An evaluation, comprising two trenches positioned in the footprints of a proposed bungalow and garage was undertaken to the rear of properties fronting Lexden Road and Beverley Road. The site is located within the areas of the western cemetery of the Roman town, and is traversed by the early main road to London, which would probably have been lined with funerary monuments. The northern (re-cut) ditch for the Roman road was identified by the evaluation, beneath the foundations of a 19th century greenhouse, although no trace of the road itself had survived; a ?1st century brooch and small quantities of Roman and late Iron Age pottery were retrieved from the ditches. No burials were identified, although two features of probably 3rd century date were located at the northern end of Trench 2, beneath a former stable block. A great deal of post-medieval disturbance in the form of ceramic drains, led pipes, concrete and brick floors, brick foundations and a brick sump, was present in this part of the trench. Small quantities of domestic rubbish in the form of Roman pottery, animal bones, oyster shell, tile and daub were present in the two features, indicating domestic activity in the vicinity. These features, which could be pits, were cut through a Roman layer containing patches of burning which produced sherds of amphora and the rim of a crucible; very tentative evidence for industrial activity. A Roman layer containing pottery, tile, animal bone and oyster shell was also recorded overlaying the natural in the second, smaller trench located to the north-west. This layer was sealed beneath almost 1m of overburden, probably a Victorian make-up layer, above which the remains of a brick wall foundation was recorded. This wall continues the alignment of the current western property boundary, and may be the boundary to Beverley Lodge shown on Monson’s 1848 map of Colchester. Two subsequent watching briefs on the footprint of the building and associated services identified similar deposits to those in the trenches. Unstratified Roman pottery and a flint scraper were retrieved. <1>