Archaeological monitoring and recording was undertaken at St Helena School in advance of the construction of an amphitheatre, marking-out of Roman temple foundations (Colchester Temple 2) and associated works (CBC planning application 161288). The footprint of the amphitheatre was stripped to a depth of 200mm below ground level (bgl), no significant archaeological horizons were encountered. Test-pits 1-3 were excavated in advance of proposed works to lay granite paving slabs above the foundations of the Roman temple to mark out its location. The test-pits were excavated to ensure that the depth of groundworks for the slabs would not impact on the archaeological remains. No Roman wall foundations had survived within the test-pits but the trench for the foundation was recorded in two of them along with Roman ground level, at a depth of 170-300mm bgl. The foundation trenches identified in all three test-pits were full of backfill from the 1930s excavations. It is uncertain if the 1930s excavations had just removed later/post-Roman robbing at these locations or had actually removed surviving temple wall foundation. The granite paving slabs were eventually laid within minimal ground disturbance -100mm depth through topsoil.<1>