Excavation was undertaken in four areas (Areas A-D), totalling c 0.5ha, that were identified as requiring mitigation of archaeological remains prior to the development of the site (Fig. 2). The excavation was undertaken in accordance with the brief set out by Charles Parry, Historic Environment Advisor for Gloucestershire County Council, and the WSI (CgMs 2019), and in compliance with OA standards and other professional guidelines (eg CIfA 2014a; 2014b). Oxford Archaeology carried out an archaeological excavation in 2019 at the site of Ruddle Court Farm in Newnham, Gloucestershire. Preceding trialtrench evaluation in 2019 of the c 1.9ha development site established the presence of significant archaeological remains, including a number of ditches, pits and cremation burials, as well as metalworking remains of regional archaeological importance. Four excavation areas, totalling c 0.5ha, were subsequently targeted upon these remains. Remains of Roman burial activity were confined to the south of the site, evidenced by a small cremation cemetery that probably spanned the 2nd century AD. A group of six burials were recorded, four of which were urned. A notably rich burial included a glass cinerary urn placed within an amphora and probably represents the remains of a wealthy individual. A cremation burial of late Roman date was recorded away from the cemetery, demonstrating continual burial activity. Further evidence of Roman activity includes a small-scale enclosure/field system demarcated by ditches, a possible post-built building or fence line, several pits, and a stone-lined water-tank and culvert. Pottery evidence suggests a focus of activity during the 2nd-3rd centuries AD, and continuing into the 4th century. Residual late Iron Age/early Roman pottery demonstrates a background presence within the immediate vicinity of the site during this period, while a gold aureus of Vespasian dating to the 1st century AD could indicate the purposeful deposition of a curated item. Many of the ditches contained slag waste from iron production and working, and two large slag deposits at the southern end of the site suggest industrial activity of the late Roman period, one being dated to the later 3rd or later 4th century AD from radiocarbon analysis of associated charcoal. It is possible that small-scale industrial activity at the site continued or more likely reoccurred in the early medieval period. This is evidenced by two 8th- 9th-century radiocarbon dates from char...