An archaeological evaluation was commissioned by Hamlow Homes in advance of the proposed residential redevelopment of a vacant block of land situated on the east side of Stour Street, bounded to the north by Hawks Lane and to the south by Beer Cart Lane. The work was undertaken in 2000 and the site code was BBY00.

The proposed area of development is within the Canterbury AAImportance and the city's Conservation Area and adjoined, on the SW, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, Kent number 350. Four evaluation trenches were initially excavated.

The evaluation trenches revealed occupation levels rich in environmental remains were associated with the Medieval occupation, one such deposit dating to the 11th century and overlying a metalled surface, possibly belonging to the Roman temple temenos known to exist in the locality.

Sparey-Green, C., 2000, Archaeological Evaluation of Land at Blue Boy Yard, Stour Street, Canterbury (Excavation archive). SKE30144.