Site Event/Activity record ECH2150 - Discovery of the Chapel Foundations
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Technique(s)
Organisation
Unassigned
Date
1817
Description
Whilst ploughing up a field called the Hermitage Field, labourers discovered the stone foundations of a small cell, built with red ashlar. The foundations were so slight that the plan of the building could not be traced. Nearby they found a stone coffin containing the remains of a human skeleton (thigh bones and skull intact).
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCH1389 Book: Ormerod, G.. 1882. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester. vol.II p.236-7.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- 869/1/0 Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Leonard or the Hermitage of the Rood (Monument)
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SJ 54 62 (point) Sample Location (E) |
| Map sheet | SJ56SW |
| Civil Parish | TARPORLEY, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
Record last edited
Jan 28 2014 1:54PM