Monument record 8358 - Roman rampart building (No 6) at Deanery Field

Archaeological investigations along the north rampart of the Roman defences encountered the remains of a rampart building in Deanery Field in 1952. A trench cut across the earth rampart recorded a cross section of the rampart building confirming a width of 7.2m with a north external wall on an east-west alignment of eight courses of good quality mortar bonded sandstone surviving to a height of 0.97m above the clay and cobble foundation. Only the lowest course of the south wall survived above foundation level, both walls were 0.60m thick. A cross wall c0.60m thick on a north-south alignment was also recorded much of which had been robbed away. (1)

Several deposits were recorded within the rampart building including a layer of clean building debris in the north end of the structure approximately 0.65m thick level with the foundation of the wall interpreted as a construction deposit.(1)

<1> Webster, Graham, 1953, Excavations on the Legionary Defences at Chester, 1949-52 (Part ii), p17-23 (Article in Journal). SCH5727.

<2> Newstead, R (Prof.), 1936, Excavations in the Deanery Field and Abbey Green, 1935 (Article in Journal). SCH6480.

<3> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 2/33-8 Watkin W T 1884 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<4> Newstead, R (Prof.), 1924, Report on the Excavations on the Site of the Roman Camp at the Deanery Field, Chester (Article in Journal). SCH6478.

<5> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, pp149-51,157 (Book). SCH3556.

<6> Newstead, R and J P Droop, 1935, The Roman Fortress at Chester: a Newly Discovered Turret and Rampart Building (Article in Journal). SCH6474.

<7> Droop, J P and R Newstead, 1931, Excavations in the Deanery Field, Chester, 1928 (Article in Journal). SCH6475.

<8> Droop, J P and R Newstead, 1931, Excavations in the Deanery Field, Chester, 1928, Part II: the Finds (Article in Journal). SCH6476.

<9> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 36/8-10 Watkin W T 1887 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<10> Thompson Watkin W. T., 1886, Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester, p158-9 (Book). SCH2878.

<12> Newstead, R (Prof.), 1928, Report on the Excavations on the Site of the Roman Fortress at the Deanery Field, Chester (Article in Journal). SCH6477.

<13> Thompson, F.H., 1964, A History of Cheshire. Volume Two: Roman Cheshire (Book). SCH2862.

<14> Wright, R. P. & Richmond, I. A., 1955, Catalogue of the Roman Inscribed and Sculptured Stones in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester (Monograph). SCH522.

<15> Lloyd-Morgan G., 1981, Jet and shale in the archaeological collections of the Grosvenor Museum (Article in Journal). SCH5932.

<16> Lawson, P H, 1926, Schedule of the Roman Remains of Chester with Maps and Plans (Article in Journal). SCH5956.

<17> Lloyd-Morgan G., 1977, Mirrors in Roman Chester (Article in Journal). SCH5915.

<18> Lloyd-Morgan G., 1978, Some small Roman Bronzes in the Grovsenor Museum, Chester (Article in Journal). SCH5917.

<19> Newstead, Robert (Prof.), 1926, Records of Archaeological Finds at Chester (Article in Journal). SCH5955.

<20> Collingwood R G & Wright R P, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain: Volume I (Monograph). SCH3235.

<21> LeQuesne C, 1999, Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I (Monograph). SCH6156.