Plan of the military compound at Holloway Street

The plan shows the foundation trenches excavated in 1974 on the site of the Valiant Soldier public house in Holloway Street; the site now underlies the roundabout outside the South Gate. The trenches were dug by the Roman army to hold the wall timbers of their buildings; the remains of at least three rectangular buildings were arranged around a narrow gravelled courtyard and a fourth building stood further to the north-west. Pits which probably held posts for verandahs and other structures were also scattered across the site.

Acknowledgments: Exeter Archaeology