Forgotten Pasts : The Don Drainage Basin in Prehistory.

Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Figure 2.1: The watershed between Derwent and Hope valleys, Derbyshire, (left) and the Don drainage basin at Stanage Edge, South Yorkshire (right). Source: author. -- Figure 2.2: The mainland of Great Britain, showing the study area in relation to major rivers. © Crown Copyright/database right 2016, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 2.3: The former course of the River Idle, near Wroot, North Lincolnshire. Source: P. Buckland. -- Figure 2.4: The River Don drainage basin prior to A.D. 1640. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 2.5: 'The great valley of the Don', facing southwest from Melton Warren, South Yorkshire, along the middle Don Valley between Old Denaby (left) and Mexborough (right). The confluence of the Don with the river Dearne is to the immediate left of the -- Figure 2.6: Westwoodside and Haxey, at the southern point of the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire, facing north from Gringley-on-the-Hill, North Notinghamshire. The water tower at the right of the photo marks the watershed between the Trent drainage b -- Figure 2.7: Map of Britain from 1540, based on Ptolemy (after Whitaker 1933). -- Figure 2.8: Wincobank Hill, Sheffield, facing northeast from the bank of the River Don. Wincobank hill is the site an Iron Age hill fort, and was also the scene of activity during the Mesolithic period. The hill is situated close to the confluence of the -- Figure 2.9: A standing stone (top) overlooking the confluence of Ewden Beck and Oaken Clough, South Yorkshire. Source: author.

Figure 2.11: Deepcar, South Yorkshire, facing south southeast along the upper Don valley from Hunshelf Bank. The well known Early Mesolithic site is located to the immediate left of the photo, overlooking the Don on a precipitous ledge. The confluence of -- Figure 3.1: Distribution of earlier prehistoric finds at Scratta Wood, North Nottinghamshire, in relation to the Iron Age settlement. Figures refer to height OD in metres. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 3.2: Facing southeast across the undulating fields of Scratta wood. Most finds were recovered from the ridges of the field. Source: author. -- Figure 3.3: The Isle of Axholme (right) with prehistoric data recovered by the Isle of Axholme Field Survey team and other prehistoric findspots in the area. Crown Copyright ©Ordnance Survey 2012. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/ -- Figure 4.1: Distribution of data in relation to bedrock geological formations. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.2: Distribution of data in relation to superficial geological formations. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.3: Distribution of data in relation to Millstone Grit. Moorland overlies much of the Millstone Grit. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. SYAS ©all rights reserved. -- Figure 4.4: Upper Ewden valley, facing east. Source: author. -- Figure 4.5: Distribution of archaeological events across the Millstone Grit formation. Stray finds are indicated by 's'. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. SYAS ©all rights reserved. -- Figure 4.6: The Upper Don valley from Birley Edge, facing south. Source: author.

Figure 4.7: The Don valley where it meets the Rother valley, to the immediate west of Canklow. Source: author. -- Figure 4.8: Dearne valley (background), Mexborough (centre), Don valley (foreground) facing north-east from Old Denaby. The confluence of the Don and Dearne are to the immediate right of the photo. Source: author. -- Figure 4.9: Distribution of data in relation to the Coal Measures Sandstones geological formations. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service.  Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Li -- Figure 4.10: Distribution of archaeological events across the southerly Coal Measures Sandstone geological formations. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.11: Distribution of archaeological events across the northerly Coal Measures Sandstone geological formations in the Dearne Valley. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.12: The distribution of data in the Sheffield area. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. SYAS ©all rights reserved. -- Figure 4.13: Distribution of data in relation to the Magnesian Limestone plateaux. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.14: The undulating landscape of the Magnesian Limestone at Hickleton, South Yorkshire. Source: author. -- Figure 4.15: The view northeast from Old Denaby, South Yorkshire, across the Don Valley and lower Dearne Valley towards the west facing escarpment of the Magnesian Limestone at High Melton. Source: author. -- Figure 4.16: The view north east from Scratta Wood, North Nottinghamshire, across the middle Idle valley. Source: author.

Figure 4.17: The view east from Bilham in South Yorkshire across the Humberhead levels. Source: author. -- Figure 4.18: The imposing east facing Palladian style facade of Hickleton Hall. Source: author -- Figure 4.19: The fields and woods of Marr Moor, Marr Thick, and Melton c.1902. On the west edge of the map lies Hickleton Hall, Brodsworth lies on the north edge. Only three kilometres to the east is Cusworth Hall. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, a -- Figure 4.20: Professional and developer funded work on the Magnesian Limestone. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.21: Amateur and developer funded work on the Magnesian Limestone and near vicinity. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.22: Dinnington and its environs, with gaps in data coverage probably indicative of lack of archaeological research. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.23: Cropmarks indicative of round barrows, in relation to AP data (SLAP, EHAP - see appendix) and other known and suspected round barrows. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. Contains public sector i -- Figure 4.24: The distribution of data in relation to the Idle valley and Humberhead Levels. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.25: The view southwest across the middle Idle valley, from Gringley-on-the-Hill, North Nottinghamshire. Source: author. -- Figure 4.26: The view northwest across the Humberhead Levels from Beacon Hill long mound, Gringley-on-the-Hill, North Nottinghamshire. The dark line to the left background on the horizon marks the edge of the Magnesian Limestone, while the darker patch o.

Figure 4.27: Urban areas, parks and woodlands in the upper Idle Valley. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.28: The middle reaches of the River Idle drainage basin in north Nottinghamshire. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.29: Distribution of archaeological events across the river Idle catchment. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.30: The view north from Mill Hill, Crowle, across the lower reaches of the former River Don. Source: author. -- Figure 4.31: Humberhead levels geological formations . © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.32: The distribution of earlier prehistoric artefacts and sites in the vicinity of Doncaster. Figures represent height in metres OD. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.33: Point density plots (roundels. Darker is higher density) showing higher areas of data density relating to urban areas, built on higher and drier locations. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.34: Alluvial deposits on the Humberhead levels. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0. -- Figure 4.35: Archeological events in the vicinity of Potteric Carr, South Yorkshire. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service. -- Figure 4.36: Stray finds across the study area. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service.

Figure 5.1: Distribution of Mesolithic findspots across the study area. © Crown Copyright/database right 2014, an Ordnance Survey/EDINA supplied service.

South Yorkshire and the North Midlands have long been ignored or marginalized in narratives of British Prehistory. In this book, unpublished data is used for the first time in a work of synthesis to reconstruct the prehistory of the earliest communities across the River Don drainage basin.

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