An archaeological evaluation by trial-trenching at 2-3 Priory Street, Colchester, Essex: November 2014

A single trial-trench was excavated by the Colchester Archaeological Trust to the rear of 2-3 Priory Street in Colchester town centre prior to the construction of an extension.
Roman deposits, including at least one in situ surface and debris
from the demolition of a Roman building, were identified at the
northern end of the evaluation trench. Previous archaeological
investigations in the close vicinity have suggested that there was at least one extra-mural building of late Roman date in this area.
The Roman deposits on the site had been truncated by medieval
inhumation burials associated with the Priory of St Botolph. A
significant quantity of disarticulated human bone was recovered and
reburied and two articulated skeletons, both young individuals, were uncovered at depths of only 0.68m and 0.74m below the modern
ground level.