Post-Medieval Quarry, Bowling Green Street, Warwick

1 1967: A section was cut across the putative line of the town ditch. No trace of the ditch was found, all evidence having been destroyed by extensive quarry pits which had been filled with masons’ debris by the mid 18th century and may have been dug to obtain stone for rebuilding operations following the Great Fire of 1694. Whether or not the W garden wall of the Lord Leycester Hospital represents a remnant of the 15th century town wall thus remains open to question. (Or was thought so at the time)