Monument record 110 - Possible Romano-Bristish farmstead, Halton Brow

Halton Brow. Construction work on new estate produced Roman pottery. Subsequent excavation, where it was possible, revealed a flat bottomed V- shaped ditch, 4ft deep. Ditch proved on three sides of an apparently rectangular enclosure, best preserved on the north-west. Area enclosed c.1 acre. No structural evidence inside (1) and (2). Considered as Roman military site by Richmond (3). Excavations in 1967 by Manchester University revealed a single ditched enclosure, an irregular pentagon in shape, enclosing a larger area of c.3.1/2 acres. No rampart or internal features. Pot suggested occupation from during 2nd and 3rd centuries. Suggested site was agricultural in nature (3).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ58SW4 (Index). SCH2487.

<2> Liverpool Annals of Archaeology & Anthropology, 24/165-8 (Book). SCH1996.

<3> Chester Archaeological Society, Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, Brown A et al 197558/85-8 (Journal/Periodical). SCH1595.

<4> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/120 Petch D F 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

<5> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.293 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.