Allen Archaeology Limited was commissioned by Tennyson Homes Limited to undertake a scheme of archaeological strip, map and recording, and monitoring and recording, as a condition of planning permission for a residential development on land off Newport, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The site is located immediately to the west of Newport (Ermine Street Roman road) and 750m north of the Newport Arch, the former north gate to the Roman city. The development area encompassed two demolished dwellings and gardens, with the archaeological works comprising two strip, map areas and the monitoring of groundworks for four residential plots. A programme of evaluation trenching followed by open area excavation, previously carried out immediately to the west of the site, revealed linear ditches and probable quarry pits of Roman date, as well as a large and unusual assemblage of Roman pottery, suggesting the presence of a kiln close by. Eight inhumations and an unurned cremation were also recovered, along with a stone structure identified as a possible mausoleum. Medieval pits, postholes and a keyhole oven were also excavated.