Monument record 8192 - Roman road or surface at Bridge Street

Archaeological investigations to the rear of 27-29 Bridge Street have recorded evidence of a deposit interpreted as a surface (1) or an east-west aligned cambered road (2) Possibly associated with the road surface encountered to the east (CHER 8287)

An evaluation in 1996 recorded evidence of a deliberate construction layer in Trench K approximately 40m from the Bridge Street frontage containing some fragments of late first century pottery, this was sealed by a layer of compacted clay containing cobble and sandstone fragments originally interpreted as floor surface [Context 125] (1)

<1> Chester Archaeology, 1996, 25-29 Bridge Street, Chester; trial excavation., R2689 (Client Report). SCH4797.

<2> Garner D, 2008, Excavations at Chester: 25 Bridge Street 2001. Two thousand years of urban life in microcosm (Monograph). SCH6160.

<4> Gifford and Partners, 2002, Debenhams, Chester: Post-excavation Assessment Report, R3162 (Client Report). SCH6253.