Site Event/Activity record ECH5204 - Evaluation at Chester Cathedral in 2010
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Technique(s)
Organisation
Oxford Archaeology North
Date
April 2010
Description
Evaluation carried out by Oxford Archaeology North in 2010 comprising eight evaluation trenches and seven geotechnical pits in advance of proposed landscaping in the area surrounding the cathedral. The work was planned due to the high potential for human remains close to the present ground level as well as the opportunity to investigate the archaeological evidence for earlier periods. (2)
Human remains were encountered, primarily of a post medieval date with one probable medieval burial in trench 2d buried within a stone cist. Post medieval structural activity recorded in trenches 2a and 2b while Roman remains were also encountered in trenches 2a and 2d. (2)
Sources/Archives (2)
Related Monuments/Buildings (13)
- 10640/18 Abbey of St Werburgh - Parochial Cemetery (Monument)
- 10641/5 Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary - Cemetery (Monument)
- 10649 Eighteenth or Nineteenth Century Building, South of South Transept, Cathedral Grounds (Monument)
- 10659 Late Eighteenth Century 'Hall', St Werburgh Street (Monument)
- 10650 Nineteenth Century Ground Levelling Deposits, Cathedral Grounds (Monument)
- 10653 Nineteenth Century Metalled Surface, Cathedral Grounds (Monument)
- 10651 Nineteenth Century Stone Culvert, Cathedral Grounds (Monument)
- 10654 Post Medieval Sandstone Surface, North of Bishop's Palace, Cathedral Grounds (Monument)
- 10639/2 Residual Medieval Finds, South of Cathedral, Cathedral Grounds (Find Spot)
- 9013/50 Residual Saxon Pottery, South of Cathedral, Cathedral Grounds (Find Spot)
- 8278 Roman building at Chester Cathedral (Monument)
- 8398 Roman Soil horizon at Chester Cathedral (Monument)
- 10652 Two Eighteenth Century Surfaces, Cathedral Grounds (Monument)
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred SJ 406 664 (134m by 100m) (2 map features) |
| Map sheet | SJ46NW |
| Civil Parish | CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
Record last edited
Dec 19 2012 11:26AM