Large scale excavations undertaken prior to construction of shopping precinct during 1981-2 and 1984-5.

The quay forms the southern boundary of the town.

Medieval cellars beneath 48-49 High Street.

Roman - Late Medieval finds, Coins, tokens, pottery, clay pipes, glass, tile and organic finds from excavations at Osborne Street, 1988-89.

Hoard of C17 coins discovered at The Bungalow, Messing, in August 1975..

Two-storied, timber-framed and plastered house with tiled roofs.

SW of the motte (see 9161) is a roughly rectangular area, scarped on three sides, with an oblong depression near the W side.

C15-C16 house with C17 chimney stacks.

Roman and medieval robber trenches, recorded during excavations at Lion Walk between 1971-4.

Excavations in 1932-3 immediately S of the castle revealed the foundations of an unknown church or chapel.