Excavations at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 1986-1987

Plans for the extensive redevelopment of the centre of Trowbridge instigated the need for evaluation and recording of the archaeological deposits in an area of the town thought to have been the site of the medieval castle. The excavations, completed in May 1987, confirmed the existence of a motte and bailey castle, defining the line of the outer bailey defences on the north and west, and the position of the inner bailey defences. In addition, all the trenches produced structural and artefactual evidence of the manorial settlement which pre-dated the castle.