Red hill (saltern) RH 71, excavated in 1906 and found to contain briquetage.

Decoy Pond.

Possible moated site or market garden (see Chapman and Andre map, 1777).

Double-ditched trackway, three ring ditches and linear features recorded as cropmarks by aerial photography.

Possible enclosure.

Historic Farmstead shown on the County Series at 1:2500 Scale Epoch 1 Map (1874-1887).

The building comprised three distinct phases: phase 1, the original 1862 Wright Villa (i.e. the pub was converted from a private house); phase 2, comprising an extension to the south and an external toilet block, dating to c 1911; phase 3, comprising a single storey toilet block, beer store, store rooms and free-standing garage, dating to the 1960’s. It was taken over by the Essex brewer Ridleys in August 1999 and closed in 2007.

A strip, map and record excavation was carried out by Colchester Archaeological Trust in March 2015 on land adjacent to 20 St Clare Road, Colchester, in advance of the construction of a new dwelling. Two sherds of Roman pottery were recovered from L2 (the original topsoil, a medium grey/brown sandy-silt which contained very few inclusions other than rounded stones) and a flint blade, which probably dates to the early Neolithic, was recovered from the interface between L2 and the natural. However, no early features were defined - a ditch and six pits were all thought to be of of post-medieval/modern date.

P.G. Laver's excavations in 1931-33 revealed 'many burials' within the area of the Castle chapel (MCC2084), but there was 'nothing to indicate that any burials were associated with the chapel' (Drury 1983, p.333). The burials had been interred after the demolition of the chapel, barbican and forebuilding and are thought to date from the late 16th to the 17th centuries when the Keep was used a prison.<1>

A number undated inhumation burials have been found close to the Priory Church, all to the east/north-east, which are likely to be associated with it and part of the cemetery lying to the north of the church. The limits and full extent of the cemetery, however, have not been established.