Archaeological monitoring carried out over one and a half working days at Land West of Braeside, Branxton, Northumberland. The monitoring was a planning condition by Northumberland County Council to mitigate the impact of groundworks upon potential archaeological remains, associated with the construction of a new dwelling. The location of the site within the designated extent of a Registered Battlefield (Battle of Flodden, c.1513) and on the fringes of a linear settlement occupied since at least the medieval period suggested there was at least moderate potential for significant unrecorded archaeological remains to be present within the proposed development site. The aims of the archaeological works were to identify and record any archaeological remains as they appeared during the scheme of works without causing significant delays to the groundworks. This included the recording of negative results. The works consisted of the removal of topsoil from the entire footprint of the building, as well as minor landscaping and excavation of service runs. Excavation was carried out by a 360� excavator with toothless ditching buckets. During the course of the watching brief, no finds or features were encountered. Natural subsoil or sterile buried soil was encountered in all areas of the footprint of the building below topsoil, while in the service trench runs, only topsoil was encountered. No further archaeological mitigation work is required in association with this scheme up to the specified depths reached. However, there is still the potential for significant archaeological remains within the village of Branxton relating to medieval and post-medieval settlement and the 1513 Battle of Flodden. It is recommended that future projects in the village of Branxton should be considered on their own merits with respect to the need for archaeological intervention.