The quarry is located 2km east of Sturton-le-Steeple and c.3.5km to the south of the town of Gainsborough, and with West Burton power station situated immediately to the northwest. The watching brief was undertaken on the access route lies between Littleborough Roman town to the south, and the deserted medieval village of West Burton to the north. The groundworks comprised the removal of soil along the route of the access road. Soils were stripped using a mechanical excavator fitted with a toothless ditching bucket to a depth of 0.5m to 1m depending on the local soils. Where archaeological remains were encountered all necessary resources were madeavailable to effectively deal with the archaeological discoveries, without causing unnecessary delays to the soil stripping process. Archaeological monitoring along the route of the access road revealed evidence of activity dating from the Mesolithic period to the present day. Several worked flints were retrieved from the topsoil representing activity in the vicinity of the site during the Mesolithic to Bronze Age. Middle to late Iron Age activity was recorded in the form of a pit containing a near complete jar, whilst late Iron Age or early Roman occupation was recorded at the western end of the route, with the remains probably suggesting a small farmstead. Occupation of the area appears to have moved towards the River Trent in the 2nd–4th century AD with the discovery of a probable larger settlement at the eastern end of the access route, associated with ditches and pits recorded to the south. Undated features were recorded along the route, some of which are thought to be associated with the deserted medieval village of West Burton. The archaeological monitoring has shown that the local landscape has been utilised from the Mesolithic to present day. Any future quarrying is likely to reveal and impact upon similarly dated features.