An archaeological evaluation, comprising one trial-trench 15m long x 1.80m wide, was carried out on land adjacent to 45 Winchester Road, Colchester, in advance of the construction of two semi-detached houses with associated parking. The trench was excavated through topsoil (L1, 0.2-0.26m thick) and an accumulation layer (L2, 0.25-0.29m thick) onto natural (L3), encountered at a depth of 0.48-0.51m below current ground level. A post-medieval gully F1, aligned NNE-SSW, extended through the northern half of the trench, where it terminated. It measured 0.43m wide and 0.12m deep and produced a sherd of peg-tile and a fragment of post-medieval clay tobacco pipe. A sherd of post-medieval or modern pottery and a further fragment of clay tobacco pipe dating to the late 19th century or early 20th century were recovered from accumulation layer L2.<1>