Whittaker, P. and Tuck, A. (2020). Moxy Hotel, Chester, Cheshire: Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design. Rochester: Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1104041. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Moxy Hotel, Chester, Cheshire: Post-excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Romano-British boundary ditches were aligned perpendicularly and parallel to the Roman road situated to the south of the site leading east from the fort of Deva (Chester). These probably represent a continuation of agricultural enclosures on the adjacent 'Boughton Centre' site. Environmental samples contained cereal grains. The Romano-British features were sealed by layers of buried soil containing artefacts with a variety of dates, including Romano-British, medieval and 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century. It is probable that these buried soils are analogous to those identified on the adjacent Boughton Centre site, where they were identified as Romano-British. The buried soils probably relate to use of the site as gardens as depicted on historic maps. Ditches and sandstone walls contemporary with the post-medieval gardens were aligned north to south on the same axis as earlier Romano-British features, although (with one perhaps coincidental exception) the post-medieval boundaries did not have direct Romano-British antecedents. These boundaries divided the site into strips with a width of approximately 13 m (2.5 perches) leading back from the Boughton road frontage to the south. In the late-19th century, the layout of terraced housing was influenced by existing boundaries. The terraces were built in a single phase with identical building techniques and materials (handmade red brick and lime mortar). Victoria Terrace comprised slightly higher-status dwellings with bay windows and greater length. The other terraces were of uniform design. Outhouses were arranged in pairs in small yards at the rear of the dwellings.
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Author:		 P Whittaker
A. Tuck
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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Parish: Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area
District: Cheshire West and Chester
County: Cheshire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 341399, 366599 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
TOILET (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL TOILET (Tag)
EXCAVATION (Event)
TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
ROMAN TRACKWAY (Tag)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-334073
OBIB: 210330.04
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Created Date:		 10 Mar 2023