Monument record 8549 - Roman layer at Kaleyard Cottage

Consolidation works on the East Wall in 1988 enabled further investigation of two sections to the north of the Kaleyard Gate, the first (trench A) adjacent to Kaleyard Cottage and a second area (Trench B) on the site of the medieval Saddler’s Tower (Site is referenced KIII in LeQuesne, 1999).

Evidence of several deposits in the area of the berm were encountered in trench A comprising two layers of sandstone rubble of a late Roman or post Roman date partially obscured by the movement of the rampart wall (2)

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

<2> Chester Archaeology, 1988, Defences of Roman Chester: Discoveries made on the East Wall, 1988. North of the Kaleyard Gate (Unpublished Report). SCH6621.