Monument record 8481 - Early Roman occupation at Commonhall Street

Archaeological investigations carried out in 1954 and 1956 on the site of the Roman granaries in Commonhall Street (CHER 8334, 8335, 8336) recorded traces of an earlier Roman timber built structure underlying Granary 3.

Trench 11 identified a series of levelling layers including a base layer of broken sandstone overlain a layer of clean yellow sand into which three post holes were cut. The evidence was recorded underlying the early second century south external wall of Granary 3. (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 Grosvenor Museum, 1988, Grosvenor Museum Excavation section: Current Activities & Upcoming Sites, p37-39 (Unpublished Report).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.