Site Event/Activity record ECH5106 - Excavations at 3 and 5 Shipgate Street in 1981 (Chester)

At some time prior to 1982, the seventeenth and eighteenth century houses at 3 and 5 Shipgate St.. on the south side and adjacent to the point a which Shipgate meets St Mary's Hill, were demolished owing to their dangerous condition and the impossibility of preservation, and the site became available for redevelopment (1). Two trial trenches were excavated to a depth of 3.3m and no undisturbed archaeology was identified, however, there were a number of large ashlar blocks and organic refuse mixed in the sediment (1). Please note that although this event did not find any archaeological deposits in situ, ECH5137 is a later excavation below this level and substantial Roman features were found.