Archaeological evaluation at the Essex County Hospital, Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3NB: October 2017

An archaeological evaluation (one trial-trench) was carried out at the Essex County Hospital, Colchester, Essex in advance of the redevelopment of the site. The hospital is located on the site of a known Roman cemetery where excavations in 1820-1 produced the Colchester sphinx sculpture from an elaborate tomb. Roman kilns
are also recorded on the site. This evaluation revealed two pits and a ditch surviving at depths of c 0.4-0.6m below current ground- level. All three features contained material of Roman date but their significance is difficult to determine based on the limited extent of the evaluation.