Site Event/Activity record ECH5147 - The City Walls: North Wall, Chester in 1978 (Northgate House)

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Grosvenor Museum

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1978

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Watching brief carried out during the restoration of a 7m long section of the City Wall. Observations were limited to the area of masonry behind the outer skin of the city wall to a height of 2-3m above ground level. At this site there appeared to be a low level of preservation of Roman masonry. Only at the westernmost extent of the section were the full eleven courses noted. (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: LeQuesne C. 1999. Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I. Survey Report No 11. NHIV.
  • <2> Photographic Archive: Grosvenor Museum. Various. Photographic Archive from Various sites excavated by the Grosvenor Museum in Chester.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Chester City Walls - Wall between Morgan's Mount and Northgate (Building)
  • Chester City Walls (Monument)
  • Evidence of the Roman North Wall at King Charles Court (Monument)

Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (3)

  • The City Walls: Excavations at the Engineering Yard, Chester in 1980 (Northgate House II) (Ref: CHE/NW80)
  • The City Walls: The Engineering Yard, Chester 1984 (Northgate House) (Ref: CHE/NW84)
  • The City Walls: North Wall, Chester in 1989 (Northgate House) (Ref: NHIII)

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Grid reference Centred SJ 403 666 (9m by 5m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ46NW
Civil Parish CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

Nov 1 2013 5:33PM