An archaeological evaluation at North Station Road (adjacent to the Victoria Inn), Colchester, Essex: August 2001

An archaeological evaluation consisting of four trial-trenches revealed part of a previously unknown mosaic pavement adjacent to an unusual Roman sunken feature, the walls of which were lined with opus signinum. The walls of the feature had been robbed out, leaving the opus signinum free-standing. The feature contained a large amount of painted wall-plaster, as well as a 4th-century coin. The sunken room and mosaic pavement were part of a 2nd- or 3rd-century house within the Roman suburb on present-day North Station Road.