Archaeological evaluation on land adjacent to 3 Borges Gardens, Braiswick Lane, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5ED February 2019 by Dr Elliott Hicks with contributions by Dr Matthew Loughton figures by Chris Lister, Ben Holloway and Sarah Carter fieldwork by Ben Holloway with Bronagh Quinn commissioned by PJB Architectural Design Ltd on behalf of Mrs L Borges NGR: TL 98857 27613 (centre) Planning ref.: 182417 CAT project ref.: 19/02g ECC code: ECC4303 Colchester Museum accession code COLEM: 2019.12 OASIS ref.: colchest3-342885 Colchester Archaeological Trust Roman Circus House, Roman Circus Walk, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7GZ tel.: 01206 501785 email:
[email protected] CAT Report 1386 March 2019 Contents 1 Summary 1 2 Introduction 1 3 Archaeological background 1 4 Aim 2 5 Results 2 6 Finds 3 7 Conclusion 3 8 Acknowledgements 4 9 References 4 10 Abbreviations and glossary 4 11 Contents of archive 5 12 Archive deposition 5 Appendix 1 Context list 7 Figures after p7 CAT wsi OASIS summary sheet List of maps and figures Cover: working shot Map 1 Extract from 1842 tithe map 2 Photograph 1 Wall foundation F2, looking south 3 Fig 1 Site location and trench layout in relation to proposed development Fig 2 Evaluation results Fig 3 Representative section CAT Report 1386: Archaeological evaluation on land adjacent to 3 Borges Gardens, Braiswick Lane, Colchester, Essex – February 2019 1 Summary An archaeological evaluation (one trial-trench) was carried out on land adjacent to 3 Borges Gardens, Braiswick Lane, Colchester, Essex in advance of the construction of a new dwelling. A wall foundation of a building which stood at this site from at least the mid 19th century until its demolition around the 1990s was uncovered along with a post- medieval or modern pit which was associated with artisanal or domestic activity at this property.