Source/Archive record SDR19034 - Derby Spur North. Archaeological Assessment 2nd Draft.

The assessment analyses aerial photographs, documentary sources and an assessment of geotechnical data. The landscape in the area is dominated by the fields of post-medieval enclosure and to the west by suburban growth of Derby. A number of more ancient landscape area were identified principally at Stocker Flat in Alvaston and around Elvaston Castle. Two sites of archaeological interest are affected by the proposed road: 1. Cropmark enclosures at Elvaston 2. Palaeoenvironmental material at Stocker Flat.