Excavations in three cellars on the south side of Burgate Street revealed evidence for pre Roman occupation. Timber structures of the 1st century were found and a stone building was constructed in the early to middle 2nd century but was demolished soon after. In the late 2nd century a public building of uncertain function was built whose terminal date could not be established owing to destruction by later cellars. The area was used as a rubbish dump in the 3rd to 4th centuries.