The site comprises a single field situated on the north-eastern edge of the village of Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire. The site is approximately 27.2ha in size. A total of 22 trenches targeted anomalies found as part of an earlier scheme of geophysical survey. The trench locations were set out using GPS survey equipment and excavation of the trenches was carried out using a mechanical excavator equipped with a toothless ditching bucket under direct archaeological supervision. Soil was removed in level spits of no more than 0.2m until either the top of the first archaeological horizon or undisturbed natural was reached. The resulting surface was inspected for archaeological remains. Linear features were excavated in order to investigate their depth and profile and to recover finds, in slots of at least 1m in length, while discrete features were at least 50% sampled. Both the desk-based assessment and geophysical survey identified little potential for archaeological remains to be encountered on site, but after further investigation through both evaluation and excavation, it is now clear that remains are present, particularly in the south-western limits of the overall development site. Four trenches targeted a number of the ephemeral, rectilinear geophysical anomalies. All these anomalies corresponded to archaeological features, many of which contained quantities of Romano-British pottery. Further features, not originally identified in the geophysics data, were also excavated. Together these suggest an areas of Romano-British activity, possibly associated with a settlement in the vicinity, dating between the 1st century and at least 3rd-century AD. The isolated flint find suggests only a low level of prehistoric activity in the vicinity. The single fragment of flint was recovered from fill of a ditch during the evaluation phase. It is a complete tertiary blade, and two non-denticulate notches are visible with a small section of retouching. Although essentially undiagnostic, the size of the original blade may suggest a broadly Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic date. Another trench provided the only conclusive evidence of large ditch features and of Romano-British activity elsewhere on the site. Pottery finds here suggested a 3rd-century date and the likelihood is that these were contemporary with those features investigated in the trenches to the south. A further three trenches revealed features which were more difficult to interpret, each corresponding to linear geophysical anomalies. There is a possibility that these features represent heavily disturbed archaeology though a naturalinterpretation cannot be discounted. The alignments of these features may suggest that they formed part of a wider field system, rather than further foci of activity. Another trench produced features of likely post-medieval or modern in date, which area likely to represent plough furrows of negligible significance. Moreover, one trench targeted what appeared to be a roughly circular geophysical anomaly. Both sides of the feature were evaluated but no dating evidence was recovered. This feature falls within the eastern part of the overall site under separate ownership from the area excavated to the west, and will be excavated prior to any future development in line with the agreed WSI. The remainder of the trenches contained no archaeological features.