A watching brief was undertaken during the groundworks at Round Holt, Styrrup with Oldcotes. The watching brief monitored the excavation of a new cable trench and replacement of overhead poles, the development was funded by Northern Power Grid. To the north of the site is an area of extensive cropmarks of field boundaries of Late Iron Age (100 BC-AD 43) or Romano-British (AD 43-410) date. There is also an enclosure with internal divisions lying to the northeast. To the east of the site is an earthwork boundary bank which, though undated, may have Saxon (AD 410-1066) origins. The watching brief reveal a sequence of natural subsoil deposits. No other archaeological features were identified during the work. Finds retrieved during the investigation comprise of pottery, brick, tile, glass and metalwork of post medieval date.