In the summer of 1951 two small trenches were excavated opposite St Paul's Church in Church Street outside the defences on the east side of the city. The site code was CXXA. The space available for excavation was small: Trench I was dug in the cellar of no. 8 and Trench II just behind the small cellar of no 7.
There was evidence for two main periods of Roman occupation; the first at the end of the first century, the second in the fourth century. Trench I contained evidence of a Belgic field, cut by nine pits ranging from Roman to Recent in date and fill.
Trench II also showed evidence of the Belgic field over which lay a yellow gravel floor into which cut a post-hole. This was overlain by occupation layers of the Roman period, a late first century house. This was overlain by a darkearth and then a further rough floor dating to the late Roman period, four post holes bordering its east edge. At the east end of the trench a pit and gully cut into the dark earth and also dated to fourth century.
The late Roman layers were covered by a thick Medieval deposit of very dark brown soil dating to the 12-13th centuries and cut by a post hole. A Medieval loam floor was also seen.

Frere, S., Bennett, P., Rady, J., Stow, S., 1987, Excavations Intra- and Extra-mural Sites 1949-55 and 1980-84 (Monograph). SKE29800.