An archaeological trial-trench evaluation took place on farmland at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire in 2013. The site is located in Ashfield District, c. 1.5km west of the centre of Kirkby-in-Ashfield. The proposed scheme comprises residential housing,employment, a district centre, primary school and green infrastructure; and a distributor road. Out of a total of 30 trial trenches, 14 were negative and one was unexcavated. Of the remaining 15 trenches, seven contained only agricultural or natural geological features; and two contained parts of the same boundary ditch. The evaluation produced evidence relating to six possible ditched enclosures of uncertain date, although surface material observations suggest that two of these may be Roman. The distinct lack of stratified artefacts from associated ditch sections and the ephemeral nature of the enclosures themselves suggest that stock-pens and other agricultural features are predominantly represented (as opposed to settlement enclosures, which tend to be comparatively finds-rich).