Five test-pits were excavated by hand on the putting green and in the nursery of Upper Castle Park, Colchester, in April 2007. Those on the putting green did not encounter any Roman deposits or features, being dug through topsoil and post-Roman dark earth to a depth of 1m. The two pits dug in the nursery did reach Roman archaeology, i.e. a late Roman demolition layer starting at between 820mm and 950mm below ground level. Two silver Roman coins were recovered. It is unusual for an assemblage of this size to contain two silver coins but none of copper-alloy, particularly given the absence of any Roman copper-alloy objects, and this may indicate the presence of a dispersed hoard in the area. <1>