Site Event/Activity record ECH5230 - Watching brief at Linenhall Street, Chester in 1963 - 1964
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Technique(s)
Organisation
Grosvenor Museum
Date
1963-1964
Description
Watching brief on the line of the western Roman defences. Ditches and wall were found as was an interval tower. The wall had been widened at some date to over 3.05m. A rampart building, oven and the intervallum road were also excavated.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SCH6564 Unpublished Report: Chester Archaeology. 1963. Linenhall Street Site Record.
- <2> SCH6627 Unpublished Report: Chester Archaeology. 1963-65. Excavations on the Western defences of the Fortress.
- <3> SCH5877 Article in Journal: Anon. 1964. Abstract of Proceedings. Journal of the Chester Archaeological and Historic Society. 51.
- <4> SCH7265 Unpublished Report: Welsby, A. 1981. Pre 1973 Excavation Backlog at the Grosvenor Museum. p21-25.
- <5> SCH7684 Newspaper-Magazine: De Lucia, Carmella. 2014. Chester Chronicle - Looking Back at City Car Park. 17/07/2014.
Related Monuments/Buildings (10)
- 8213/5 Evidence for the Roman West Rampart at Linenhall Street (Monument)
- 8215/2 Evidence of the Roman West Ditch at Linenhall Street (Monument)
- 8214/2 Evidence of the Roman West Wall at Linenhall Street (Monument)
- 11140 Medieval stone robbing, Linenhall Street (Monument)
- 8329 Roman extra mural berm at Linenhall Street (Monument)
- 8328 Roman extra mural road at Linenhall Street (Monument)
- 8170 Roman rampart building (No 25) at Linenhall Street (Monument)
- 8169 Roman rampart building (No 26) at Linenhall Street (Monument)
- 8168 Roman rampart building (No 27) at St Martin's Fields (Monument)
- 8171 Roman rampart ovens at Linenhall Street (Monument)
Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)
- ECH3171 Excavations at Linenhall Street (now St Martin's Way), 1961 (Chester) (Ref: N/A)
Location
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | Centred SJ 402 663 (50m by 142m) (2 map features) |
| Map sheet | SJ46NW |
| Civil Parish | CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER |
Record last edited
Jan 12 2016 10:28AM