Monument record 10263 - Post medieval layer at the SE Angle of the Roman fortress

Archaeological investigations at the south east angle of the Roman fortress in 1908 encountered evidence of medieval and post medieval infilling of the Roman eastern defensive ditch.Excavations at No 12 St John Street in 1908 encountered large quantities of medieval and post medieval material from the fill of the Roman defensive ditch.

The layer consisted largely of vegetable matter, including small bits of bark and wood; hazel nuts; bones of goat, sheep, ox and horse; and portions of pitchers, jugs and tegs of 14th-17th century date; leather; and bricks. Bark and small fragments of wood may have been the waste from a local tannery (1).

<1> Newstead, R (Prof.), 1909, On a recently discovered section of the Roman wall at Chester (Article in Journal). SCH5556.