Source/Archive record SCH6185 - Dee House Chester, Cheshire

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Type Client Report
Title Dee House Chester, Cheshire
Author/Originator
Report Number
Date/Year 1993

Abstract/Summary

Report on the excavation in advance of a proposed redevelopment of Dee House, Chester. The work examined the foundations of the existing building, with a view to adopting a mitigation strategy for the design of the foundations for the new building, and established the depth at which significant archaeological deposits survive. Thirty-five trenches were excavated, largely by hand, with Roman and medieval deposits identified across the site.

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Description

Chester UAD Project

Location

Cheshire Historic Environment Record Grey Lit' Library

Referenced Monuments (7)

  • Accumulation of Dumped Post Medieval Sediment, Dee House Site (Monument)
  • Evidence of Roman Buildings, a Robbed Wall and Demolition Rubble, South of the Amphitheatre, Trident House (Monument)
  • Medieval Cobbled Surfaces and Occupation Layer, Dee House Site (Monument)
  • Possible Medieval Cess Pit, Dee House Site (Monument)
  • Possible Roman Well and Clay Surface, South of Amphitheatre, Trident House (Monument)
  • Probable Medieval Soil Layer, Dee House Site (Monument)
  • Road, Metalled Surface around South of Amphitheatre 2 (Monument)

Referenced Events (1)

  • Archaeological evaluation at Dee House, Chester in 1993 (Amphitheatre Phase 1) (Ref: CHE/DH93)

Record last edited

Dec 17 2012 4:00PM