An archaeological watching brief on Flagstaff Road, Colchester Garrison, Colchester, Essex: May 2007

This site lies immediately west of Abbey House and the western precinct wall of St John’s Abbey. A watching brief during a contractor’s excavation of a thrust-bore pit revealed an in situ wall foundation, possibly associated with St John’s Abbey or else a post-Dissolution structure built against the outer face of the abbey precinct wall. Other features included two post-medieval pits, and a post-hole possibly associated with the wall foundation. This part of Flagstaff Road has been heavily truncated by modern service runs.