Site Event/Activity record ECH6705 - Grosvenor Park Road, Chester, Cheshire: Archaeological Investigation Report

Following on from a desk-based assessment produced in 2017 (ECH6377), an archaeological watching brief and excavation were undertaken between 24th October and 4th December 2017, at Grosvenor Park Road, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 1QL, in support of a proposal to re-develop the site. An additional watching brief occurred on the 29th May 2018. The groundworks comprised the reduction of the ground level of the site to 19.50m aOD, monitored foremost as an archaeological watching brief, followed by the archaeological excavation and recording of 23 out of 32 individual pile caps and surrounding ground beam trenches to a final average height of 19.00m aOD. An archaeologically significant “dark earth” soil horizon was observed in most trenches containing Roman and post-medieval material, with evidence of tanning pits in the centre and to the north-west of the site. A possible Roman linear feature was observed in pile cap Trench 7, truncated by a further post-medieval linear feature. A Roman coin was recovered dating to the mid-late 1st century AD. (1)