Monument record 8480 - Roman wall at Commonhall Street

Archaeological investigations carried out in 1954 and 1956 on the site of the granaries in Commonhall Street (CHER 8334, 8335, 8336) recorded traces of a substantial wall to the west. Trench 10 recorded traces of a two sections of a substantial Roman sandstone foundation on a north-south alignment to the west of the granaries. The relationship between the wall and the granaries could not be investigated it is suggested that it formed a colonnade for the granary complex as has been recorded at other sites, although no evidence of column bases were recorded at Chester (eg. Corbridge) (1)

<1> Petch, D F and F H Thompson, 1959, Excavations in Commonhall Street, P33-60 (Article in Journal). SCH6338.

<2> Thompson, F.H., 1964, A History of Cheshire. Volume Two: Roman Cheshire (Book). SCH2862.

<3> Grosvenor Museum, 1988, Grosvenor Museum Excavation section: Current Activities & Upcoming Sites, p37-39 (Unpublished Report). SCH6282.

<4> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, P145 (Book). SCH3556.

<5> Gaimster D, Margeson S & Barry T, 1989, Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1988, p128-9 (Article in Journal). SCH5630.

<6> Mason, D. J. P., 2001, Roman Chester: City of the Eagles, p64-66 (Book). SCH6164.