Monument record 8339 - Possible Roman rampart building (No 4) at Deanery Field

Evidence of a Roman rampart building first excavated by Watkin in around 1883. The results of the excavation have never been fully published. (1)

The structure was located on a parallel alignment some 6.4m south of the City Wall and the excavated remains comprised the external walls of a rectangular building approximately 21.3m in length and 7.3m wide. The walls comprised dressed sandstone blocks with poorly mixed mortar bond encountered at a depth of 0.60m below ground level and extended for a further 2.43m at its highest point. (1)

<1> Newstead, R (Prof.), 1924, Report on the Excavations on the Site of the Roman Camp at the Deanery Field, Chester (Article in Journal). SCH6478.

<2> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 36/8-10 Watkin W T 1887 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<3> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 2/33-8 Watkin W T 1884 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<4> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, pp149-51,157 (Book). SCH3556.

<5> Thompson Watkin W. T., 1886, Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester, p158-9 (Book). SCH2878.

<6> Lawson, P H, 1926, Schedule of the Roman Remains of Chester with Maps and Plans, No 4 (Article in Journal). SCH5956.

<7> Anon, 1932, Schedule of the Roman Remains of Chester, No 4 (Article in Journal). SCH5712.