Monument record 435/0/2 - Roman industrial structures, Wilderspool Brewery Site, excavated 1966-9

Excavations by J.H.Williams on Brewery site, partly overlapping area excavated by May 1895-1905. Three phases of occupation in 2nd century AD, characterised by timber structures associated with industrial activity. 1966 area - Aisled workshop with bowl smithing furnace & enclosed area with lean-to sheds, building with courtyard associated with bowl furnaces & clay floored timber structures. 1967 area - Timber aisled building, slots, postholes & pits. 1969 area - 3 phases of timber buildings & 4 trenches to test May defences but no evidence. Finds of slag, 22 coins, potsherds of samian, black burnished & local fabrics, Wilderspool, Mancetter-Hartshill, Holt & West Midland fabric mortaria, iron objects, stone objects, brooches, lead weight,glass & a clay figurine (1)(2)(3).

<1> Hinchliffe J & Williams J, 1992, Excavations at Wilderspool (Monograph). SCH1204.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, 1980 SJ68NW5 (Index). SCH2487.

<3> Grealey S, 1976, The Archaeology of Warrington's Past, /27-36 (Book). SCH3046.