Monument record 8291 - Roman sewer at Bridge Street

Traces of a north-south aligned sewer were recorded during archaeological investigations to the rear of 25 Bridge Street in 2001 and to the west of a second century Roman structure. The sewer comprised a pair of parallel sandstone walls set approximately 0.74m apart. The walls survived to a height of 0.6-0.7m and was capped with sandstone slabs. The earliest fills of the sewer contained finds of a mid second century date.

A sewer tributary cut on an north-east to south-west alignment from the northern end of the sewer was also recorded, however no firm dating evidence was recovered. (1)

<1> Garner D, 2008, Excavations at Chester: 25 Bridge Street 2001. Two thousand years of urban life in microcosm (Monograph). SCH6160.

<2> Gifford and Partners, 2002, Debenhams, Chester: Post-excavation Assessment Report, R3162 (Client Report). SCH6253.