An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching at Area O of the Garrison Urban Village, Colchester, Essex: May 2004

This is the archive report on an archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching at Area O of the planned urban village at the Garrison, Colchester, Essex. This work was carried out as part of a programme of archaeological evaluation of areas of alienated land, acquired by Taylor Woodrow for residential development. A single 1.8m x 50m trial-trench (Trench O1) was excavated, within which two archaeological and one natural feature were recorded. The archaeological features comprise two linear features probably representing a boundary ditch which had been recut at a later date. The earlier of the two ditches contained two sherds of Roman pottery and a number of horse teeth. Both of the archaeological features cut a natural feature, the size and profile of which suggests that it is a tree bowl. Undated hillwash deposits associated with the dry valley followed by Circular Road South were recorded at the northern end of the trench.