Two 10m trial trenches were excavated on land adjacent to Hilltop Cottage in the village of Wigginton, Staffordshire, as part of an archaeological evaluation to support the planning application for the construction of a new house. The site is located on the village’s north-eastern, edge close to house platforms and ridge and furrow associated with the settlement’s former medieval extent. Despite the high potential for buried archaeology, no remains of archaeological significance were encountered with the only features recorded being of natural origin.