Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by RPS Consulting to undertake an archaeological watching brief during groundworks related to a residential development at Broomy Farm, Woodville, Derbyshire. The area of watching brief occupied 3.5 ha and was centred on NGR 431930 320050. The works were carried out as a condition of planning permission, granted by South Derbyshire District Council (9/2014/0740), as part of a programme of archaeological works, which had included a desk-based assessment, geophysical survey and archaeological evaluation trenching. The watching brief recorded a total of 99 shafts/bell pits which appear to relate to coal extraction. Post-medieval recovered pottery from the fills of one of the shafts suggest they may be related to previously identified post-medieval coal workings on Woodville Road (HER No 20236).