The proposed development site covers an area of 169.3ha and is located on the southern edge of Mansfield. It lies either side of the east-to-west-running A617 (Sherwood Way) to the east of the A60 (Nottingham Road). The evaluation consisted of 22 trenches. One trench was 500m long and one was 200m long, while the remainder were all 20m long; all trenches were 1.6m wide. Archaeological remains on the current site proved to be relatively sparse, with concentrations in the north-west corner and the south-eastern quadrant; a row of four trenches in the south-eastern quadrant all displayed features containing evidence of burning. Few features produced stratified finds, but these, combined with the stratigraphic evidence, suggest that the medieval ploughland was divided from an earlier activity horizon by a layer of subsoil. The dating remains on a broad spectrum, but it seems plausible that open-field cultivation was not introduced in this area until the 12th century or later, and consequently that features sealed by the subsoil, but otherwise undateable, are likely to be early medieval or pre-Conquest.