Monument record 8711 - Excavated Roman deposits, Nicholas Street Mews

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

In situ Roman deposits, including a potential surface deposit, were excavated in 2021. Trench 3 was situated in the carpark on Nicholas Street Mews. This part of Nicholas Street Mews was occupied by houses from the early 19th century onwards. These were demolished prior to 2003, the site then becoming a carpark. The trench was excavated to an overall depth of 1.3m below ground level, with the additional excavation of a 0.5m square sondage at the south-east corner, which extended the total depth to 1.6m. A deposit of yellow/grey silty clay (306) was identified at a depth of 1.6m, this contained a number of red sandstone cobbles forming a potential surface of Roman date (15.54m aOD). Filling the trench above this deposit was 0.8m of yellow/brown silty clay (305), which containing fragments of red sandstone, charcoal, CBM, post-medieval pottery, animal bone and slate pieces throughout.

Two other trenches, excavated at the same time as Trench 3, also contained Roman deposits of a similar nature - see also CHER 8710 and CHER 8709.