Colchester Archaeological Trust undertook a trial-trenched evaluation at 'Hunter's Rough', Chitts Hill, Colchester, in March 2013 (an area 1.39 ha., in advance of residential development). <1> Nine trial-trenches (T1-T9) were excavated using a mechanical excavator equipped with a toothless ditching bucket. The trenches were 295m long (total) x 1.6m wide, and excavated to a depth of between 35cm and 67cm. Four layers were identified. These were (uppermost to lowest): L1 (100mm of topsoil); L2 (160mm of subsoil); and L3 (natural gravel in T1-T2) or L4 (natural clay in T3). The only archaeological feature discovered was a north-east/south-west linear feature (F1) in T5, T7 and T9. This contained fragments of peg-tile and is likely to represent a field ditch of post-medieval date.