Excavations at Goldsmith Street, Exeter 1971-72 (Exeter archive site 39)

From August 1971 to May 1972 the Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit undertook excavation on a large plot of land between Goldsmith Street and Pancras Lane. This plot was designated for development as part of the Guildhall Shopping Centre. Remains of the post-medieval, the medieval and the Roman civil periods were recorded overlying deposits of the Roman military period which, at Exeter, is dated from c.AD 55/60 - c.75/80. Damage to the Roman military deposits caused by pits of medieval and post-medieval date was quite severe.