The site lies to the east of East Leake and comprises several irregularly shaped fields, comprising c. 10.82 ha. The site is bordered to the south and east by Lantern Lane, and to the north and west by fields and hedgerows. The trial trench evaluation comprised a 2% sample of the proposed development area, which equated to twenty-four 50m x 1.8m trenches. Topsoil and overburden were removed by mechanical excavator using a toothless ditching bucket (1.8m wide), under archaeological supervision. The spoil generated during the evaluation was mounded away from the edges of each trench. Topsoil and subsoil were stored separately. Mechanical excavation ceased at either undisturbed natural deposits or the top of archaeological deposits, whichever was encountered first. A metal detector was also used to scan these deposits to aid the recovery of topsoil artefacts. No significant archaeological features were identified within the evaluation and no finds earlier than the post-medieval period were recovered. The only artefactual inclusions were post-medieval to Victorian pottery and CBM, and modern brick, which was not retained. Several field ditches were identified in three evaluation trenches which either aligned with the modern field systems or contain late post-medieval material. The remains of part of the demolition post-war ‘L’ shaped barn and cobbled surface were also identified within one trench. Others features investigated within the trenching were found to represent the remains of former hedgerows and natural geological variations, along with field drains and agricultural furrows. The results of the evaluation complement the documentary evidence which shows that the site has been located within agricultural land since at least the medieval period. Based on the evaluation results, the site is considered to have no further archaeological interest.