Continuing monitoring by P Jones of SCAU during groundworks associated with the redevelopment of the former Memorial Gardens. The groundworks were largely superficial, except for deep excavation required for the installation of three water tanks. The excavation area of one tank pit exposed prehistoric alluvia below a buried Post-Medieval soil; the second, Post-Medieval building debris and deep near-shore fluvial deposits of late Roman date; and the third, Post-Medieval metalling layers, and the front wall of the Blackboys Inn, demolished c1880, as well as deep lying Roman near-shore fluvial deposits. The third trench also exposed the edge of a Roman linear feature, containing the decayed tops of wooden piles. The feature may have served as a drain or land division, but its size suggests it is evidence of flood defence.