Monument record 8548 - Roman layer at the Kaleyards

In 1983 a number of sites along the present city wall were opened in order to identify and record the Roman fortress wall. At the Kaleyards this comprised a single small trench (KI in LeQuesne, 1999) followed by a substantially larger trench at the same site in 1989/90 involving the partial dismantlement of the wall (KII in LeQuesne, 1999).

Evidence of a compacted dark brown layer immediately adjacent to the wall was encountered above the berm containing fragments of dressed stone. Above this was a second layer containing Roman ceramic tile and worn dressed masonry. (1)

<1> LeQuesne C, 1999, Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I (Monograph). SCH6156.

<2> Strickland, T.J., 1984, The defences of Roman Chester: discoveries made on the east wall, 1983 (Article in Journal). SCH5933.