A trial trench evaluation in advance of urban development on land to the east and west of Nottingham Road, known as Fairham Pastures. This investigation, Phase 1, covers approximately 31 acres and is situated in the northwest corner of the site. The proposed development site lies within a cropmark landscape currently interpreted as representation of Iron Age and Romano-British occupation, part of the wider landscape surrounding a scheduled villa and enclosed settlement at Glebe Farm, c.2km to the south of the evaluation. Occasional flint artefacts of Neolithic and Bronze Age date have been recovered from within and around the Site, and there was considered some potential for further remains to survive within the site area. It is likely the majority of the site area was utilised as agricultural land from at least the medieval period. The current evaluation revealed a low level of archaeological features, pertaining to agricultural use and comprised just five small ditches/gullies and two shallow pits. These features were undated apart from one ditch which contained post-medieval brick fragments.