Archaeological monitoring was undertaken by Colchester Archaeological Trust during the construction of new football pitches (which included topsoil stripping), a pavilion, and associated works, at St Helena School, Sheepen Road (CBC planning application 150562). A cable trench (300mm wide) revealed part of the foundation of the north side of the (partly robbed) outer precinct wall of ‘Temple 2’, along with an external buttress and gravel surface, c.300-350mm below ground level. Archaeological remains were also defined in several of the pits for lighting (LPs) columns (each 1m square x 1m deep): LP5 A V-shaped Roman gully (F2) aligned northeast to southwest was identified in the pit. It was probably agricultural or for drainage. LP16 A modern drain (F3) was identified in the pit containing residual Roman material. LP18 was dug through 400mm of L1, 500mm of L2 and onto a Roman demolition layer (L7) containing clay blocks, ceramic building material, pottery and animal bone. LP19-LP22 Four lighting pits were dug through crush (150-350mm), L1 (100-260mm) and onto a layer of modern disturbance (L5, 200-700mm deep) containing residual Roman material and modern concrete. L5 sealed natural silt (L6).