Archaeological strip, map and record excavation on land south of Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 9GE: September-October 2021

An archaeological strip, map and record excavation was carried out on land south of Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester, Essex in advance of the construction of thirty-two new dwellings. The site
lies to the east of the Late Iron Age and Romano-British complex of Gosbecks, in the midst of numerous cropmarks, with a 2019 archaeological evaluation revealing 13 features including a
possible Iron Age ditch and late Romano-British charcoal-rich pit. A further 22 features were excavated as part of the strip, map and record. The possible Iron Age ditch was determined to
be a tree-throw, but other features included an early Romano-British ditch, another charcoal-rich pit likely to be broadly contemporary with the first, a post-medieval field boundary ditch, a postmedieval/modern pit/tree-throw, a modern pit and a scattering of undated pits/tree-throws.