The site comprises an open field, approximately four hectares in size, which slopes downwards in a roughly north-west to south-east direction. At the north of the field the ground rises up to the Southwell Road by-pass which bounds this end of the site. The site is enclosed by wooden fencing to the north and east, marsh to the south-east and a disused railway siding at the west. The evaluation trench comprised eight trenches, all 50m long and 2m wide. The removal of the topsoil and other overburden was carried out by a tracked 360-degree mechanical excavator, fitted with a 2m-wide toothless ditching bucket, operating under archaeological supervision. In all trenches, mechanical excavation proceeded as far as the natural substrate or the first significant archaeological horizons. Two modern pits and a disused service trench were uncovered. A modern iron coil was recovered. All finds and features on this site are thought to date to the 19th or 20th centuries, and are most likely to be associated with the railway and its workings or with subsequent activity at the site. No medieval or earlier finds were noted in the excavated overburden or on the field surface. The presence of deliberate modern dumps or make-up layers within the trenches a degree of landscaping on parts of the site which is also probably associated with the former railway.