A watching brief was carried out along the line of Circular Road North, Circular Road East, Flagstaff Road, Napier Road and La Cateau Road.<1><2> The watching brief consisted of the recording of archaeological features following contractors removal of road surfaces and subsequent excavation of storm drains and service trenches. Contractor's work was concentrated around the crossroads of Circular Road North, Circular Road East, Flagstaff Road and Napier Road, and along Le Cateau Road. Although the works ran for a considerable length along the roads, the watching brief reported was only carried out in those areas where the works crossed the Roman circus (MCC5549) and/or passed close to the edge of the Area C2 Roman cemetery. Trench WBT1 was positioned to intercept the line of the southern cavea, WBT2 to examine the track area within Area J1, WBT3 to encounter the central barrier of the circus, and WBT4 the northern cavea. A pit containing an assemblage of Bronze Age pottery was excavated in WBT4 (WBF25). Two other undated pits were also excavated in the same trench. In trench WBT1, the line of the south cavea of the Circus was recorded, although the foundations proved to have been almost entirely robbed out. The robber trenches indicated the positions of two parallel east-west Roman foundations and a north-south one. The latter incorporated a buttress. Both east-west robber trenches were uncovered for a distance of 3m (but they must have continued in both directions beyond the limits of the trench). Two sections of foundation survived in situ. The third foundation (as indicated by a robber trench) was orientated north-south so that it was at right-angles to and connecting the two other foundations. The configuration of foundations is similar to those forming the vomitorium in Area J1 East, except that the foundation continued unbroken along the south side of the cavea as if there was no entrance in this position. A gully-like feature was probably comparable to the ditch underlying the outer foundation of the south cavea on Area J1 East. No features of interest were seen in WBT2. Trench WBT3 coincided with the line of the central barrier, but there was no sign of any foundations which might have been part of it. However, in the centre of the trench, in a position corresponding to the centre of the central barrier were the remains of a substantial Roman foundation constructed of mortared greensand. In WBT4, two medieval robber trenches had completely robbed out two east-west orientated Roman foundations. Located to the north of the northern wall, there was a gravelled surface which appears to be a continuation of the metalled area observed in Area C1, just outside the circus. A Roman inhumation burial (WBF1) was excavated during construction works for a stormwater drain approximately 35m to the south of the Roman circus (along Circular Road East). The body had been buried within a lead coffin at a depth of 3.14m below modern ground level.