Monument record 10950 - Medieval features at Russell Street

Archaeological investigations between Russell Street and City Road, on the site of the former Rylands Garage in 2004 identified evidence of medieval features in trench 1 of the excavations.

The evidence consisted of a medieval buried soil horizon present across much of the trench at a depth of 1.14m below present ground level, finds from the layer were broadly dated to the 13th to 14th century.

A series of medieval features were then recorded cutting this layer, comprising a series of small pits at the northern end of the trench [109; 105; 107] and a second sequence to the southeast [140; 110]. Some ceramic material and iron working waste was recovered from the fill of these pits suggestive of a possible iron working site nearby.

A linear gully [119] on a north-south alignment across the trench was also recorded containing a few sherds of pottery. (1)

<1> Gifford and Partners, 2005, An archaeological excavation at the former Rylands Garage, City Road, Chester, R2746 (Client Report). SCH4864.

<2> Hayes, L, 2005, Excavation at the former Rylands garage, City Road, Chester (Article in Journal). SCH5828.