Source/Archive record SCH5815 - Chester: Excavations in the Princess Street / Hunter Street Area, 1978-1982. A First Report on Discoveries of the Roman Period

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Type Article in Journal
Title Chester: Excavations in the Princess Street / Hunter Street Area, 1978-1982. A First Report on Discoveries of the Roman Period
Author/Originator
Journal
Date/Year 1983

Abstract/Summary

Preliminary report on excavations undertaken in advance of the construction of the Bus Exchange and County Library from 1978. The excavations exposed parts of the Roman fortress. Includes several plates.

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Description

Page 5 - 24. Chester UAD Project

Location

CHER Library

Referenced Monuments (26)

  • Dark Earth Layer, Hunter Street School (Monument)
  • Early Roman Barracks Block C at Princess Street (Monument)
  • Early Roman rubbish dumping at Hunter Street Phase 1 (insula 21) (Monument)
  • Evidence of Late Saxon Stone Robbing, Possible Saxon Paving, Northgate Street (Monument)
  • Late Roman Barracks Block C at Princess Street (Monument)
  • Late Roman collapse layer at Hunter Street (Monument)
  • Late Roman layer at Hunter Street (Monument)
  • medieval soil accumulation at Princess Street (Monument)
  • medieval stone robbing at Princess Street (Monument)
  • Possible Post-Roman / Saxon Rubbish Deposits (Dark Earth Layer), Northgate Street (Monument)
  • Roman 'military hiatus' layer at Princess Street Phase 2a (insula 21) (Monument)
  • Roman Barracks Block (Latera praetorii west) at Hunter Street (Monument)
  • Roman Barracks Block B (latera praetorii west) at Princess Street (Monument)
  • Roman Courtyard Building Insula 16 (Latera praetorii central) (Monument)
  • Roman metal working debris at Princess Street (Monument)
  • Roman narrow, east-west building at Princess Street (insula 21) (Monument)
  • Roman north-south road between the masonry structure and the stores (Monument)
  • Roman north-south road west of the store building (Monument)
  • Roman north-south store building at Princess Street (insula 21) (Monument)
  • Roman north-south track at Princess Street Phase 2b (insula 21) (Monument)
  • Roman pit at Hunter Street (insula 21) (Monument)
  • Roman rock cut pits at Hunter Street (Monument)
  • Roman surface at Princess Street (Monument)
  • Roman timber building at Princess Street Phase 2b (insula 21) (Monument)
  • Roman walled compound at Princess Street phase 5 (insula 21) (Monument)
  • Roman walled courtyard at Hunter Street phase 5 (insula 21) (Monument)

Referenced Events (4)

  • Excavations at Hunters Street School in 1978-1979 Phase 1b (Hunter Street/Princess Street) (Ref: CHE/HSS79)
  • Excavations at Hunters Street School in 1981-1982 Phase 3 (Hunter Street/Princess Street) (Ref: CHE/HSS81)
  • Excavations at Hunters Walk in 1978-1979 Phase 1a (Hunter Street/Princess Street) (Ref: CHE/HW78)
  • Excavations at Hunters Walk in 1980 Phase 2 (Hunter Street/Princess Street) (Ref: CHE/HW80)

Record last edited

Aug 1 2023 2:02PM