Digital Archive from an Archaeological Evaluation and Watching Brief at Elsecar Ironworks, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2023

This collection consists of site images, a CAD vector drawing, and a report from an archaeological evaluation and watching brief at Elsecar Ironworks, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, Rotheram, South Yorkshire. Works were carried out by York Archaeology between January and February 2023. The evaluation recorded buried remains of structures associated with the mid-19th-century expansion of Elsecar Ironworks. The state of preservation of the structural remains was generally good, where these had not been truncated by 20th-century intrusions. The functions of the structural remains revealed were not always clear, but the evaluation has indicated that remains of the Elsecar Ironworks survive within the yard area, with some evidence to confirm that part of this area was occupied by puddling furnaces.

本数据集涵盖遗址影像、计算机辅助设计（CAD）矢量绘图，以及在南约克郡罗瑟勒姆埃尔塞卡遗产中心埃尔塞卡炼铁厂开展的考古评估与现场考古监护工作所形成的正式报告。本次工作由约克考古机构于2023年1月至2月间实施。此次考古评估记录了与埃尔塞卡炼铁厂19世纪中期扩建工程相关的地下建筑遗存。该类建筑遗存的整体保存状况良好，未受20世纪后期人为侵入活动破坏的区域均得以完整留存。已揭露的建筑遗存功能并非均可明确，但本次评估证实埃尔塞卡炼铁厂遗存仍留存于厂区范围内，并有相关证据表明该区域的部分区域曾被搅炼炉（puddling furnaces）占用。