This desktop study has been commissioned by Gifford and Partners Ltd on behalf of Swayfields Ltd., to assess the archaeological potential of the development area (centred TL 235 366) and the surrounding study area. This report is written in response to the Revised Brief for Archaeological Evaluation. This development site is situated within an area of North Hertfordshire which is recognised as particularly important for the remains of settlements, cemeteries, field systems and ritual monuments of the Prehistoric and Roman periods. Although the documentary sources have revealed no known archaeological features within the development site, there still remains the potential for archaeological discoveries as the staged evaluation progresses.