An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Colchester Archaeological Trust during the reduction of made ground and prior to the construction of a new wall around the southern and eastern boundaries of 33-35 Manor Road, Colchester (CBC planning application 110820). No significant archaeological features or finds were revealed <1> The report records that geotechnical pits had been dug through the area of reduction prior to the archaeological watching brief (Murray Rix Limited, 2014). They indicated that there was a deep level of modern made ground (L1) from existing ground levels to depths of between 2.3m and 3.9m. As this ground was only being reduced by a maximum of 1m no archaeological remains were encountered. The depth of this made ground also makes it likely that any archaeologically significant remains in this area have been removed at a unknown date in the past.