Monument record 16046 - Post medieval building remains and dark soil layer, to rear of 46-52 Foregate Street

<1> Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2024, 46-52 Foregate Street, Chester, Cheshire: An Archaeological Evaluation, R4821 (Client Report). SCH9733.

An archaeological test pit evaluation was carried out in 2024 on land to the rear of 46-52 Foregate Street, Chester. Two Test Pits, each measuring 1.5m by 1.5m, were excavated to a depth of 1.2m revealing evidence of later post-medieval walls and cellars overlying a dark soil deposit containing earlier post-medieval, medieval, and Roman pottery, which had been derived from the strata underlying the base of each trench. Excavations were not extended to greater depth because the presence of the dark soil was a clear indication that the sequence of deposits had not been significantly disturbed beyond the comparatively recent upper layers. Evidence from excavations undertaken in the 1960s, prior to the construction of the present building, clearly showed that significant and well-preserved deposits underlay the dark soil deposit and the same is probably true of the deposits in the rear yard.