In 1944 The Canterbury Excavation Committee investigated an area of bomb-damaged land at the junction of St George's Street and Burgate Lane, called site I and II and now 41 St George's Street. The cellar west of Burgate Lane was fully trenched and across the cellarless ground east of the lane a section was cut at a right angle to the line to the line of the Medieval town wall. In the cellar undisturbed ground lay c.10-20cm below the floor and c.2.44m below the present road level.

Site II was dug in order to test the Roman defences; the trench ran at a right angle to the town wall across undisturbed cellars and was 6.4m long. The trench revealed, to the north, a Roman bank of clay, an early medieval rubbish pit and the Medieval city wall. The earlier Roman rampart bank which was visible beneath the wall was cut by the medieval pit (which contained 13th century pottery) the botton three fills of the pit were seen to predate the wall itself. The wall face stood 1.22m high on 45cm high foundations, it was built of Kentish Ragstone with rubble foundations and was built during the late 14th century. There was no sign of Roman work.

Williams, A., 1947, Canterbury Excavations: September-October 1944 (Article in serial). SKE30786.