A watching brief was undertaken during demolition and regrading work at a former council depot and taxi garage, in advance of development. Four rectangular access pits were excavated in the south-west corner of the site - Pit 1 = 2m by 1.3m; Pit 2 = 3m by 2.5m; Pit 3 = 2.5m by 2.1m; and Pit 4 = 2.2m by 1.7m. The northern half of the compound, an area of 50m by 10m, was machine-excavated to circa 0.75m below the present ground surface, when work was halted due to quantities of asbestos being exposed.{1}