One evaluation trench lies in the south of the site and targeted the proposed location of the meteorological mast. This trench was 20m x 2m, aligned north-east to south-west and situated 50m north and east of recorded geophysical anomalies. Within the trench the ploughsoil was 0.26m – 0.3m thick, above an orangey-grey clayey sand subsoil 0.11m to 0.17m thick. Natural substratum comprised a loose yellowish-orange sand and gravel and was observed at depths between 0.38m (south end) and 0.47m (north end). These interface levels were very irregular however and it became clear that this trench had exposed very disturbed ground. A small fragment (2g) of ceramic land drain of modern date (probably 18th century) was recovered from a feature initially thought to be a linear feature at the base of the subsoil level, probably indicating the depth of the modern disturbance. Additionally, several land drains crossed the trench north-south, one a ceramic horseshoe drain, the other a modern plastic gravel-backfilled French-drain.

A series of possible features were examined in this trench, but none of these potential features could be shown to be archaeological in origin. None of the features produced any artefacts, charcoal or other potentially archaeological material, and their fills could be of natural. Two features were possible postholes, c.0.4m by 0.3m in diameter and 0.59m and 0.27m deep respectively. Both had sterile fills, a deposit in one feature was subsoil-like, while a deposit in the other feature contained two fragments of mudstone perhaps packing in a loose sandy matrix. Also in this trench, a deposit was recorded in the south-west section. This was a U-shaped concentration of browny-grey sandy clay similar to the topsoil and probably a modern feature. None of these three deposits produced any charcoal or artefacts. A struck flint possibly a piercer tool and a sherd of Roman grey ware were recovered from the subsoil, the latter most likely being an indication of a manuring scatter.

Wayne Jarvis, 2012, An Archaeological Evaluation at the Proposed Fox Covert Wind Farm, The Grange, Hawton, Nottinghamshire, Page 26 (Unpublished document). SNT5885.