Monument record 10276 - post medieval pits at Bridge Street east

Two probable post medieval pits were recorded during investigations at Bridge Street east on the site of the Roman fortress baths in 1863. Located in the westernmost of the south range of rooms were two deep rubbish pits containing a large number of broken 16th century and 17th century pipes (1).

<1> Brushfield, T N, 1885, The Roman remains of Chester: With particular description of those discovered in Bridge Street (Article in Journal). SCH6418.

<2> Rutter, Janet Axworthy, 1985, Lifestyle in the Rows with Particular Reference to a Collection of Pottery from 11 Watergate Street, Chester, found in 1894 (Article in Journal). SCH5823.