Site Event/Activity record ECH7139 - Observations at Black Friars, Chester

Observation of a short section of sandstone wall visible in the side of an excavated service trench (probable watermain). Two to three course of a mortar bonded sandstone wall were visible at a depth of approximately one metre. One masonry fragment had been disturbed from the wall, it was notably deeper than wide, and the exterior face was slightly convex, but whether this was by design or due to weathering was not ascertained. The wall was aligned approximately north-east to south-west. The service trench was infilled before detailed measurements could be taken. Possibly a continuation of the wall observed to the north-east at the junction between Black Friars and Nicholas Street (see CHER 10631).