During excavations at Culver Street between 1981-2 and 1984-5 (ECC337), an east-west footway of the Colonia was discovered. The footway was situated between the south side of a street (MCC812) and a series of buildings on the north side of Insula 34. The street had been laid out following the foundation of the Colonia with a gap of 4M to the south presumably set aside for the footway. A layer of metalling which was burnt during the Boudican revolt seemed to indicate ' that the footway remained uncovered in this period.' However, a series of post-pits and two shallow slots could have formed a rudimentary covered footway in the period immediately before the Boudican revolt.

In the period after the revolt the street and footways were cleared and continued in use. The footway was metalled at the very beginning of this period but the presence of later floors and layers of occupation showed that it must have been under cover towards the end of the 1st century. Unfortunately, later features destroyed any clear evidence of a wall or plinth between the footway and the street, but an irregular line of postholes and stake holes beneath a later roadside ditch may have supported a fence.

Traces of metalling were also excavated to the north-west of a building (CAT Building 94; MCC800), which was later cut across by a ?timber-lined drain (BF192; MCC1026). Further to the west the footway was cut by several timber-lined drains (MCC795, MCC796 and MCC797) leading from an open area next to a building (MCC793). During the period c.AD 100-300, the footway between the street (MCC812) and CAT Building 110 (MCC877) was defined by a narrow foundation of septaria rubble in mortar. Three timber drains crossed the footway to conduct waste water from the house into the roadside drains. The footway was also cut by a pit. Further to the east the level of the footway was found to have been raised 0.6m by two thick layers of make-up and provided with a thin gravel surface. The street was separated from the footway by a wall or colonnade supported on a stone-and-mortar foundation. The footway was cut by a drain, which sloped from south to north then turned eastwards to pass along the rear of the foundation.<1>