London’s Alleys: Arthur Street, EC4

This is a Roman era alley in the City that was discovered during the soon to be completed Bank tube station upgrade project.
Although the deep tunnels that make up Bank tube station were dug out of 50-million year old London clay, far below the archaeology layer, to get down there, a large shaft was dug in Arthur Street – and it passed through layers of human history, uncovering Roman remains.
Although the area was later occupied by medieval buildings, Arthur Street itself only came into e