Source/Archive record SCH9742 - Boughton WTW pipeline, Chester, Cheshire: Archaeological Watching Brief

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Type Client Report
Title Boughton WTW pipeline, Chester, Cheshire: Archaeological Watching Brief
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Date/Year 2025
APAS Assession Year 2024-2025

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Report of an archaeological watching brief undertaken in 2024 during the installation of a new water pipeline. The monitored works comprised two sections of pipe trench: trench 1 extended from Boughton sewer treatment works in the north (NGR 341987 366523) to the Mount Inn in the south (NGR 341946 366379), while trench 2 passed through Caldy Nature Reserve, south of Caldy Brook (centre: NGR 341985 365149). The scheme falls within the Chester and Boughton Area of Archaeological Importance (AAI). Much of the northern extent of the pipe trench was disturbed by modern utilities, which impacted the survival of any archaeological remains. Potential remains of the Chester tramway were recorded at the junction between Brassey Street and Tarvin Road. A small finds assemblage comprising animal bone and a fragment of clay tobacco pipe was recovered from a modern ground levelling layer.

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Cheshire Historic Environment Record Grey Lit Library

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  • Boughton WTW pipeline, Chester, Cheshire: Archaeological Watching Brief (Ref: 257621.03)

Record last edited

Jan 22 2025 11:56AM