The site is located broadly 18km west of Newark and 8.5km south east of Mansfield, 2km west of Farnsfield and 750m to the east of Lurcher Farm. Groundworks comprised the excavation of a square trench measuring 9m x 9m and an adjoining north-south aligned 80m long x 0.5m wide cable trench. The watching brief recorded a sequence of stratigraphy comprising topsoil overlying natural sand deposits across the site. No archaeological deposits, features or material evidence was recorded within the trenches.