In the north part of T2, topsoil (L3) sealed L11, a mid brown clay which is often found in the Roman sequences in Colchester. This last deposit is usually interpreted as being material derived from the demolition of the clay walls of a previous structure, with the material being spread out and used as foundation for a later floor. This seems the sensible interpretation here, since it lies over earlier floor F5. This floor was in the tradition of tessellated pavements, in the sense that it consisted of red brick pieces in a mortar base3, but the pieces were irregularly shaped ('crazy' tessellation). A more detailed
examination of the floor was prevented by the depth of the trench here (1.7m).