Pit EF13 (F31 in the evaluation) contained a large group of prehistoric pottery (61 sherds, 378g) and worked flints (5 flakes, 16g) and 2 burnt flint (20g). The pottery (from five or six pots) has stylistic associations with Mildenhall Ware, and this pit is one of only a very few Neolithic features in Colchester town centre and the Garrison project. The steep-sided feature was slightly arced in plan (3.5m by 1.0m in plan and 0.38m deep), with an irregular base and shallower eastern and western ends. This makes it very likely to have been a tree-removal pit (ie, a pit created by the digging out of tree roots, perhaps during clearance for agriculture). There was sufficient pottery and flint (plain ware bowl sherds and flint blades) to indicate both deliberate deposition of domestic waste/selected items, and probably the existence of nearby occupation. There were no other datable Neolithic features in Site E, although several undated tree throws were recorded nearby.<1>