Monument record 10338 - Medieval Pits, Watergate House

Grosvenor Museum carried out an emergency excavation on the site of Watergate House and watched building operations in 1959. Three medieval pits were recorded, including one that had been cut into the bed of a filled up stream (CHER 8074) and containing late thirteenth to fourteenth century pottery, including fragments of a French imported jug (1). Note that this location is thought to have been just outside and to the north of the Dominican Friary precinct (CHER 10317/1).

<1> The Society for Medieval Archaeology, 1957-Present, Medieval Archaeology, Wilson D M & Hurst D G 1960 4/148 (Journal/Periodical). SCH2131.

<2> Kelly D.B, 1965, Excavations at Watergate House, Chester, 1959 (Article in Journal). SCH5878.

<3> Wilson D & Hurst J, 1960, Medieval Britain in 1959 (Article in Journal). SCH5611.

<4> Ward, S. W., 1990, Excavations at Chester: The Lesser Medieval Religious Houses - Sites Investigated, 1964-83 (Grosvenor Museum Archaeological Excavation & Survey Reports) (Monograph). SCH1193.