A programme of archaeological strip, map and record was undertaken in advance of the construction of two new dwellings on land adjacent to Ivy Cottage, off Hawksworth Road in the village of Syerston, in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire. A programme of archaeological evaluation trenching has already been carried out on the site, in the light of the findings of a Heritage Statement commissioned in support of the planning application. A high density of archaeological features was recorded in each of the three trenches, and these were interpreted as representing elements of the medieval settlement. The main period of occupation on the site appears to have been from the early 13th century to the mid-14th, with possible traces of earlier medieval activity and a period of post-medieval re-use; no evidence for any prehistoric, Roman or early Saxon presence on the site was retrieved. The pattern of occupation on the site falls into two linked halves, with a sequence of buildings on the west side, close to the street and surrounding a well, and a sequence of small enclosures, defined by ditches and possible hedgerows and fences, to the rear. There were some indications of timber buildings, in the form of post-holes and possible beam-slots, among and partially below the substantial stone wall footings, which in several places had themselves been supplanted by similarly constructed buildings on different alignments. The site appears to have gone out of use in the late 14th century, and little activity other than the probable retrieval of re-usable stone from the derelict buildings appears to have taken place here during the 15th, 16th and early 17th centuries, although it seems likely that the well remained open and may have continued in use up to the 19th century.