This project was commissioned by Wilcon Homes Ltd to assess the archaeological potential of the development area (centred TL 640 190). The work was carried out on 9th-10th October and 16th-17th October 2001. Over two-thirds of the site was covered in Flandrian deposits, which offered adequate conditions for field walking. Neither field had any pottery older than the late modern period. Roman sherds might have been expected on the Flandrian deposits and their absence suggests that the deposits may be of post-Roman date, as has been found elsewhere in the Norfolk Fenland. The Flandrian deposits had few finds of any kind, with no metal and a only a few prehistoric flints and a small amount of post-medieval material. On the sandy higher, eastern, part of Field B, concentrated to the north-west of the rising ground was a minor collection of flints and burnt flint. The sample is small but covers a wide date range from Upper Palaeolithic to Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. Conditions for metal detecting on the Flandrian deposits were adequate, and were greatly improved on the higher outcrop of sandy soil The majority of the metal finds were modern and their distribution reflects the proximity of the Fairstead estate. Low-level activity in the Post-medieval period was represented by a scatter of coins and musket balls.