Monument record 10326 - Large Pit Containing Dumped Seventeenth Century Pipe Manufacturing Waste, Royal Infirmary

During extensive excavations at the site of the Royal Infirmary in 1992, a deposit containing a large amount of clay tobacco pipe kiln waste was found. It was thought that this was a dump of seventeenth century material derived from pipe manufacture, and it should be noted that a pipe kiln was found nearby over the course of a different excavation (CHER 10382).

<1> Chester Archaeology, 1992, An Archaeological Evaluation on the Site of a Proposed Extension to the Queen's School, Chester, March 1992, R2096 (Client Report). SCH4104.

<2> Chester City Council Archaeology Service, 1998, The Past Uncovered (Newsletter). SCH6019.

<3> Ponsford, Michael, 1993, Post-Medieval Britain and Ireland in 1992, p224 (Article in Journal). SCH6068.