An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching on Area KR at Colchester Garrison PFI site, Colchester, Essex: June-July 2002

Thirty-eight trenches were excavated in Area KR. In total, 251 archaeological contexts were excavated or examined. The majority of these contexts were topsoils, dumped layers and subsoils (130 in number, which equals 52% of all contexts). The next largest group of contexts were of natural origin (19%), followed by modern or post-medieval contexts (13.5%). Six per cent of features were undated. With regard to ´pre-modern’ archaeological features, there were only three Late Iron Age or Roman features. Together, these constituted 1.5% of all archaeological contexts. No prehistoric flints or pottery were recovered. Trenching work continues in adjacent areas.