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  2. Chester Roman Amphitheatre - Wikipedia

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    In January 2004 a partnership between Chester City Council and English Heritage established the Chester Amphitheatre Project with the aims of undertaking a new survey of the site, opening a research centre and hosting an international amphitheatre conference in 2007. [11]

  3. Chester city walls - Wikipedia

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    Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. Their construction was started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 [CE]. It originated with a rampart of earth and turf surmounted by a wooden palisade.

  4. List of sections of Chester city walls and associated structures

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    The Watergate was built between 1788 and 1790 for Chester City Council, replacing a medieval gate. It was designed by Joseph Turner. The bridge consists of a basket arch of short rusticated voussoirs. It has a parapet of stone balusters interspersed with panels. A drinking fountain dated 1857 is fixed to the north abutment. [66]

  5. Roman sites in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Vindolanda, a fort on the Stanegate Roman road pre-dating Hadrian's Wall nearby, with exceptional Roman finds in its museum; Vindobala, Roman fort at Rudchester; Whitley Castle, also known as Epiacum, a Roman fort at the southern edge of Northumberland on the Maiden Way Roman road, with remarkable earthen ramparts

  6. Deva Victrix - Wikipedia

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    Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a legionary fortress and town in the Roman province of Britannia on the site of the modern city of Chester. [1] The fortress was built by the Legio II Adiutrix in the 70s AD as the Roman army advanced north against the Brigantes, and rebuilt completely over the next few decades by the Legio XX Valeria Victrix.

  7. List of scheduled monuments in Cheshire dated to before 1066

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    Blackrock Farm barrow The Bowstones The Bridestones Chester Roman amphitheatre Chester City Walls Eddisbury hill fort from the west Minerva's shrine in Edgar's Field Helsby Hill Knightslow Wood Maiden Castle rampart Prestbury churchyard cross Sponds Hill St. Plegmund's well Grounds around Tatton Old Hall Grounds of St Chad's Church, Wybunbury Barrow on Yearns Low

  8. Heronbridge Roman Site - Wikipedia

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    Overlying part of the Roman town's site, between Watling Street and the river, is an enclosure. It is believed to be an Anglo-Saxon military encampment thrown up after the Battle of Chester (AD 611 according to the Irish Annals). The earthwork was reinforced by masonry recovered from the Roman ruins.

  9. Eastgate, Chester - Wikipedia

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    Eastgate is a permanently open gate through the Chester city walls, on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix in Chester, Cheshire, England. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and the Eastgate clock on top of it is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben .