A trial-trenched evaluation, comprising 58 trenches, was undertaken by Archaeology South East (commissioned by CGMS Consulting) in June 2015 in advance of residential development (CBC planning application no. 145494). At the time of the evaluation, the site comprised a large (14.5ha.) arable field (under crop) and an area of derelict farm buildings (the area of farm buildings was not trenched). Natural was encountered between 0.36 and 0.72m below the current ground surface.<1> Forty-five of the trenches were blank archaeologically. The remaining 13 trenches yielded a limited amount of archaeological features, with no particular concentration of features. Six field boundary ditches were recorded (in Trenches 32, 53/60, 54, 55, 74 and 81/82). The artefactual evidence combined with historic map evidence and cropmarks show that these are post-medieval in date, some being removed and backfilled in the 20th century. Medieval pottery in two of the field boundary ditches may indicate an earlier date of construction (in Trenches 53/60 and 54). In addition to the field boundary ditches, one medieval pit was found near the London Road frontage in Trench 89. Undated features included two gullies in Trenches 60 and 92, a charcoal-rich pit in T58, and a stakehole in T60. Three modern pits and modern surfaces were encountered in the area of the derelict farm buildings. Four sherds of prehistoric pottery, weighing 12g were recovered during the evaluation. Three very small flint-tempered fragments were noted in context [89/004]. These cannot be assigned to any one prehistoric period with confidence, although the relatively thin-walled nature of the sherds and the fabric characteristics, with moderately coarse flint-tempering, are probably most typical of the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. However, as they were stratified with later pottery they are likely to be residual. A slightly larger sherd was noted in context [47/002]; also flint-tempered, its fully oxidised firing colour may indicate an association with salt-working or transport. Again, no definitive date can be assigned although it is most likely to belong to the Late Bronze Age or Iron Age. A total of twelve sherds weighing 69g was excavated from four contexts. Most of the pottery comprises undiagnostic sherds of early medieval ware and medieval coarseware spanning the 12th to 14th centuries. However, context 53/004, the fill of ditch 53/005, produced a fragment of flanged neckless cooking-pot rim in medieval coarseware, dating to the late 13th to 14th centuries. In addition, context 74/004, the fill of ditch 70/005, produced a storage jar rim in unglazed post-medieval red earthenware (as well as a sherd of early medieval ware) dating to between the 17th and 19th centuries, although a date at the latter end of this date range is more likely. An archaeological desk-based assessment was carried out for the site in 2014. <2>