Monument record 8641 - Roman agricultural soils, Boughton Road

<1> L-P Archaeology, 2013, Archaeological Watching Brief Report for land at Boughton Centre, Chester, R3483 (Client Report). SCH7169.

Recent archaeological investigations to the north of Boughton Road encountered traces of Roman agricultural soils in several locaitions. The investigations comprised archaeological evaluation across a large development site.

The evidence comprised Roman soil horizons in two locations - trenches 5 and 6 some distance to the north of the Roman alignment of Boughton Road. Roman agricultural soils were encountered at a depth of approximately 1m below present ground level.