Site Event/Activity record ECH5293 - Excavations at the Eaton Road By-pass, Chester in 1972

Excavations in advance of construction of the Eaton Road bypass. Location taken from JCAS Vol 59. 1976. In 1972 Mr D.F. Petch carried out an excavation on the East side of Eaton Road at the point where the proposed by-pass would cross. It had long been know that the line of the Roman road which led south from the fortress at Chester was represented approximately by the route of the modern Eaton road and the excavation was successful in locating its eastern edge in this sector. This road was found to consist of gravel and small cobbles set in clay which had been laid on the surface of the natural clay. Two unusual features of the road were that its surface was slightly below the contemporary ground level and its fall was consistently westwards.