Site Event/Activity record ECH5037 - Watching Brief during Installation of Cabling in Edgar's Field in 1999 (Chester)

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WATCHING BRIEF

Organisation

Chester Archaeology

Date

September - October 1999

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Description

A watching brief carried out during cabling works has revealed sandstone rubble from the Roman quarry in Edgar's Field spilling over the ancient river bank as well as a dump of leather off cuts that probably represent shoe-making waste dating to the late eighteenth to nineteenth centuries (1).

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SCH6461 Newsletter: Chester Archaeology. 1999. Dig News. September 1999.
<2> SCH6371 Newsletter: Chester Archaeology. 1999. Dig News. October 1999.
<3> SCH6056 Newsletter: Chester City Council Archaeology Service. 2000. Annual Review 1999-2000. 1999-2000.

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

8449/2 Edgar's Field - First to Third Century Quarry, and Quarrying Debris (Monument)
11115/4 Finds of leather offcuts from Edgar's Field (Find Spot)

Location

Location
Grid reference	SJ 407 656 (point) Probable Location (E)
Map sheet	SJ46NW
Civil Parish	CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

Nov 8 2013 11:01AM