The demolition of the White Hart Inn was observed by Leonard Gant of CAG. He records, ' The natural soil is compacted sand, which was found at a depth of 11ft. The one useful section revealed by spade trimming showed black filling to a depth of 10ft, with a narrow strata of Roman tile and carbon overlying a 6" vein of gravel. Through these layers, and penetrating 4ft into the natural sand, was a massive wall, running east-west, built of septaria, Roman building tile, cobbles and shells, 24" thick, and built without splay or foundation on the 'natural'. The wall ran for some 20ft, and the material was not coursed. The abutting wall, itself of no recent date, had preserved the south face of this ancient wall. The material was bonded by a sandy mortar, and unfortunately, every vestige was removed'.<1>