Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd (PCAS) was commissioned by Rippon Homes Ltd., to undertake a comprehensive programme of observation and recording on land off Portland Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. The site comprises an irregular shaped unit of former waste land approximately 0.8ha in extent. During a previous archaeological evaluation on the site two small pits and a linear feature containing a single human grave were discovered, this study aimed to establish whether this was an isolated grave or part of a wider burial site and to ascertain the presence of any fur-ther archaeology. "The areas monitored were stripped of topsoil and overburden using a mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless bucket; these areas included house and garage footings, drain runs, manhole sections and a larger open area to the west of the currently standing outbuildings. All machine stripping and foundation excavations were carried out under constant supervision. All features and deposits were investigated and recorded. Context sheets were completed for each layer/deposit/structural element, and multi-context drawings were produced in both plan and section. Larger areas incorporating drain trenches were planned at 1:200; plans of plots and garage plots were recorded at 1:100 and sections at 1:20. Manhole sections were initially drawn at 1:10. A site diary was kept, and digital photographs were taken to complement these accounts". The report concludes “The features exposed during the course of the watching brief were associated with partially demolished stone structures, which were recorded on the Ordnance Survey map of 1884" A standing building was situated to the north-east of the site, and clearly visible on the 1884 map; a lace maker’s cottage dating from the 19th century. The external walls of the building were fully standing, and the internal walls and concrete floor were generally structurally sound, although internal doors and the windows had been boarded up in modern times. Many of the beams in the roof were present, and the roof itself was also largely intact. The location of the grave discovered during the preceding evaluation (Rowe, 2008) was with-in 1.0m of manhole C2, the grave was shallow with only a small amount of human bone re-maining. Less than 5% of the complete skeleton survived, but even so, the burial was that of an adult male of at least 25 years of age (Hill, 2008), although dating the grave has not been possible due to a lack of artefactual evidence. No other burials were found anywhere within the excavated area, suggesting that this was a single discrete burial.