Roman ditches, High Street 63-66 (EHER 5895)

The earliest excavated feature on the site was a steep-sided ditch, parallel to the River Can to the south, the upcast being thrown on to the northern side of the ditch. The ditch was left to silt naturally, the silt accumulating during Roman times, from the 1st century on. The ditch may have belonged to a marching camp, it is suggested, connected with the conquest campaign of 43-44.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Frontage site on the medieval High Street, excavated between December 1972 and January 1973 prior to the building of the front part of the Marks and Spencer Store. The earliest feature on the site was a steep-sided ditch, parallel to the River Can to the south, the upcast being thrown on to the northern side of the ditch. The ditch was left to silt naturally, the silt accumulating during Roman times, from the 1st century on. The ditch may have belonged to a marching camp, it is suggested, connected with the conquest campaign of 43-44. <1> <2>