Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd undertook a trial trench archaeological evaluation on land adjacent to the former site of Ellington Colliery, Northumberland, in advance of the proposed development of the site for housing. No archaeological features, deposits or artefacts were present in any of the trenches opened up in the undisturbed ground in the western half of the site. The evaluation was curtailed on the recommendation of the Archaeological Advisor to Northumberland County Council due to the extensive made ground deposits associated with the former colliery and the waterlogged and flooded nature of the eastern part of the site.