A strip, map and record exercise on land at Yeoman Park Academy, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire to fulfil a condition of planning consent in advance of construction of a new school and associated infrastructure. It was agreed that a c. 30 m by 30 m area would need to be investigated further to provide understanding of the archaeology of the area. The excavation confirmed that the site would have sat in the agricultural hinterland of the settlement of Mansfield during the medieval period. In the western half of site we can see the changing agricultural practices with ridge and furrow being replaced by regimented field boundaries during the post-medieval period. In the east of the excavation area a possible change in use of the land during the medieval period can be seen with the presence of four likely contemporary ditches and a lack of ridge and furrow. However, due to the truncation of remains by modern services, any further associated features may have been lost. The features support evidence for the medieval development of Mansfield Woodhouse and confirm historical mapping that indicated the site was part of agricultural land on the periphery of the village. The scale of features are limited and unable to answer regional research questions on the development of field systems in relation to the agricultural economy and rural landscape, and as such are of low archaeological significance.