Monument record 8251 - Roman Timber-Lined Drains (Northeast - Southwest), Cuppin Street (Magistrates Court)

Excavations at the site of the Magistrates Court, off Cuppin St. in 1986 revealed a sequence of Roman activity just to the southwest of the Roman fortress (1). A road (CHER 8114) had subsided badly into a linear feature beneath it, a very substantial, originally timber-lined drain running northeast – southwest (1).

This drain was the earliest feature on site and was demolished and infilled by the early second century. A smaller, contemporary drain was found beneath the deposits to the south of the site, running parallel to the larger one (1). Please note that although no finds records have been attached to this monument, this is due to a lack of published information on the site, and likely not a reflection of the archaeology.

<1> Grosvenor Museum Excavations Newsletter, 1986, Summary of Excavations in Chester (Newsletter). SCH6272.

<2> Grosvenor Museum, 1988, Grosvenor Museum Excavation section: Current Activities & Upcoming Sites (Unpublished Report). SCH6282.

<3> Youngs S. Clark J & Barry T, 1987, Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1986 (Article in Journal). SCH5627.