Monument record 10266 - Shop frontage construction trench at Bridge Street west

Archaeological investigations along the footpath at Bridge Street identified a number of features of post medieval date. Two areas of investigation were carried out beneath the footpath in front of the Rows between 49-55 Bridge Street East and 46-54 Bridge Street west.
A linear construction trench [context 119] was identified during excavations along the western side of the street. The trench extended east from the existing shop frontage for an average distance of 0.35m and contained a backfill of soil and mortar.

This feature is tentatively interpreted as a construction trench for the foundations and associated structural elements of an earlier shop frontage. In addition, the west edge of a brick culvert on a north-west to south-east alignment was also encountered beneath the kerbstones however it was not investigated. (1)

<1> Earthworks Archaeological Services, 2011, A Scheme of Improvements to the Pedestrian Footways, Bridge Street, Chester: Archaeological Watching Brief and Rapid Excavation, R3190 (Client Report). SCH6403.