An archaeological evaluation, comprising a single trial-trench 8.0m long x 1.8m wide, was undertaken by Colchester Archaeological Trust in March 2019 on land between 47 and 49 Wickham Road, Colchester, in advance of the construction of a new dwelling. Five layers were recorded in the trench. A modern layer of redeposited soil (L1, c.0.14-0.17m thick) sealed a modern layer of crush material (L2, 0.06-0.11m thick). Beneath L2 was a layer of buried topsoil (L3, c.0.28-0.36m thick) which overlay subsoil (L4, c 0.16-0.22m thick). L4, in turn, sealed natural (L5, silty-sand ). No significant archaeological remains were encountered.<1>