South East Angle Tower And Wall Of Roman Legionary Fortress is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Fortress wall.
South East Angle Tower And Wall Of Roman Legionary Fortress
- WRENN ID
- solitary-shingle-summer
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1972
- Type
- Fortress wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066SE CITY WALLS 595-1/4/118 (East side) 10/01/72 South-east angle tower and wall of Roman Legionary Fortress (Formerly Listed as: Foundations of SE angle of Roman fortress wall & internal tower)
GV I
Base of former south-east angle tower. Late C1 to early C2. Purple-grey ashlar sandstone. Trapezoidal in plan. Parts of a base-course are visible, then 2 weathered plinth-courses and parts of an ashlar facing course above, with the rubble core and parts of the coursed rubble inner face rising a little higher. The outer face is segmental in plan to coincide with the quadrant corner of the former fortress wall. Part foundations of an adjoining chamber within the former wall-line west of the tower. The remains of the tower and adjoining fragment of the Roman wall are bonded together, built at the same time. (Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record: Collens J: Chester City: 3000/1/24).
Listing NGR: SJ4075166165
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