Monument record 10620 - Post Medieval Cobbled Surface, Junction Watergate Street and Stanley Street

A post medieval cobbled surface was identified during a watching brief at the junction of Watergate St. and Stanley St. between 2009 and 2012 (1). The investigations were carried out during the installation of gas pipelines and involved a large number of trenches across the city. In Trench 101 was a cobbled surface (Context 1007), of smooth sub-round cobbles, about 0.16m thick. Although no dating material was retrieved, it pre-dated the nineteenth century road surface at this location (1).

<1> Balfour Beatty, 2012, Chester City Centre, Cheshire Gas Improvement Works, R3321 (Client Report). SCH6784.