Site Event/Activity record ECH5172 - Roman remains noted during the construction of the Chester Canal

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Technique(s)

Organisation

Unassigned

Date

1797

Map

Description

Watkin reports that the cutting of the canal cut, where its runs parallel to the north wall, was made unexpectedly easier by the dicovery that it conicidently followed the line of the Roman ditch (1).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Book: Thompson Watkin W. T.. 1886. Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester. p105.
  • <2> Newspaper-Magazine: Chester Courant. 1878-1990. The Cheshire Sheaf. N/A. Vol. I, No.465, 1879.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Northern and North-Eastern Fortress Defensive Ditch (Monument)

Location

Location
Grid reference Centred SJ 404 666 (412m by 103m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ46NW
Civil Parish CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

Sep 11 2014 1:42PM