67 & 69-69A St Peters Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire.

The evaluation consisted of two trenches, which were located outside the area of the deep basement. The trenches were located in order to provide a representative sample of the available site area. Non-significant overburden was removed, under constant archaeological supervision, to the top of archaeological remains, or the underlying natural deposits, whichever was encountered first. This was achieved through use of a 360� mechanical excavator, which was predominately equipped with a toothless grading bucket. A toothed bucket was intermittently utilised to remove Modern concrete structural features. Features and spoil tips were visually scanned for finds. Due to the potential presence of below-ground services, it was necessary to slightly alter the locations of the evaluation trenches. The evaluation identified the presence of three possible pits in the northeast part of the site. It is likely that at least two these pits were dated to the Post-medieval period, and it is possible that they represent backland features, which were related to settlement along the northwest side of St Peters Street. Preservation conditions, outside the footprint of a deep basement in the central southern part of the site, were generally moderate; although, the west corner of the available site area had been heavily truncated by Modern activity.