Site Event/Activity record ECH5036 - Watching brief at 48 Bridge Street, Chester (Three Old Arches) in 1999

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Technique(s)

Organisation

Chester Archaeology

Date

June 1999

Map

Description

Walls of several important medieval buildings were uncovered with much more of the medieval structure surviving than was previously thought. Excavation of a lift pit to the rear also revealed a Roman foundation wall surviving to over 1m in height (1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Newsletter: Chester Archaeology. 1999. Dig News. July 1999.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

  • medieval structural activity at 48 Bridge Street Row (Monument)
  • Roman wall at Bridge Street (east) (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • Archaeological watching brief and building recording at 44-52 Bridge Street, Chester in 1999 (Ref: E355)

Location

Location
Grid reference SJ 405 661 (point) Definite Location (E)
Map sheet SJ46NW
Civil Parish CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

Aug 19 2013 12:06PM