Trial trenching in an approximately rectangular parcel c. 425/500m north/south and c. 750/1000m east/west. Trial trenching of the Proposed Development Area or ‘Rempstone Estate Land’ revealed a moderate level of archaeological activity across the area, with several concentrated areas of features and finds. Significant archaeological features were present in eight of the seventeen trenches (2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16), with substantial concentration of finds within four (6, 13, 14, 16). Archaeological activity was absent in three trenches (5, 11, 17). Features included the continuation of a ditch recorded in previous episodes of fieldwork to the west and interpreted as a major land division dating to the Later Prehistoric period. Trenching also recovered evidence of significant Iron Age domestic activity and medieval strip cultivation. Across the PDA, in addition to topsoil, it was necessary to also remove significant depths (up to c. 0.6m) of an upper subsoil to allow the effective identification of archaeological features. Whilst the stripping of large open areas provides better conditions for the identification of features (when compared to trial trenching), a double strip (topsoil, upper subsoil) is still likely to be required over much, if not all, of the extraction area, should further archaeological mitigation be required. Trial trenching met the key objectives set out in the WSI (Jones 2013), namely the clarification of the area’s archaeological potential, characterisation of features and deposits and investigation of previously recorded finds spots. The majority of the features had been subject to moderate to high levels of truncation by agricultural activity connected to the formation of a substantial upper subsoil layer (Section 6.14 – 6.16). The virtual absence of metalwork is noteworthy, but this apparent absence should be viewed with caution given the amount of metal detecting that is known to have taken place in the locality.