A probable Roman ditch recorded during excavations at 'The Old Castle' in field 1081 at Lexden (ECC683). The ditch was one of a parallel pair (see also MCC1738), 15ft apart which were followed for 50ft and were aligned towards the Balkerne Gate. This led the excavators to believe the ditches may have belonged to a Roman road.<1>

The report records:
'There are two ditches, parallel, 15 foot apart and aiming for the Balkerne Gate. Those could be traced for about 50 foot and where we lost track of then there were all the signs of thorough-going disturbance; Roman and later pottery were mingled and even oyster shells reduced to fragments. The precise siting of those ditches was reported (copy at C.R.G.S.) so that if like evidence is later found elsewhere on this line it will be possible to form a sober judgment on Mrs. Reid's theory.'<1>