An evaluation was commissioned by Land Securities Plc in advance of the proposed development within the area of Whitefriars.
The evaluation commenced in 1995 and extended into 1996, the site code was WFE95.

17 trenches and 4 boreholes were dug, trenches 9-14 were abandoned prior to full excavation. All the trenches were cut by hand after mechanical removal of modern hardstanding, excavation reached depths of below 1.20m. All the excavation trenches, except trench I, yielded interesting archaeological remains. This indicates that the redevelopment of the 1950-60s has left 'islands' of relatively undisturbed stratigraphy.

The earliest deposits and features exposed at or above the level of the brickearth were deposits of pre- and early Roman agricultural topsoil, mainly found in trenches cut to the east of Watling Street (trenches I, VII, XIVA, XIVB, XIVD, XV, XVIIA, XVIIB). A small group of Late Iron Age pits was examined in trench X.
Grey loam thought to represent a clearance and levelling deposit formed prior to the laying out of the Roman town in the last quarter of the 1st century AD was also encountered in a number of these trenches.

Houliston, M., 1997, Whitefriars Evaluation Watling Street Car Park (Unpublished document). SKE30153.

Houliston, M., 1997, Whitefriars Interim Report (Unpublished document). SKE30154.

Shand, G. and Hicks, A., 2013, Roman and medieval development of a Canterbury suburban area: Excavations at land adjoining No.10 Wincheap (Article in serial). SKE24817.