The survey was undertaken on land to the east of the village of East Stoke between Thorpe in the north and Syerston in the south as part of the A46 Newark to Widmerpool Improvement. The survey area covers approximately 37.8ha in area and comprises predominantly arable fields. It is situated c. 320m west of the centre of East Stoke on undulating land. The area is bounded to the north by Millfield Lane, Thorpe, to the south by Greengate, Syerston and is surrounded on all sides by arable fields. The survey area was divided into transects, positioned parallel and 10m following methods used by the Battlefield Trust at the Battle of Edge Hill. A total of five Roman coins was recovered, the earliest of which was a worn Republican issue. In addition two probable brooch fragments and lead pot repairs were recovered which may also date to this period. No clear spatial patterning of Roman artefacts could be identified given the small number of finds. Three medieval coins, dating to the 14th century, were identified. These included a small and fragmentary gold coin. The remaining medieval objects, which appear to represent stray finds associated with the nearby settlement of East Stoke, could not be closely dated. No artefacts definitively attributable to the Battle of Stoke Field were recovered. Earlier post-medieval coins consisted of silver issues of Elizabeth I and James I. The remaining identifiable coins or tokens dated after 1700 through to the 1940s. Objects of post-medieval and later date constituted the majority of dateable finds. Lead shot of varying size was recovered, with a small number exhibiting flattening or other distortion, resulting from impact. The shot identified would be appropriate for matchlock/muskets in the period spanning the 17th to earlier 19th centuries, with a reasonably high likelihood these relate to the 17th century civil wars and actions during the sieges of Newark. A proportion may however relate to non-military firearms which continued in use into the modern period. A total of 124 copper-alloy buttons, typical of the 18th century or later periods was also recovered.