Significant multi-period prehistoric archaeological remains were recorded, with a particular concentration in the southern area. Part of the north-eastern side of the main Scorton Cursus ditch was identified by geophysical survey for a distance of 75m and sample excavation revealed it to be c. 4.20m wide and c. 1.10m deep. A parallel feature in the north-west, identified by geophysical survey for a distance of 10m, may represent a palisade trench which excavations elsewhere have shown to contain posts which revetted the external bank of the cursus ditch. The ploughed out remains of the encircling ditches of four round barrows were recorded in the vicinity of the cursus ditch, ranging in diameter from 9.60-13m. Two of the barrows had internal features which may represent burial pits. These barrows, of Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date, demonstrate that the Scorton Cursus retained significance in the landscape long after its original use. The ditches of two square barrows were also identified including one with a probable central burial pit. This form of barrow dates from the Iron Age period. An extensive field system comprising at least two substantial parcels of land defined by ditches extended across the site. This field system was evidently laid out to respect the alignment of the much earlier cursus monument and may also have incorporated part of one of the barrow ditches. The investigations demonstrated that the site had been subject to ploughing since the medieval period; low ridge and furrow earthworks survived across the site from a former open field system of agriculture which probably originated in the medieval period. No artefactual material was recovered from the prehistoric features and ten palaeoenvironmental samples processed from these features produced very little ecofactual material.