An Evaluation by trial trenching was carried out at 1-2 East Hill Colchester, Essex. Five trenches were dug revealing a total of nine features of which only seven were of any interest. The features consisted of a series of post medieval pits containing the type of deposits which would be associated with yard and garden deposits of the post medieval periods.

There is no evidence of any activity before the post medieval period and there is also very little evidence of any remaining topsoil anywhere on the site. This might be as a result of terracing of the site to create a level building surface during the post medieval period. <1> <2>