The site lies to the north-east of Barton-in-Fabis, Nottinghamshire, which is being considered for mineral extraction. The potential extraction site and proposed plant area comprises agricultural land on the southern bank of the River Trent and measures 87ha in area. A programme of ten 2m by 2m test pits were excavated in specific locations across the valley floor and floodplain based on the geoarchaeological deposit model. The test pits were excavated using a small tracked excavator, equipped with a toothless bucket. The pits were taken down carefully in spits and to a safe working depth or until ground water inundation prevented further safe progress. Recording was undertaken from the top of the test pits, with none of the excavations being entered. Spoil heaps were scanned for finds and other signs of human activity (e.g. structural remains). The test pitting encountered a bi-partite stratigraphic sequence comprising basal sands and gravel overlain by fine-grained silts and clays, the latter interpreted as overbank alluvium. With the exception of one test pit, which was located on the higher Pleistocene gravel terrace, the rest of the test-pits were most probably excavated into sands and gravel of Holocene age (i.e. the Hemington Terrace). The overbank alluvium was inorganic and minerogenic and typical of the enhanced alluviation associated with soil erosion from later prehistory. No organic-rich sediments were recorded during test-pitting and therefore, in this phase of works, no samples were taken for further palaeoenvironmental analysis. However, the palaeochannel and wetland areas not targeted by test-pitting do have the potential to preserve cultural and palaeoenvironmental remains. The test pitting did not identify any archaeological remains or cultural horizons that could be targeted during further phases of work. No evidence of more recent fluvial erosion or disturbance was identified across the site (e.g ridge and swale topography) suggesting that preservation may by favourable under certain conditions.