An archaeological evaluation by trial trenching was undertaken at the proposed Fox Covert Wind Farm Site, Hawton, Notts. between the 28th August and 13th September 2012. The work was undertaken as a pre-determination requirement in advance of a proposed new wind farm development on the site. The evaluation forms part of an archaeological impact assessment of the proposed development. Previous geophysical survey and study of aerial photographs had highlighted the presence of features suggesting Iron Age or Roman settlement complexes in the north and south of the proposed application area. The siting of the turbines and associated infrastructure had largely been chosen to avoid these areas and the trenches located to determine whether deposits were confined to these areas or extended into areas impacted by the development. A total of fifteen trenches were excavated during the course of the evaluation. Four of the trenches focussed on the proposed turbine locations, while the rest were located on associated infrastructure but also attempting to target geophysical anomalies or their possible continuation. A borehole survey was also carried out on the four proposed turbine footprints to assess for the presence of organic deposits associated with the Trent and Devon floodplains. Within two of the excavated trenches positive results were recorded, confirming that some ephemeral features suggested by the geophysical and aerial photograph study were of an archaeological origin. These comprised a series of features south-west of the proposed Turbine 2, and west of the concentration of the identified complex. These potentially all date to the early Roman period and consisted of ditches, gullies, and a pit. A further feature of uncertain date and origin was recorded just to the north. In the south of the site, several other possible features were excavated. These are most likely of natural origin, although two small features could be archaeological and possibly associated with the activity identified by the geophysical survey to the south. No other significant features or artefacts were identified elsewhere. These results suggest that the features identified by geophysical and aerial photographic study are also likely to be Late Iron Age and Early Roman in date and could represent settlements on top of the slight ridge overlooking the Devon (and Trent) valley to the west. They could also be associated with settlement activity previously identified to the west of the River Devon, indicating a substantial area of settlement activity of this period.