Two trial trenches were positioned in an area where there were no obvious archaeological features, except for the line of a former footpath/trackway (encountered in the first trial trench). Another trial trench was located across a linear feature recorded during the geophysical survey. Following opening up, an undated pit was investigated in the first trial trench and several undated ditches were recorded in both the second and third trial trenches.

A pit in the first trial trench had steep sides and a flat base, to a depth of 0.85m. Ovoid in shape, its full extent was not recorded as it extended beyond the edge of excavation. It contained four silt-rich deposits, above a basal gravel-rich fill with signs of waterlogging. No artefacts were recovered.

A shallow narrow ditch was excavated in the second trial trench, which had a U-shaped profile, and two artefact-poor silty fills, whilst six parallel ditches were identified in the third trial trench, which all had NW-SE alignments. Five of these were sample excavated: two ditches appeared to be two separate features, but as both had similar fills, it was not possible to discern a relationship between them. Another ditch had a U-shaped profile, filled with 2 silt-sand deposits. It was truncated by a later ditch. Bordering these features was a shallow V-shaped ditch. None of the ditches contained any artefacts.

The undated ditches in these trenches are likely to be former land divisions (of unknown date) relating to the past agricultural landscape. The undated pit is an anomaly; perhaps being an outlying feature associated with the farming enclosures to the SW.

G. Coates & A. Richmond, 2015, Land at Flash Farm, Averham, Nottinghamshire: Archaeological Evaluation, Trial Trenching, Page 42 (Unpublished document). SNT5680.