The site lies close to the centre of Mansfield Woodhouse. It comprises of an amorphous unit of waste land approximately 0.8ha in size, currently disused and sparsely covered with trees and brambles, though there is evidence of hard standing in some areas. The overburden was removed by JCB mechanical excavator fitted with a 1.60m wide toothless grading bucket until the first archaeologically significant horizon or natural geology was exposed. All archaeological features were then hand excavated and recorded. A sample section of each trench was recorded, as were sections of archaeological features. A photographic record, both colour and monochrome, was kept throughout the project. The evaluation has identified foundations for post-medieval buildings that were known to have stood on site and has established that these foundations did not cut into the natural geology. These were later discovered to be Victorian buildings visible on the 1884 OS map. The depth and preservation of the human remains identified in one trench indicate that, though undated, they are likely to be earlier than the post-medieval period.