MONUMENT NO. 314418

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A Medieval town ditch was excavated at Chesterfield containing 14th to 15th century pottery. It may have formed part of the Medieval town defences.

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SK 386712. A major medieval ditch was excavated on the
Roman fort site (see SK 37 SE 22) running parallel to the
former boundary of free land along Station Road. Its profile was
V-shaped, and its depth 5m. Fourteenth to fiftheenth century
pottery was recovered from its infill, and the ditch may be
identified tentatively as a medieval town defence for which no
record is known to have survived. (1-2)

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( 1) Department of the Environment Archaeological excavations

(T.W. Courtney) 1976 Page(s)86-7

( 2) Council for British Archaeology CBA research reports

(ed. J. Schofield et al.) 1981 Page(s)22-3

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Medieval borough, mentioned in documents dated 1204, 1213 and 1215

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