An archaeological excavation was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust in May 2018 on Area B of the Colchester North development (to the west of Nayland Road), Colchester, in advance of the construction of residential development. An area measuring 40m E/W by 45m N/S was machine-excavated through ploughsoil (L1, 0.29-0.38m thick) onto natural sand and gravels (L2).<1> Excavation revealed a small Middle Bronze Age cemetery consisting of one definite (F8) and two probable cremation burials (F10 and F12) in a small cluster to the SSE of two prehistoric ring-ditches. Ring-ditch A (F4) had an internal diameter of 5.0-5.5m. The ditch measured between 0.4-0.85m wide by 0.09-0.21m deep. The ditch was not a continuous ring, but included a single 0.6m wide gap/entrance on the eastern side of the feature, possibly the result of truncation. Ring-ditch A was cut by pit F7 which contained four fragments of burnt flint. The only feature identified within the ring-ditch was possible post-hole F11. No dating evidence was recovered from this post-hole but it did contain a piece of burnt flint. It is uncertain if the posthole is contemporary with the ring-ditch. Immediately to the SSW of F4 was ring-ditch B (F9), with an internal diameter of 5.2-5.4m. The ditch measured between 0.6-0.8m wide by 0.15-0.2m deep. Only two finds were recovered from the ditch, a sherd of Middle Bronze Age pottery and a sherd of medieval pottery. To the southeast of ring-ditch B was a small cluster of features: F6, F8, F10 and F12. F6 was a charcoal-rich pit containing a single piece of burnt flint. Pits F8, F10 and F12 all contained fragments of broken Middle Bronze Age urns, with F8 also producing a small quantity of cremated human bone. All three of these pits were very shallow (between 0.25-0.35m deep), with the broken urns indicating heavy truncation of the features. The urn in pit F8 appears to have been placed inverted, as only the rim and upper body sherds had survived. Despite being disturbed, the cremated bone from this pit was concentrated below the urn fragments and it is likely they were originally contained within this vessel. Although no cremated human bone was recovered from F10 or F12, the presence of Middle Bronze Age urn fragments in these features means it is likely that they are also the remains of disturbed burial pits. All three burials contained the disturbed remains of Ardleigh-style Deverel-Rimbury cremation urns, but only F8 included a small quantity of cremated human bone. The bone produced a radiocarbon date of 1374 to 1125 BC (SUERC-81584; 2996 ± 28; 95.4% confidence). Three possible prehistoric features (two pits and a post-hole), two post-medieval/modern ditches/erosion hollows and two natural features/tree-throws were also excavated. Trial-trenched evaluation relating to this development was undertaken by Colchester Archaeological Trust in 2011 (ECC2994).<2>