Monument record 8286/1 - Roman north-south road at Crook Street

A Roman road on a north-south alignment was recovered to the east of the south end of a barrack block of the First Cohort during archaeological investigations at Crook Street in 1973. (1)

The road surface comprised metalled sandstone with the eaves drip channel of the barrack veranda to the west. Several street surfaces were identified throughout the Roman period including at least one re-surfacing during the timber period of construction. Following the reconstruction of the buildings in stone the road was repaved in stone with the addition of a well built sandstone gutter comprising closely fitted sandstone blocks into which a channel had been carved. A new road surface was also laid down comprising broken sandstone brash and roof tile fragments. (1)

<1> Bott, O and R Williams, 1963, Central Redevelopment Area, Crook Street Car Park (Excavation Archive). SCH6703.

<2> Chester Archaeology, 1973, Excavation records for Crook Street, Chester (Unpublished Report). SCH6617.

<3> Strickland, T.J., 1978, The Fortress in the Second and Third Centuries (Article in Journal). SCH6312.

<4> multiple authors, 1974, Excavation Reports and Summaries Sites Observed, p16-17 (Article in Journal). SCH5790.

<5> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, no.551 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.

<6> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, p153-4 (Book). SCH3556.

<7> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1970-Present, Britannia, Vol 6 p240 (Journal/Periodical). SCH445.

<8> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1911-Present, Journal of Roman Studies, Vol 54 p156 (Journal/Periodical). SCH1519.