In January-February 2020, Archaeology South-East excavated 42 trial-trenches across a 10.4ha site on the north side of Coach Road. The trenches were generally 30m in length x 2.10m wide. The ploughsoil was generally 0.30-0.35m thick. Archaeological features were identified in 16 of the trenches, comprising ditches, land drains and pits distributed across the site. The majority of the recorded features constitute field boundary/drainage ditches and land drains, all of which relate to the agricultural land use of the site in the late post-medieval to modern period (19th and 20th century). The field ditches correlated with boundaries shown on historic mapping from 1840 onwards. Four undated, but distinctive, charcoal-rich pits (two of which had scorched sides) were encountered in the east and north-central areas of the site, in Trenches 2 [2/004], 11 [11/003] and 28 [28/003 and 28/006]. The bulk samples from the pit fills produced a large amount of carbonised wood; oak was the only taxon present; Radiocarbon dating will be undertaken at the next phase of evaluation. The pits are considered to be part of a much more extensive distribution of such features across the landscape that is interpreted to constitute the remains of past charcoal production on the former heathland that seemingly spans the Iron Age to Medieval, and possibly Post-medieval, periods.<1> The trial-trenching followed a geophysical survey by SUMO Survey (ECC4455).<2>