Monument record 8331 - North-south road between barracks at 37-43 Eastgate Street

Traces of a north-south aligned road surface were recorded during excavations to the rear of No 37-43 Eastgate Street in 1959 (then the premises of Woolworth & Co.).

The road comprised a heavily compacted sandstone metalled surface approximately 4.21m wide with a sand surface believed to be a drainage channel c.0.80m wide on its western edge. (1)

<1> Thompson F.H, 1967, Excavations on the site of Woolworth's, Chester, 1959 (Article in Journal). SCH5885.

<2> Wilson D & Hurst J, 1960, Medieval Britain in 1959 (Article in Journal). SCH5611.

<3> LeQuesne C, 1999, Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I (Monograph). SCH6156.

<4> Thompson, F.H., 1964, A History of Cheshire. Volume Two: Roman Cheshire (Book). SCH2862.

<5> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1911-Present, Journal of Roman Studies, JRS 50/216 (Journal/Periodical). SCH1519.

<6> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, p158-9,163 (Book). SCH3556.