Find Spot record 8088/57 - Roman tombstone found adjacent to the Corn Exchange

Tombstone found in 1861 when a small portion of the churchyard on the south side of the Cathedral (near its south-east corner) was cut into, to make a passage and flight of steps from the new Corn Exchange to the City Walls. Tombstone was of the 'banquet' type dedicated to Fesonia Severiana (1)-(3).

It cannot have been found in situ, so the most likely explanation for its appearance within the fortress is that it was robbed from a Roman cemetery for re-use as building stone.

RIB i 563

<1> Thompson Watkin W. T., 1886, Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester, p209 (Book). SCH2878.

<2> Lawson, P H, 1926, Schedule of the Roman Remains of Chester with Maps and Plans, No.19 (Article in Journal). SCH5956.

<3> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, p155 (Book). SCH3556.

<4> n/a, 1864, A Brief Abstract of the Proceedings of the Society, p422-423 (Article in Journal). SCH5525.

<5> Collingwood R G & Wright R P, 1965, The Roman Inscriptions of Britain: Volume I, RIB i 563 (Monograph). SCH3235.

<6> Haverfield, F, 1900, Catalogue of the Roman Sculptured stones in the Grosvenor Museum, No 116 (Article in Journal). SCH5530.

<7> Henig D.F, 2004, Roman Sculpture in the NW Midlands, No 69 (Book). SCH6862.