Monument record 8710 - Roman deposits, 26-28 Nicholas Street, Chester

<1> Eden Heritage Ltd, 2021, 26 & 28 Nicholas Street, Chester, Cheshire: Archaeological Evaluation, R4515 (Client Report). SCH9050.

In situ Roman remains, including a potential surface deposit, were excavated in 2021, in an area located behind No's 26 and 28 Nicholas Street. Trench 1, measuring 1.5m long and 1.5m wide, was excavated to an overall depth of 1.3m, with the additional excavation of a 0.7m square sondage at the southeast corner, which extended the total depth to 1.7m. A deposit of yellow/grey silty clay (106) was identified at a depth of 1.7m below ground level, within which were a number of very degraded red sandstone cobbles forming a possible surface (at 16.46m aOD). Above this was 0.4m of grey/brown silty clay (105), which containing fragments of medieval pottery and ceramic building material (CBM), and a similar deposit of grey/brown silty clay (104), which measured between 0.4m and 0.6m deep. The latter deposit contained frequent fragments of animal bone, charcoal, medieval and post-medieval pottery, clay pipe and CBM.

Two other trenches, excavated at the same time as Trench 1, also contained Roman deposits of a similar nature - see also CHER 8709 and CHER 8711.