Four trenches (25m, two 10m and 15m) were excavated within the site boundary. The development site comprised approximately 0.83ha of land situated to the north east of Southwell town centre. There are two designated heritage assets within the site boundary. The first, a former prison block or workshop of the former house of correction which occupied the site for most of the 19th century, and the second, an 80m length of the boundary wall of the former house of correction which now forms the north east boundary of the site. Late 19th/early 20th century brickwork and flagstone surfaces were present in the trenches, most of which were likely to be related to the use of the site as a lace factory. A linear feature which corresponded well with the approximate position of the house of correction’s perimeter wall may have represented a trench dug during its demolition to facilitate the removal of foundations