The site lies at the northernmost extent of an area of land known as Farndon Fields, on the narrowing interfluve between the Rivers Trent and Devon, to the immediate south of Newark-on-Trent. It lies 1.3km east of the River Trent, on relatively flat, uncultivated farm land. It is approximately rectangular in shape, orientated north-west/south-east, being c. 315m by c.110m at its maximum extent. The site is bounded to the east by the River Devon, to the west by the present Farndon roundabout on the A46 trunk road, to the north by a boundary ditch and hedge to private properties, including a haulage yard and ancillary buildings, and to the south by open farmland. The fieldwork comprised the excavation of nine test pits, 3m by 3m in extent, all within the footprint of the flanking drainage ditches associated with the proposed development on the site . In some cases the test pits had to be moved to avoid underground utilities or negate contamination of an existing drainage ditch bounding the north edge of the site. The ploughsoil of all TPs were initially excavated in shallow spits by mechanical excavator equipped with a toothless grading bucket. All machine excavation was undertaken under constant archaeological supervision to the top of the first significant sub-ploughsoil deposit or the natural geology (Holme Pierrepont Gravels), whichever was encountered first. Of the nine test pits excavated a small number contained evidence of natural fluvial or archaeological features. Palaeochannel edges were recorded in 2 test pits, an animal burrow, three post-medieval pits, and a post-medieval field boundary ditch. A relatively small assemblage of finds was recovered during the investigation. It comprises pottery, worked lithics, ceramic building material (CBM), fired clay, clay tobacco pipe, copper alloy, glass and slag. The largest component is the pottery, predominantly dating to the post-medieval and modern periods.