An evaluation was undertaken within the temenos of a Romano-Celtic temple (Colchester Temple II) by Colchester Archaeological Trust in April 2013 to assess the site of a proposed food technology building on open ground on the edge of the sports field. Four trial-trenches revealed three Roman pits, a compacted gravel layer (surface), and a dump of ceramic building material. One of the pits contained a group of five, low-denomination Roman coins dated to c AD 43-64. These probably represent a small hoard or purse group possibly deposited at the time of the Boudican revolt, pre-dating the construction of the temple in the late 1st or early 2nd century. The evaluation trenches were cut through two layers: a thin modern topsoil 200mm thick (L1), and silt/clay 350-400mm thick accumulation horizon L2, which it sealed. L2 sealed natural boulder clay with occasional patches of gravel (L5), and also L3 (Roman compacted gravel surface, dated to the mid/late 1st-2nd century) and L4 (a dump of ceramic building material, dated to the mid/late 1st century). There were three Roman pits in T4, F1 and F2 cutting natural L5, and F3 cutting gravel L3.