During sand quarrying along the western side of Butt Road in the mid-19th century, part of an extensive late Roman inhumation cemetery was found.

31 undated inhumation burials, recorded during 2011 Site H excavation, in advance of the redevelopment of the former Meeanee & Hyderabad Barracks, Mersea Road.

Layer-de-la-Haye Treatment Works, Colchester, Essex

Excavation of cropmarks revealed an Iron Age droveway or trackway, and enclosures, with later Roman and Anglo-Saxon material.

Roman Circus.

A total of 351 Roman burials and burial related features (204 inhumation burials, 69 urned cremation burials, 2 amphora cremation burials, 11 unurned cremation burials, 5 pyre sites, 4 probable busta, 4 pyre sites/busta, 54 burial pits containing pyre debris, and 8 other burial-related features) were defined during archaeological investigations of 'Area J1 North' (former Royal Artillery Barracks, now area of Le Cateau Road) of the Colchester Garrison Alienated Land in 2004-5 in advance of redevelopment by Taylor Wimpey.