Find Spot record 8430/1 - Third - Fourth Century Pottery, Eccleston Avenue

During the construction of Eccleston Avenue in June 1929, at a location approximately 7.6m east of Eaton Road, at the same time that a cremation burial (CHER 8385/4) and rubble wall foundations (CHER 8387), fragments of a hammerhead type mortarium dating to between the third and fourth centuries was found (4). As the cremation is first to second century, this later pottery represents a distinct findspot.

<1> Anon, 1929, Miscellanea, Williams W J 1928 28/216-17 (Article in Journal). SCH5705.

<2> Newstead, R (Prof.), 1948, Records of Archaeological Finds VI, Newstead R 1946 36/124-6 (Article in Journal). SCH5761.

<3> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1911-Present, Journal of Roman Studies, Taylor M V & Collingwood R G 1929 19/192 (Journal/Periodical). SCH1519.

<4> Anon, 1932, Schedule of the Roman Remains of Chester, Lawson P H 1932 29/70/Nos.95-6 (Article in Journal). SCH5712.

<5> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/183 Petch D F 1987 (Book). SCH3556.