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Excavations near the Roman forum on Londinium's eastern hill (modern Cornhill) have revealed archaeological evidence from the earliest period of London's history. There was intensive domestic occupation on the site from c. AD 50-5, which was interrupted by the Boudican fire of AD 60/61. The north-east corner of a temporary fort of c. AD 63-85 was found immediately to the east, at Plantation Place, and reconstruction of the plan of this fort indicates that 20 Fenchurch Streetsite would have lain within it. Scant evidence for this was recovered but finds include lorica segmentata armour...

The discovery of one of Roman Londons most significant buildings - its amphitheatre - underneath the medieval Guildhall resulted from major archaeological excavations which took place between 1985 and 1999 as part of the City of London Corporations ambitious programme of redevelopment at the Guildhall. The history of the Guildhall and its precinct from the 12th to the 20th centuries is the subject of a companion volume. This book describes the construction, development and disuse of the amphitheatre, from the 1st to 4th centuries AD. Constructed on relatively low ground in the north-west part...