****This document does not fulfil the requirements of a full Desk-Based Assessment and should be utilised only as a technical summary **** MOLA has been commissioned by Crestwood Environmental to produce an historical and archaeological summary in advance of a planning statement for the extension of Bestwood Quarry in Nottinghamshire. An area of approx. 3.3ha will newly be targeted for extraction. The HER was consulted and a map regression exercise took place. The study contains images of significant features and a map of the site boundary. 2km to the north-west of the site, a small bronze side-looped spearhead of middle Bronze Age date was found in 1965 while digging house foundations. A small square enclosure, pos-sibly laid around a moat, is situated around 650m to the south-west of the site. It has been identified through aerial photography, and may date from the prehistoric period. 1.6 km to the west of the site 10 coins were found, these were thought to be Roman but their location is now unknown. A low earthwork bank previously ran along the boundary between the parishes of Newstead and Papplewick thought to be Medieval in date. A circular feature, possibly a pond, has been identified from aerial photography around 1km to the south-east of the quarry the report states that this is likely to be Medieval or Post Medieval. Around 2.4km south-west of the proposed quarry extension is the Grade I Listed Building of Papplewick Hall with its Grade II* Registered Park and Garden. This building was built or re-built in 1787.