Site Event/Activity record ECH5219 - Excavations at Sedan House, Chester in 1989 (Watergate Baths Site)

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EXCAVATION

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Grosvenor Museum

Date

Aug-Oct 1989

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Description

Excavations in advance of a planned extension to the property on Stanley Place with the aim of identifying whether there are any traces of the Watergate Baths surviving beneath the houses, the resulting work indicated a reasonable archaeological potential/survival with evidence of at least four rooms within the small area of the excavation.

Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SCH6557 Article in Monograph: Ward, S. W.. 2012. Sedan House, 1989. BAR British Series 553.
<2> SCH6994 Article in Journal: Frere S, Hassall M & Tomlin R. 1990. Roman Britain in 1989. Britannia. 21. p329 No viii.

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Location

Location
Grid reference	Centred SJ 401 662 (10m by 8m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	SJ46NW
Civil Parish	CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

Apr 5 2013 1:18PM