Wessex Archaeology commissioned by Bam Nuttall Mott MacDonald Joint Venture, acting on behalf of the Environment Agency, undertook an archaeological watching brief during groundworks associated with the Totnes Flood Defence Improvements Works, in Totnes, Devon (centred at SX 80705 60595), This stage of groundworks was located in Area D of the scheme in the Car park of the Steam Packet Inn, St Peter's Quay. Periods of historic levelling associated with quayside development and land reclamation were evident in trial trenches. A wall and associated garden soil which are believed to have been part of the 1825 Pleasure Gardens were also revealed.