Posted on 12/04/2009 1:35:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The well-preserved remains of a Roman tower used by guards patrolling Chester’s City Walls has been discovered by archaeologists repairing a section which collapsed near the Eastgate Clock. Interval towers were placed regularly every 65m or so along the rear of the main fortress wall and acted as lookout points and as bases for roman artillery. The tower has been found beneath the foundation of the city wall... Restoration specialist Maysand is undertaking the work to repair the Walls section, joined by a team of specialists from Giffords, English Heritage, Chester Renaissance and Cheshire West and Chester Council... The webcam address is http://82.152.47.105:2222/cgi-bin/guestimage.html.
(Excerpt) Read more at chesterchronicle.co.uk ...
I live in Chester and plan on checking this out...
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