Monument record 1189/1/13 - Roman Road - Middlewich to Manchester - North of Holmes Chapel Road

Excavation and watching brief in 1999 revealed metalled surface of Roman road with side ditches, heading north-eastwards out of Middlewich. Possible that this is the presumed Roman road from Middlewich to Manchester. A fragmentary inurned Roman cremation was associated with one of the side ditches - may indicate that the site lay on the periphery of Roman settlement. Large number of pits probably associated with salt production were also found, together with briquetage and 2nd and 3rd century pottery (1) (2)

<1> Cheshire County Council, 1993-2008, Cheshire Archaeology News, Issue 7, 2000 (Newsletter). SCH4366.

<2> Strickland, T.J., 2001, Roman Middlewich. A Story of Roman and Briton in Mid-Cheshire, Site 88 (Booklet-Leaflet). SCH4368.

<3> Gifford and Partners, 2001, Land off Centurion Way, Middlewich, Cheshire. Report on an Archaeological Evaluation., Drawing no. B4210A:1D (Client Report). SCH3966.