The proposed development lies 4.5km to the south of Newark-on-Trent, and 1.9km to the north of Hawton within the Newark and Sherwood District of Nottinghamshire. The proposed development comprises fields under arable cultivation with a mixture of crops, defined by drainage ditches, hedgerows along some of the boundaries, and existing trackways, some of which will be utilised as part of the proposed development. A total of 16 trenches were proposed within the footprint of the proposed wind farm development (totalling 1000m2). This represents 6% of the proposed development area excluding the existing farm tracks to be upgraded as part of the proposals. Trial trenches were located to target geophysical anomalies and features identified on the aerial photographs and their possible continuation into areas potentially affected by the wind farm development. Within two of the excavated trenches positive results were recorded, confirming that some ephemeral features suggested by the geophysical and aerial photograph study were of an archaeological origin. These comprised a series of features south-west of the proposed Turbine 2, and west of the concentration of the identified complex (L10782). These potentially all date to the early Roman period and consisted of ditches, gullies, and a pit. A further feature of uncertain date and origin was recorded just to the north. In the south of the site, several other possible features were excavated. These are most likely of natural origin, although two small features could be archaeological and possibly associated with the activity identified by the geophysical survey to the south. No other significant features or artefacts were identified elsewhere. Three lithics from unstratified contexts were recovered during the evaluation. These results suggest that the features identified by geophysical and aerial photographic study are also likely to be Late Iron Age and Early Roman in date and could represent settlements on top of the slight ridge overlooking the Devon (and Trent) valley to the west. They could also be associated with settlement activity previously identified to the west of the River Devon, indicating a substantial area of settlement activity of this period.