Site Event/Activity record ECH5562 - The City Walls: Building recording at the East Wall, St John Street, Chester in 1984

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Technique(s)

Organisation

Grosvenor Museum

Date

1984

Map

Description

Continuation of the City Wall Consolidation programme along the East Wall in 1984, building recording betwen the Eastgate and Newgate noted the remains of the Roman fortress wall beneath the floor of the former library building in St John Street. (1)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Unpublished Report: Grosvenor Museum. 1988. Grosvenor Museum Excavation section: Current Activities & Upcoming Sites.
  • <2> Monograph: LeQuesne C. 1999. Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I. Survey Report No 11. No 27.
  • <3> Article in Journal: Strickland, T.J.. 1996. Recent research at the Chester Legionary Fortress: the Curtain wall and the barrack veranda colonnades. CBA Research Report. 94.
  • <4> Photographic Archive: Grosvenor Museum. Various. Photographic Archive from Various sites excavated by the Grosvenor Museum in Chester.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Chester City Walls (Monument)
  • First Century Fortress Turf / Clay Rampart - St John Street (Monument)
  • Fortress Eastern Masonry Wall - St John Street (Monument)

Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (1)

  • The City Walls: Excavations at site of the Former Library, St John's Street, Chester 1988 - 1989 (Ref: CHE/SJS88-9)

Location

Location
Grid reference SJ 40 66 (point) Probable Location (E)
Map sheet SJ46NW
Civil Parish CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

Record last edited

Feb 26 2014 11:48AM