The site was located on a roughly triangular plot of land adjacent to Abbey Road, Nottingham, approximately 654m south-east of the historic core of West Bridgford. The site lies on a shallow knoll of land which rises from 24m-26m AoD from north to south. The site is bounded to the west by Abbey Road, and to the south by Buckfast Way. The surrounding landscape is largely dominated by residential development.The site currently used as a recycling plant and associated offices with a grass verge along Buckfast Way. Three of the proposed seven trenches (Trenches 1, 3 and 7) were dug in locations set out in the approved WSI although some minor relocation of these was required to avoid on-site obstacles and below ground services. These trenches revealed no archaeological remains or deposits and showed that the ground had been disturbed to at least 1.2m below ground level by intrusive groundworks associated with previous phases of development. A number of previously unknown live buried services were also encountered. Given the negative results of the initial three trenches; the presence of live services and heavily contaminated ground it was decided, in consultation with Rushcliffe Borough Council’s Conservation and Heritage Officer that the site had been sufficiently evaluated and that the remaining trenches were not to be excavated.