Archaeological monitoring was carried out by the Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit during groundworks for residential development at Westway / Sheepen Place, Colchester, Essex.<1> Deposits up to 1.78m in depth were noted. All observed sequences contained finds of modern (19th / 20th century) date. No archaeological features or deposits dating to the Roman period were identified. The results of the archaeological monitoring mirrored those from the watching brief on Block M (Ennis 2005) at the northern end of the development area where a recorded 1.7m sequence of deposits appeared to be entirely of recent origin. Both sets of archaeological fieldwork confirmed the findings of the original site evaluation (CAT 1997) that in most areas there was a 1.5m – 2m build-up of recent (19th / 20th century) deposits above the natural clay. <2>