Monument record 10942 - Post medieval structural evidence at the Headlands

Archaeological investigations at The Bars in 1998 recorded evidence of structural features of a post medieval date in trenches 3 & 5 of the excavations fronting onto The Headlands.

The evidence consisted of a sandstone wall [174] in trench 5 at least 12.7m in length on a east-north-east alignment running across the trench and surviving to a height of just one course in most places. The western end of the wall ran over an earlier pit [182] containing large quantities of animal bone including horn core as well as timber.

The evidence from the adjacent trench 3 consisted of a stone lined structure [189] in the western part of the trench consisting of three abutting walls built against the natural clay and a sandstone slab floor. The fill of the structure consisted of mixed evidence including brick and rubble demolition as well as animal bone and horn cores in the lower fills. The evidence from trench 3 included a sandstone surface [428] in the south eastern corner of the excavated area, however, it had been significantly disturbed by later activity. (1)

<1> University of Manchester Archaeological Unit, 1999, The Bars, Chester: a Preliminary Report on the Excavations, 1998 - 1999, R3236 (Client Report). SCH6588.

<2> Anon, 1999, Building Surveys undertaken in 1998. (Article in Journal). SCH5771.

<3> Anon, 2000, Excavations and Evaluations undertaken in 1999 (Article in Journal). SCH5775.