Ruins of a medieval church have been investigated by archaeologists on a site that was once used for a Debenhams department store.
Cotswold Archaeology discovered parts of the church in Gloucester after finishing excavations as part of a new University of Gloucestershire's City Campus project.
The site was once home to a Debenhams and before that a goods yard for Bon Marche. Before that it was St Aldgate's Church which itself had been build on the grounds of a medieval church which existed before the Norman Conquest of 1066.
It's thought it was destroyed in the mid-1600s after damage during the English Civil War.
Although the church was known to have existed through historical documents, no archaeological investigations have ever taken place.
As part of the work 317 skeletons and 83 brick burial vaults were recorded. They are all thought to be dated from 13th to 18th century.
Reporting in punchline-glouchestershire.com Steve Sheldon, acting principal manager at Cotswold Archaeology, said: "The medieval church was demolished in the mid-1650s, with documentary sources indicating that much of its stonework was utilised to repair other parish churches in the town, such as those sustaining damage during the English Civil War.
"A new parish church, on or near the site of the medieval precursor, was constructed in the mid-18th century. The latter survived until the early 1960s, when it was demolished to make way for the department store."
The archaeological work found that the medieval church had been built further to the south, away from the St Aldgate Street frontage. They also found the existence of a limestone wall as well as stone objects including a mid-14th-century window arch believed to be associated with the medieval church.
These finds will be kept and displayed on the University camps for the public as well as students and staff to enjoy.
Excavations also found evidence of even older work as far back as Roman times with cobblestones believed to be from a 2nd-century road as well as the remains of a Roman townhouse.