Source/Archive record SCH1194 - Excavations at Chester: 11-15 Castle Street and neighbouring sites 1974-8 : a possible Roman posting house (mansio) (Grosvenor Museum archaeological excavations and survey reports)

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Type Monograph
Title Excavations at Chester: 11-15 Castle Street and neighbouring sites 1974-8 : a possible Roman posting house (mansio) (Grosvenor Museum archaeological excavations and survey reports)
Author/Originator
Part No
Date/Year 1980
International Standard Book Number 0903235099

Abstract/Summary

Important Roman evidence of a posting house outside the fortress of Deva. Also recorded were Saxon and medieval-post medieval activity

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Description

Chester UAD Project

Location

Cheshire Historic Environment Record CHER Library

Referenced Monuments (10)

  • Disturbed Medieval / Post Medieval Rubbish Layer, St Mary's Hill (Monument)
  • Eighteenth Century Cellars, Possible Fifteenth Century Masonry, 11 - 15 Castle Street (Monument)
  • Late Saxon Pottery, 11 - 15 Castle Street (Find Spot)
  • Mansio, South of Roman Fortress (Monument)
  • Medieval Roof Tile and Pottery, 76 Lower Bridge Street (Find Spot)
  • Post Medieval Brick Hearth or Furnace, 76 Lower Bridge Street (Monument)
  • Roman Concrete Foundation, Chester Castle (Monument)
  • Roman Exterior Surfaces, Rear of 25 Castle Street (St Mary's Hill) (Monument)
  • Roman Rubbish Deposits, 76 Lower Bridge Street (Monument)
  • Roman Sewer, Pepper Street to Cuppin Street (Monument)

Referenced Events (5)

  • Excavations at 'Napcolour', 76 Lower Bridge Street in 1976 (Chester) (Ref: CHE/76LBS76)
  • Excavations at 11 - 15 Castle Street (Mansio Site), 1976 - 1978 (Chester) (Ref: CHE/11CS76)
  • Excavations at Gamul House, 1630 (Chester) (Ref: N/A)
  • Observations at St Mary's Rectory, Chester between 1833 and 1848 (Ref: N/A)
  • Salvage excavations at St Mary's Hill, Chester in 1977 (Ref: CHE/SMH77)

Record last edited

May 21 2014 3:11PM