Site Event/Activity record ECH4989 - The City Walls: Excavations at the South-East Angle Tower, Chester in 1951
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Technique(s)
Organisation
Chester Archaeological Society
Date
1951
Description
Two trenches were cut inside the angle tower and beyond the tower to the west while 2 smaller trenches were excavated in investigate the relationship between the tower and the wall.
Trench 1 revealed the bottom two feet of a turf and clay rampart with two layers of timber strapping at the base, Trench 2 also showed the rampart but with 3 layers of timber strapping.
Referred to as Site No. 30 in the City Defences Monograph (2)
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SCH5715 Article in Journal: Webster, Graham. 1952. Excavations on the Legionary Defences at Chester, 1949-52 (Part i). Journal of the Chester Archaeological and Historic Society. Volume 39.
- <2> SCH6156 Monograph: LeQuesne C. 1999. Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I. Survey Report No 11.
Related Monuments/Buildings (6)
- 12000 Chester City Walls (Monument)
- 8211/2 Evidence for the Roman South ditch at SE Angle Tower (Monument)
- 8206/11 Roman east wall at the south east angle of the fortress (Monument)
- 8228 Roman South East Angle Tower (Monument)
- 8207/7 The Roman East Ditch at the south east angle tower (Monument)
- 8205/4 The Roman East Rampart at the south east angle of the fortress (Monument)
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred SJ 407 661 (9m by 12m) (2 map features) |
| Map sheet | SJ46NW |
| Civil Parish | CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
Record last edited
Mar 21 2013 12:11PM