Site Event/Activity record ECH5096 - The City Walls: Investigations at the Drum Tower, Chester City Walls in the 1980s
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Technique(s)
Organisation
Grosvenor Museum
Date
1988
Description
Continuation of the City Wall Consolidation programme along the East Wall in 1983. Survey identified Roman structural evidence in the wall as well as produced detailed plans of the berm and extant wall. A fragment of Roman wall cornice was recovered from the medieval tower (1).
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCH6282 Unpublished Report: Grosvenor Museum. 1988. Grosvenor Museum Excavation section: Current Activities & Upcoming Sites.
Related Monuments/Buildings (6)
- 12000/19 Chester City Walls - Drum Tower (Monument)
- 12000/16 Chester City Walls - Saddlers' Tower (Monument)
- 12000/18 Chester City Walls - Wall between Kaleyard Gate and Eastgate (Building)
- 12000 Chester City Walls (Monument)
- 8206/4 Evidence of the Roman East Wall at the Drum Tower (Monument)
- 8088/8 Roman wall cornice from the Drum Tower (Find Spot)
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred SJ 406 664 (10m by 11m) (2 map features) |
| Map sheet | SJ46NW |
| Civil Parish | CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
Record last edited
Mar 26 2013 5:30PM