The proposed development site comprises a small parcel of land within the southern area of the complex of Gamston Manor. The proposed development site is set well back from and situated at the western end of a private gravelled driveway that in turn extends off the western frontage of the Great North Road. This comprised the mechanical excavation under archaeological supervision of a single archaeological trial trench within the area of the new build footprint of the proposed new domestic garage/garden store according to the specification. The trench was excavated by a 5-ton 360° mechanical excavator that was fitted with a 1.5m wide toothless bucket. This archaeological field assessment did not identify any significant archaeological activity on this proposed development site and there were no significant finds. The First Edition Ordnance Survey (O.S.) map of 1885 features a small livestock pond within the new build area. This feature had gone by the time of the Second Edition Ordnance Survey (O.S.) map of 1899. A portion of this feature was identified within and towards the eastern end of the trial trench. This pond, from the map evidence, is considered to have been of 19th century origin and appeared to have been backfilled with contemporary building demolition rubble by the late 19th century. The pond was found to extended to a depth of c.1.0m below the site ground levels. The area of this former pond along with the new build area, was found to be occupied by a modern and imported topsoil or landscaping deposit, that was deposited when the present grassed lawns on the site were laid out. This was undoubtedly a modern 20th century horizon, since it overlay the 19th century livestock pond that had been infilled by the late 19th century. The pond feature was also found to be cut into an underlying and undated buried soil or ploughsoil horizon and an underlying natural horizon. This deposit sequence was recorded to the west of the pond feature, where the trench was excavated to shallower levels.