A single L-shaped trial trench, 15m long x 1.80m wide, was excavated by Colchester Archaeological Trust in the garden of 19 St Clare Road in advance of the erection of a new dwelling (CBC application 160235).<1> Four archaeological features were identified during the evaluation, three of which contained pottery dating from the Roman period (late 1st to the mid 2nd/2nd century). Two ditches were defined, one aligned N to S (F1) and another aligned NW to SE (F4), and a pit F3. Small quantities of Roman pottery, imported lava quernstone and ceramic building material (CBM) were recovered from three features (F1, F3 & F4). One grave-shaped feature F5, aligned NW to SE, containing a small fragment of degraded bone may possibly represent the remains of a Roman inhumation burial within the Lexden cemetery area. Natural sands and gravels were encountered at c.450-500 bgl.