Excavation by R J Poulton for SCC and London & Metropolitan PLC in advance of redevelopment, of a site some 35m south of the High Street frontage, to the rear of the buildings known as the Cage and the Stable. The earliest features on the site were two 12th century parallel ditches or gullies running north-south about 5m apart; these may have been plot boundaries relating to the laying out of the new town in the late 12th century. Various rubbish and other pits of 13th century date were found, and the stone foundations of the corner of a substantial ?l4th century building, a surprising distance back from the High Street. (235)