Monument record 844/1/3 - Roman Road - Nettleford Wood Junction (Chester - Manchester Route 7a)

Junction of Roman roads, Chester to Manchester & Chester to Middlewich. Excavation in Nettleford Wood at the convergence of 2 cuttings revealed that the sandstone bedrock had been levelled & its natural fissures filled with rubble in the construction. The carriageways measured 6.7m & 7. 2m wide respectively, between the drainage gulleys found at all 4 edges. The inner 2 of these were joined to form a regularly shaped channel 0.38m wide & 0.20m deep to take the water under the actual junction. The 2 roads were obviously contemporary & of equal importance (1).

<1> Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 1970-Present, Britannia, 13/353 Waddelove A C & E 1982 (Journal/Periodical). SCH445.

<2> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 9/63-66 Waddelove A C & E 1983 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

<3> Thompson Watkin W. T., 1886, Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester, /32-34 (Book). SCH2878.

<4> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 3/124-125 Kirk E 1885 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<5> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 83/171-173 Waddelove A C & E 1985 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.