A watching brief was maintained during the construction of new buildings following the Middleborough excavations in 1979 (See ECC335), "The new building on Sites A,B,C,E, and G was constructed on piles with minimal disturbance to surviving archaeological layers. A large basement dug out on the western side of the site led to the discovery of a Roman kiln (MON298) and three wells (ELM64-6). A workman claimed that six or seven wooden stakes were uncovered during excavations for the basement (ELM49). The position of these seems to coincide roughly with the southern side of the Roman street. A trench was dug around the western perimeter of the site for a water-main. It was 1.0 m wide and 2.4 m deep. The sections revealed about a metre of make-up and foundations for the Cattle Market and then a substantial depth of heavy clay loam for about the full depth of the trench. The soil was noted for almost the entire length of the trench and resembled river flood silt."<1> One of the wells (ELM64) could be firmly dated to the Roman period.<2><3>