Based on the findings of the preliminary works, the archaeological advisor to SDC advised that an archaeological Condition be attached to the Outline Planning Consent requiring excavation in two areas (Areas A and B) in order to investigate the two foci of medieval ditches, and the ring-ditch (Ring-ditch B). Area A was within the eastern part of the site and comprised a rhomboid-shaped plot of land 270m by 170m in extent; Area B was within the western part of the site and comprised a rectangular plot measuring 170m by 95m An archaeological excavation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology between January and May 2019 at the request of St Modwen Ltd on land at Quedgeley East, Haresfield, Gloucestershire. The excavation comprised two areas, which together amounted to an area of 6.6ha. The earliest remains comprised two flints, both residual within later deposits. One is only broadly datable as prehistoric, whilst the other is a Mesolithic or Early Neolithic blade. A small ring-ditch is undated but may be the remains of a prehistoric barrow, and there was also a sherd of Early to Middle Bronze Age pottery and a small assemblage of later prehistoric pottery, all residual within later deposits. A single Roman inhumation burial was found. The bones were in very poor condition, but radiocarbon assay produced a determination of cal. AD 130-320 (SUERC-88058; 95.4% probability). The grave may have been laid along what was probably a Roman droveway and within site of the possible barrow. A small assemblage of late prehistoric and Roman pottery reflects the site's location south of extensive Iron Age and Roman enclosures identified at Hunt's Grove. The majority of the remains date to the medieval period and relate to an enclosed farmstead. Pottery from the site, radiocarbon dating, and the settlement form, together suggest that this farmstead was in use from c. AD 1000 to 1150/1200 and, as such, is one of only a very few such dispersed settlements to have been excavated. Additional significance arises from the fact that most of the recovered pottery, fabric TF41B in the Gloucester type series, seems to have been unused or wasters, suggesting that this pottery was produced on site. Haresfield is one of only three locations mentioned in Domesday Book as having potters, and so the identification of the site as having included one of the five potters mentioned in the Haresfield entry is significant. The occupants were primarily farmers, most probably engaging in dairyi...