Site Event/Activity record ECH5097 - The City Walls: Investigations at the Kaleyards, Chester (Saddler's Tower) in 1988-9
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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. The northern wall of this lost medieval tower was recorded near Kaleyard's Cottage. Its relationship with the Roman masony demonstrates that the superstructure of the latter had been dismantled to accomodate the tower (1). Work carried out during consolidation repairs in 1988-1989 on the East wall, referred to as sites KIII and KIV in the Defences Monograph (2)
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SCH6282 Unpublished Report: Grosvenor Museum. 1988. Grosvenor Museum Excavation section: Current Activities & Upcoming Sites.
- <2> SCH6156 Monograph: LeQuesne C. 1999. Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I. Survey Report No 11.
- <3> SCH6621 Unpublished Report: Chester Archaeology. 1988. Defences of Roman Chester: Discoveries made on the East Wall, 1988. North of the Kaleyard Gate.
- <4> SCH7251 Photographic Archive: Grosvenor Museum. Various. Photographic Archive from Various sites excavated by the Grosvenor Museum in Chester.
Related Monuments/Buildings (7)
- 12000/16 Chester City Walls - Saddlers' Tower (Monument)
- 12000/15 Chester City Walls - Wall between Phoenix Tower / King Charles Tower and Kaleyard Gate (Building)
- 12000 Chester City Walls (Monument)
- 8207/1 Evidence of the Roman East ditch at the Kaleyards (Monument)
- 8205/2 Evidence of the Roman East rampart at the Kaleyards (Monument)
- 8206/2 Evidence of the Roman East Wall at the Kaleyards (Monument)
- 8549 Roman layer at Kaleyard Cottage (Monument)
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred SJ 406 665 (10m by 19m) (2 map features) |
| Map sheet | SJ46NW |
| Civil Parish | CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
Record last edited
Feb 20 2014 11:07AM