Monument record 7422/1 - Roman Road, Chester Business Park Excavations

<1> Network Archaeology, 2004, Chester Business Park, MBNA Lakeside, Chester: Archaeological Excavation, Areas F1-10, R14 and R15, p.42 (Client Report). SCH6301.

During excavations at the Chester Business Park (MBNA Development) a Roman road was recorded. The road appears to have facilitated the development of the site itself and probably also provided an impetus for agricultural development in the broader area. The road ran east to west, and is assumed to have connected with one of the main roads heading into Chester. The field system to the north seemed to have stopped well before the edge of the road and for this reason is thought to have been laid out after the road had been constructed. A precursor track or road, possibly associated with the Iron Age pits (CHER 7421), may have existed prior to the construction of the Roman road

<2> Network Archaeology, 2016, DRAFT: Excavations Of a Late Prehistoric and Romano-British Agricultural Site (Unpublished Report). SCH8071.

The remains of a Roman road , comprising a poorly preserved metalled surface and two outer ditches, ran east to west along the southern edge of the development site. Although only well preserved in the south east of the site, it was relatively substantial at between 5 and 6.5m wide

<3> Garner, Dan, 2024, Chester Business Park 2003 A Summary of the Excavation of a Late Prehistoric and Roman Rural Site, vol 94. p 63-97 (Article in Journal). SCH9777.

Period 4: Roman.The principal feature of Period 4 was the road, which consisted of an east–west aligned metalled surface flanked by a pair of parallel ditches. The surface was poorly preserved in many parts of the excavation but it had been relatively substantial at between 5.0 and 6.5m wide.