An archaeological evaluation consisting of twenty-one 50m x 2m trenches was carried out on land within the Phase 8 area of works of the Fairham Pastures development, to the south of the town of Clifton in the Borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, in order to ascertain its archaeological potential prior to development. Archaeological investigation in advance of development in the Phases 1 to 6 zones has recorded evidence of occupation from the later prehistoric period to the Romano-British period, including probable Iron Age and Romano-British settlements, a Romano-British pottery kiln, a cremation cemetery of probable Bronze Age date and long-distance landscape boundaries dating from the Neolithic period onwards. The archaeological evaluation encountered a very low level of archaeological remains, exposing only two features and retrieving a very small finds assemblage; however, the results are potentially significant. Although the pit base exposed in one trench was heavily truncated, the last remnant of its fill produced five struck flints, as well as smaller chips of heat-affected flint, suggesting that these finds were among the very few Neolithic finds at Fairham Pastures to have been found in a stratified context, and that the pit was genuinely of early Neolithic date. However, the very low density of archaeological features and the paucity of artefacts suggest that the Phase 8 site was peripheral to settled activity of any period: the coincidence of complex archaeological remains with areas of higher ground in previous works phases suggests that the lower ground on which the Phase 8 site lies would have been undesirable for permanent habitation or long-term activity.