Find Spot record 9013/32 - Saxon Pottery, Purported Beam Slot of Saxon Date, Weaver Street

A small amount of residual Saxon period pottery (Chester ware) was reported from a 1994 evaluation carried out on Weaver St. (2). While the excavator's report states clearly that no Saxon features were identified, newsletter-type reporting's of the excavation state that 'a possible beam slot thought to date to the late Saxon period' was uncovered (1, 3). It would appear that the presence of Saxon architecture is a mis-reporting of the work at this site, but is included in this record for the sake of clarity.

<1> Nenk B. Margeson S & Hurley M, 1995, Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1994 (Article in Journal). SCH5640.

<2> Gifford and Partners, 1994, Weaver Street, Chester: Report on an Archaeological Evaluation., R2062 (Client Report). SCH4135.

<3> Chester City Council Archaeology Service, 1995, Annual Review 1994-1995 (Newsletter). SCH6051.

<4> LeQuesne C, 1999, Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I (Monograph). SCH6156.