Source/Archive record SCH5840 - 'And the Walls came Tumbling Down': Excavations Adjacent to the City Walls in St John Street 1988/9
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| Type | Article in Journal |
|---|---|
| Title | 'And the Walls came Tumbling Down': Excavations Adjacent to the City Walls in St John Street 1988/9 |
| Author/Originator | Mason, D. J. P. |
| Journal | Journal of the Chester Archaeological and Historic Society |
| Date/Year | 1994/5 |
Abstract/Summary
Reports on an excavation in 1988 following the demolition of the former public library buildings in St John Street. The exact line of the Roman defences at this location were established.
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Description
Pages 11 - 20. Chester UAD Project
Location
CHER Library
Referenced Monuments (9)
- 12000/21 Chester City Walls - Wall between Eastgate and Thimbleby's Tower (Building)
- 12000 Chester City Walls (Monument)
- 12008 Fourteenth to Fifteenth Century Infilling of Medieval Town Ditch, Site of Former Library, St John Street (Monument)
- 12007 Medieval and Post Medieval City Defences (all records) (Monument)
- 12001 Medieval Defensive Ditch (Monument)
- 12003 Possibly Roman or Twelfth Century Lime Kiln, Site of Former Library, St John Street (Monument)
- 8245 Roman collapse layer at St John Street (Monument)
- 9041 Saxon Period Defensive Ditch, St John Street (Monument)
- 8207/8 The Roman East Ditch at St John Street, former library site (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- ECH3382 The City Walls: Excavations at site of the Former Library, St John's Street, Chester 1988 - 1989 (Ref: CHE/SJS88-9)
Record last edited
Jan 28 2013 5:50PM