During excavations at Balkerne Lane between 1973-6 (ECC332), a probable Anglo-Saxon inhumation was discovered in the bottom of the late Roman town ditch (MCC659). The inhumation lay in a shallow grave about 0.6m deep and appeared to have been without a coffin. The grave had been dug shortly after the ditch was cleaned out for the last time. An early Anglo-Saxon context for the burial is likely as its position within the town ditch 'suggests a period of neglect'. The burial may be an outlier from a cemetery in the area of St Mary's hospital.<1>