Monument record 8541 - Roman east-west alley between centurions houses at St Martin's Fields

Archaeological investigations at St Martin’s Fields adjacent to what is now the central bus station recorded evidence of an alley surface.

Evidence of an east-west aligned alley between two centurion’ houses arrange back to back was encountered between houses III (CHER 8165) and IV (CHER 8177). The alley was approximately 1.07m wide and recorded across the entire width of the trench (5.95m) and comprised a series of pebble and cobble surfaces. (1)

<1> Chester Archaeology, 1964, Excavation Records for St Martin's Field, Chester (Unpublished Report). SCH6615.

<2> Chester Archaeology, 1989, Masonic Lodge, Hunter Street (Unpublished Report). SCH6614.