A trial trench evaluation comprising seven trenches and watching brief along a cable route was undertaken in advance of the Winkburn Solar Farm Substation, Kirklington, Nottinghamshire. The trial trenches were excavated in advance of a substation between the 9th and the 11th of May 2023. The watching brief was undertaken along the length of the cable route intermittently between the dates of 23rd of September 2024 and the 9th of January 2026. The site for the trial trenching comprised the northwest corner of an arable field to the south of Coppice Wood, Winkburn and is approximately 1.25km to the northeast of Winkburn village. The watching brief area comprised a single 3,245m long trench linking the trial trenching site to Roewood Farm, to the southwest. The overall aim of the trial trench evaluation was to provide information on the presence or absence and the extent, character, chronology, depth of burial and degree of archaeological survival within the location of the substation. The specific aim of the trial trench evaluation was to investigate the rectangular feature visible on LiDAR data to provide information on the presence or absence and the extent, character, date, depth of burial and degree of survival and nature of preservation of the potential archaeological feature. The evaluation involved the excavation of seven trenches, all measuring 30m by 2m. Trenches were positioned to test features identified in the LiDAR data. The trial trenches were opened and the topsoil and recent overburden removed down to the first significant archaeological horizon in successive level spits of a maximum 0.2m thickness, by the use of an appropriate machine using a wide toothless ditching blade. Any machine work was carried out under direct archaeological supervision. The overall aim of the watching brief was to provide information on the presence or absence and the extent, character, date, depth of burial and degree of survival and nature of preservation of any archaeological features or deposits which may be exposed during the monitoring of any excavation works relating to the cable trench. The archaeological watching brief was conducted along the 3,245m long cable route from the substation to Roewood Farm. Depth of excavations were around 1m - 1.4m in accordance with cable route depth requirements. This was conducted using an appropriate machine, with a 0.7m wide toothless bucket. For trenching within Roewood Farm, a drill and handsaw were used to break the surface concrete. All ground reduction works were machine excavated with an archaeologist in attendance during any works within the watching brief area. The trial trenches were located to investigate linear features identified by LiDAR but no earthworks/features were observed above or below ground to suggest the presence of these features. All trenches were devoid of archaeological features/deposits. Similarly, with the exception of a boundary ditch which had been extant into the mid-20th century, no archaeological features were observed within the watching brief along the cable route. The ditch was observed in section, orientated northeast to southwest, crossing the trench and corresponding with a feature in the LiDAR data and a historic field boundary visible on Ordnance Survey mapping until the mid-20th century. A single sherd of post-medieval/early modern glazed pottery was recovered.