The first stage of an archaeological evaluation was carried out in response to the proposed Colchester Northern Approach Road. Phase 1 of Stage 1 covered the new road line between Turner Road and Mill Road in the area and grounds of Colchester General Hospital This section was completed in February 1997. Phase 2 follows the proposed road line from Mill Road to Boxted Road through the grounds of Severalls Hospital and was carried out in March 1997. The phase 1 and phase 2 evaluation comprised a total of eighty trenches. The evaluation revealed two areas of significant archaeology of the late Iron Age and early Roman periods, both on the southern section of the new road line between Turner Road and Mill Road. To the west of the General Hospital a ditch dating to the early Roman period, and probably close to a settlement area of the same date, was located just below the modern topsoil. A more substantial concentration of features of late Iron Age and early Roman date along the whole of the section of the new road passing through the grounds of Turner Village Hospital. These consist of the remains of several ditches and other smaller features. There was no evidence for any significant archaeology on the section of the new road line between Mill Road and Boxted Road.<1>