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Andrew
Pye
Principal Project Manager (Heritage)
Exeter City Council
Civic Centre
Paris Street
Exeter
EX1 1NN
England
Tel: 01392 265 224
In May 1986, the Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit undertook a watching brief and short-term excavation in Upper Paul Street in advance of repaving of the street.
The site consisted of two parallel trenches situated at SX 9198 9284. The site is on the defences of the former Roman legionary fortress at Exeter.
Deposits within the inner (first) ditch of the legionary fortress were recognised along with a truncated top edge of the ditch. These deposits were of the Roman military period which, at Exeter, is dated from c AD 55/60 to c 75/80.
The observations at Upper Paul Street were significant in providing enough information for the north-western corner of the fortress to be established with reasonable accuracy. this enabled the size of the fortress to be estimated at 16.6 hectares.