A rectilinear ditch aligned north-south, corresponding with a linear feature identified by the geophysical survey, that continued beyond the limits of the excavated area. Excavation of a c.0.50m slot along the south-west facing section of the trench revealed a shallow sloping edge along its south-eastern side culminating in a shallow concave base with a total measurable depth of 0.50m and width of approximately 2.40m. The north-west edge of the feature was seen to have been truncated by a smaller ditch aligned east-west, but what remained of the original edge of the feature suggested that it could have had a symmetrical, shallow ‘V’ - shaped profile.

The ditch contained a single homogeneous fill that had a merging interface with the subsoil, and with the fill of the truncating ditch. The single fill was comprised of a mid-brown sand and gravelly/pebbly fill. The fill was quite sterile in nature with no observable organic, burnt or other material evidence.

The smalller ditch rectilinear ditch aligned east-west that was seen to cut the north-west edge of the north-south aligned ditch. This smaller ditch was significantly narrower than the north-south aligned ditch, measuring approximately 1.2m, and shallower with a maximum depth of 0.42m. The sides were more steeply sloping; presenting a slightly asymmetrical ‘U’ shaped profile.

This small er ditch contained a single fill that was essentially the same as the fill of the other ditch but much less stoney. As with other ditch fill, this context contained no material evidence to better characterise the nature and origin of the feature.

Tristan Cousins, 2019, Land at Chequerhouse Farm, Ranby, Nottinghamshire: An Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation, Page 11-12 (Unpublished document). SNT5563.