H 290 x W 205 mm
144 pages
138 illustrations
Published Sep 2020
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789696271
Digital: 9781789696288
Keywords
Canabae; Roman Chester; fortress; Roman cemetery; Roman legions; urban development
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By Leigh Dodd
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This publication presents the results of fifteen archaeological investigations carried out within the canabae to the north and east of the Roman legionary fortress at Chester between 1990 and 2019.
List of Figures and Tables ;
Acknowledgements ;
Chapter 1: Introduction ;
Chapter 2: 51–57 Upper Northgate Street 2015 (Site 1) ;
Chapter 3: Liverpool Road 2018 (Site 2) ;
Chapter 4: Delamere Street 2009 (Site 3) ;
Chapter 5: Gorse Stacks 2009 (Site 4) ;
Chapter 6: George Street School 2013 (Site 5) ;
Chapter 7: Gorse Stacks Bus Interchange 2015–16 (Site 6) ;
Chapter 8: 54–60 Foregate Street 2009 (Site 7) ;
Chapter 9: 83–89 Foregate Street 2017 (Site 8) ;
Chapter 10: 105–109 Foregate Street 1992–93 (Site 9) ;
Chapter 11: Grosvenor Park Road 2000–19 (Site 10) ;
Chapter 12: The Bars (south) 1990 and 1998 (Site 11) ;
Chapter 13: The Bars (south) 2002 (Site 12) ;
Chapter 14: The Bars (north) 2002 (Site 13) ;
Chapter 15: Dee Hills Park 2002–03 (Site 14) ;
Chapter 16: Boughton Retail Centre 2012-13 (Site 15) ;
Chapter 17: Discussion ;
Bibliography
'This is a lucid and business-like report on developer-funded digs in the northern and eastern environs of the legionary fortress at Chester. It brings together work by various archaeological contractors, an initiative of synthesis to be applauded, and complements recent publication of work south and west of the fortress.'