The site lies in Insula 17 of the Roman town close to the main Balkerne Gate. Five evaluation trenches were made beyond the building to be demolished. The trenches showed that Roman deposits lay at (no higher than) 1.5m below modern ground on the south side of the site and between 0.70-1.00m below modern ground on the north side of the site. In terms of absolute height this was 31.38mOD and between 31.62 and 31.97mOD respectively.
As well as a number of modern, post-medieval and medieval features and layers, the archaeological remains exposed included two in situ Roman walls (one partially robbed), a Roman mortared structure (either a floor or a wall), several Roman floor and dump layers and a complete Roman pot probably buried as a foundation deposit. A large quantity of Roman material (brick and tile, pottery, animal bone, etc.) was recovered from the site, including 3 late Roman coins. <1>