One trial trench was positioned in an area where the cropmark plot suggested the presence of two small ring-ditches and a field boundary. The geophysical survey did not identify anything at this location. Opening of the trench identified three ditches, one of which was curvi-linear, and a possible pit.

The curvi-linear ditch was located in the central part of the trench, broadly corresponding to one of the ring-ditches identified on the cropmark plot. It had a shallow U-shaped profile, filled with two deposits of sand silt, with no artifacts. Bordering the curvi-linear ditch to the north was a pit (unexcavated) and two further ditches. The second ditch
had a N-S alignment with steep sides and a flat base. Its two sterile silty sand fills were again devoid of any artefacts. The final ditch was not excavated, but was seen to relate to the identified cropmark field boundary.

The undated features in this trench are likely to represent the northern extent of the identified activity to the immediate south.

G. Coates & A. Richmond, 2015, Land at Flash Farm, Averham, Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Evaluation, Trial Trenching, Page 21 (Unpublished document). SNT5680.