Monument record 435/2 - Wilderspool Roman Site

Excavation by May, on either side of Roman Road, Stockton Heath 1901-04. Revealed single stone building, west of the main road, 60 ft long x 28 ft wide. Along the souther side was a verandah, with stone bases to support its roof. Clay floors were observed, the lower contained 2 L-shaped flues and a stoke-hole pit and the upper contained 2 circular clay hearths (1). This building was interpreted as a temple on the basis of finds of a bronze head of the goddess Minerva and the stone head of a unidentified goddess (2). Also on this site were clay floors, iron smelting furnaces and pits served by branch streets running off at right angles from the main road (1). Also polished flint axe found in Roman levels (3).

Earthworks Archaeological Services, 2005, Proposed Development at Stockton Heath Primary School, Warrington, R2578 (Client Report). SCH4716.

<1> Thompson Watkin W. T., 1886, Roman Cheshire: A Description of Roman Remains in the County of Chester, /72-73 (Book). SCH2878.

<2> Grealey S, 1976, The Archaeology of Warrington's Past, /31 (Book). SCH3046.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, 1980 SJ68NW5 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> May T, 1904, Warrington's Roman Remains, /65-66 (Book). SCH3693.