Two sediment units were identified in the test pit excavated at the north end of the field. The sediments within the trench are consistent with two phases of fluvial sedimentation. The topsoil is a mid-brown layey silt with a crumb structure. A gradual boundary below at 40-46cm leads to a greyish brown clay with <10% quartz sand. The clay has a massive strcture, with manganese and iron formations from continuous waterlogging. A sharp boundary at 90cm depth, associated with a layer of precipitated iron, revealed the next phase of alluviation. Iron mottling continued into the top few centimetres of tannish-brown medium quartz sand. The sand was well sorted, with no inclusions. The water table also appeared at 90cm, so only 30cm of sand was revealed, and the test pit was extended no further. The sediments within the test pit are consistent with alluvial sediment accumulation. The lower sand unit may be contemporary with when the palaeochannel flowed to the immediate south. Within the palaeochannel sampled, the high energy deposition directly adjacent to the channel may have occurred regularly on the banks of the Trent. The upper clay unit is consistent with low energy gradual accumulation on a wider floodplain, occuring during the periods of flooding. This deposit is likely concurrent with the present location of the Trent, and sedimentation dating up to the present day. The palaeochannel deposists demonstrate that the palaeochannel was abandoned, either naturally or through anthropogenic influence, and that the depression, location in an area with a consistently high water level, filled with organic matter that has broken down in the anaerobic environment. Occasional water flow and bioturbation disrupted the organic silt formation, evidenced by the sand from the unerlying sand and gravel within the bottom deposits of the silts. It is not possible to tell if thisis the primary fill of the palaeochannel, or if the sediment fills the drainage channel associated with the post-medieval field system.