Second stage of excavations (Site B) on the site of Colchester's medieval leper hospital (Site A was carried out in 1989; ECC3740).<1><2> Site B, to the north of the churchyard, was funded by English Heritage in 1995 following demolition of 19th-century almshouses and the developer's acquisition of a plot of British Rail land to the west of the almshouse gardens. The condition of early structural features was generally poor. Although Site B was largely free from graves, like Site A, this produced fragmentary and highly localised structural evidence with early medieval to modern stratigraphy almost at one level. CAT Buildings 184 (Phase 1 timber building), 186 and 187 (both Phase 2 hospital accommodation) and 188 (Phase 3, ?accommodation for an almshouse warden) were defined in Site B. Phase 1: early 12th to mid 13th centuries Phase 2: mid 13th century to 1610 Phase 3: 1610 to 19th century