One trench contained a single posthole, around 0.4m diameter. This was likely post-medieval in date and contained a backfill of soft, dark brown silty sand with occasional small sub-rounded stones and a single corroded iron object, potentially the remains of a bolt or large nail. An environmental sample collected from this fill contained small fragments of fresh wood as well as wild plant and weed seeds.

A second trench had a single feature, an oval-shaped pit with steep, concave sides and a flat base, which contained a backfill of friable, dark brownish grey sandy silt with occasional small sub-rounded stones and a single fragment of abraded tile, likely part of a post-medieval pantile.

A third trench contained a total of nine postholes and two pits. Approximately 14 metres from the northwest end of the trench was a group of three postholes and a pit, all containing similar, naturally accumulated fills, devoid of finds. Slightly to the northwest of this group was another posthole which was significantly smaller. Around 18 metres from the northwest end of the trench was a line of four naturally silted postholes, each with an approximate diameter of 0.3m, which ran broadly north-northeast to south-southwest across the trench. Approximately 13 metres from the southeast end of the trench was a sub-circular pit around 1 metre long, 0.86 metres wide and 0.26 metres deep, which had a posthole adjacent to it with an approximate diameter of 0.4m. Both features had a single fill, formed through natural silting., and both were undated.

Jake Minton, 2023, Trial Trenching on Land off Staythorpe Road, Averham, Nottinghamshire (Unpublished document). SNT5843.