| Name: | King Street Roman Road - Wilderspool to Stretton section |
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| SMR Number: | 436/1/16 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ68SW |
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| Parish: | STRETTON, WARRINGTON |
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Summary
Trenches dug in advance of a proposed housing development close to the presumed course of King Street Roman road at Stretton found evidence of a roman road. An excavation uncovered 90 metres of this stretch of King Street. It was constructed of a base layer of pebbles and sand, a make-up layer of sand and a surface of sandstone blocks. An upper layer has probably been ploughed away. A drainage scoop was found along the western edge. A thin layer of buried soil was found and sampled for soil micromorphology and pollen. Several later features cut the road and one small feature, possibly a post hole, predated it. The road is different in construction to King Street in the north, but the same to the south. Documentary evidence suggests it forked just north of the study area.
King Street Roman road runs between Wilderspool and Middlewich and then onto Chesterton in Staffordshire.
Monument Types
- METALLED AREA (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- ROAD (Road-major, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Related records
| 436/1/0 | Part of: King Street Roman Road - Margary Route 70a (Monument) |
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