Archaeologists have dug up a boot from the 19th century at the old Cadbury car park in Dunedin

The excavation is part of the demolition of the old Cadbury site, which will soon make way for the new Dunedin Hospital

A number of items have been uncovered including the old boot, as well as ceramic and glassware items, a smoking-pipe bowl, and a blue stone path.

The excavated area was previously registered as an archaeological site.

The former car park had been an industrial area, home to coal sheds and a soap works in the 19th century.