In 1935 the outer lip of the Town ditch was cut away in the laying out of the Park bowling Green. Great quantities of pottery and other Roman objects were found, but the most striking discovery was that the upper 3ft of earth (all that was moved) was full of disturbed human bones. It was as if the ditch had been enlarged after it had been used as part of a cemetery for a great number of inhumations. The burials were considered by Hull to be possibly early Anglo-Saxon, 'the darkest part of the Dark Ages'; however, he also states, 'of this there is no proof' (although note the fifth century grave group discovered not far to the east in 1972; see ECC1187).<1><2>