Monument record 10668 - Eighteenth - Nineteenth Century Mason's Waste Pits, 1 Abbey Green

During rescue excavations in the garden of 1 Abbey Green, beginning in 1975, the presence of pits filled with masons' waste dating to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was recorded (2). The pits were identified on the turf rampart, and attest to the extensive repairs of the city walls at that time.

While the Roman and Saxon period remains from this site are well published, this is the only information available on these post medieval features (1, 2, 3).

<1> Ward, S. W., 1987, Excavations at Chester, the Civil War Siege Works, 1642-6 (Excavation & survey reports), /14-28 (Monograph). SCH1189.

<2> Grosvenor Museum Excavations Newsletter, 1975, Summary of Excavations in Chester (Newsletter). SCH6237.

<3> Grosvenor Museum Excavations Newsletter, 1975, Summary of Excavations in Chester (Newsletter). SCH6238.

<4> McPeake J.C. Bulmer M & Rutter J.A, 1980, Excavations in the garden of No. 1 Abbey Green, Chester, 1975-77 (Article in Journal). SCH5924.

<5> multiple authors, 1976, Excavation Reports and Sites Observed (Article in Journal). SCH5797.