A mortared feature (F1) was uncovered approximately 30m to the south of foundation F4 (medieval South Gate). This consisted of pale brown mortar, 0.2m thick, containing occasional fragments of septaria and peg-tile. It was aligned north-south and survived for 1.5m in the eastern section of the trench. It lay 0.85m below the modern street-level. It looked like a shallow stone-and-mortar foundation or plinth rather than a layer of demolition debris. <1>

This probable foundation was reminiscent of the medieval and early post medieval foundations excavated at Angel Yard, High Street, Colchester (Shimmin & Carter 1996, 42-62). <2> It lay 3.5m east of the present St Botolph’s Street frontage, although comparable examples have also been found beneath
the pavement and the High Street outside Angel Yard (ibid, 42, 44, 62-3). The ?foundation F1 sealed an extensive dump/make-up layer (L6), which was uncovered in the bottom of the trench. This was at least 0.2m thick, and contained a large quantity of peg-tile fragments.