A trial-trenched evaluation was carried out by Archaeology South-East in January 2019 on land at Wyvern Farm, London Road, Stanway. Twenty-seven trenches were excavated across the site (c.3.6ha. in size), of which 13 contained archaeological features comprising linear ditches and a single pit, possibly Neolithic in date. The linear ditches corresponded to former field boundaries recorded on historic OS maps dated to between 1870 and 1960. A modern soil deposit up to 0.5m thick, deriving from construction of the adjacent A12 road, was found across the northern third of the site.<1> Pit [112/006] was oval in plan shape, measuring 1.43m x 0.87m x 0.17m deep. This discrete feature was completely excavated. It had moderately steep sloped sides with no discernible break of slope to a flat base, though the cut was very diffuse and ill-defined. This pit contained two fills. Upper fill [112/004] was a firm dark grey brown silty gravel with frequent charcoal and burnt flint inclusions from which bulk soil sample <1> was collected. Basal fill [112/005] was a firm dark grey brown silty gravel with frequent charcoal and inclusions of fired clay. Fill (112/004) contained two sherds (10g) of flint-tempered pottery in keeping with the Early Neolithic Plan Bowl tradition. The trial-trenching followed a geophysical survey undertaken by SUMO Survey in 2018 (ECC4275).