Rufford Abbey Country Park is located around 1.6 miles to the south of Ollerton village in the parish of Rufford. The wildlife area at Rufford Abbey is located in the south-east portion of the Country Park and lies directly to the west of the river Rainworth. In some of the initial clearance work in the wildlife area the contractors had recovered a large piece of faced sandstone with an associated iron brace or strap (Plate1). This was recovered from a low area being cleared near the pre-existing outlet. A trench was dug at the narrowest point between the wildlife area pond and the river Rainworth, for the laying of a plastic pipe of around 40cm diameter. The channel was dug by mini digger using a 50cm toothed bucked and working from the pond to river. The final width of the excavated trench was around 65cm on average. The sections were not cleaned but several discrete layers were observed. The watching brief appears to have uncovered a stone flagged path, which may be that shown on mapping from the early 20th Century, and seen in detail on a roughly contemporary photograph.