Archaeological investigations in Museum Street, Colchester, Essex June-July 1986 and January-June 2010

A number of walls and foundations were uncovered during resurfacing work in Museum Street in 1986, including a large north-south Roman wall at the southern end of the street. Further north, a series of extensive medieval foundations probably formed part of a gate and an outer barbican at the main entrance into the castle bailey. Among the finds was a large collection of clay tobacco-pipe fragments including wasters and vitrified kiln debris from the bailey area.