Monument record BSE 372 - Post-medieval structural remains, Land rear of Westgate House

Five evaluation trenches were excavated on land to the rear of Westgate House, revealing considerable depths of soil accumulation dating to the post-medieval period. The earliest evidence came from trench 1, comprising a property boundary of potential medieval origin, and a series of backfilled pits, possibly representing the edges of cellars. Trench 2 contained a large backfilled cellar which was backfilled in the 17/18th century, and a sunken floored structure, both of which may relate to a building shown on Warren's map of 1747. Trench 3 produced evidence for a structure evidence of the 1883 and 1903 OS maps, while trench 4 produced evidence for post-medieval planting, probably related to the garden of Westgate House (S1).