Monument record 11435 - Medieval cultivation soils and Drainage Ditch at Upper Northgate Street

<1> L-P Archaeology, 2013, Archaeological Evaluation Report for 51-57 Upper Northgate Street, Chester, R3511 (Client Report). SCH7213.

Recent archaeological investigations to the rear of 51-57 Upper Northgate Street, Chester recorded traces of a medieval cultivation soil. The soil layer was identified in trench 2 as [106] as a firm layer of red brown sand approximately 0.1m thick. A different deposit of soft, orange brown loam [121] measuring 0.2m thick was also identified in trench 3 and was interpreted as an agricultural soil.

<2> L-P Archaeology, 2016, Archaeological Watching Brief Report for 51-57 Upper Northgate Street (Client Report). SCH8089.

A watching brief in 2015 identified a medieval drainage ditch sealed by the medieval agricultural soil. To the southeastern edge of the site a linear gulley, running northwest-southeast was identified at 29.08mOD. This had been cut into the bedrock and was a shallow, v-shaped,
ditch. It is likely that this represents a drainage ditch, possibly Medieval in date.