Monument record 11273 - Nineteenth Century Lime Kiln, City Walls, Northgate House

A small-scale excavation by the Grosvenor Museum against the north face of City Wall, 40m west of Northgate, in 1980 investigated the Roman fortress' rampart at this location (1). Dug into the upper deposits at this location was a lime kiln, said to date to the nineteenth century. It was assumed that this kiln was associated with consolidation work which is known to have taken place at that time (3).

<1> multiple authors, 1980/81, Excavation Reports and Sites Observed, 7/42 Strickland T J 1980 (Article in Journal). SCH5806.

<2> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/287 Thacker A 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<3> LeQuesne C, 1999, Excavations at Chester: The Roman and Later Defences Part I, p25-26 (Monograph). SCH6156.