Site Event/Activity record ECH5548 - Further Evaluation at Hamilton Place, Chester in 2005

An initial stage of evaluation on the site in 2004 comprised the excavation of a single small test pit in a yard area. The results from this preliminary work confirmed the presence of deep cellaring in this particular location on the site, but the information retrieved was insufficient for the City Archaeologist and planning purposes. Accordingly, once access to other areas of the proposed site was available, additional evaluation was deemed necessary: this took the form of a single linear trench excavated within a bedsit room. The results have shown that, away from the areas of deep cellaring, mediaeval archaeology of significance may be anticipated at a depth of c.8000mm from modern ground level. Also, it seems likely that the top of undisturbed Roman archaeology lies at a depth of c. 1.80m from current ground level.