CONDATE
(Northwich) Cheshire, England.
A settlement on the Roman road (Watling Street) from
Deva to Mamucium, roughly midway between them.
King Street passes 2.5 km E of the site, which is on the
W bank of the Weaver overlooking its confluence with
the Dane. Occupation began in the Flavian period probably with a fort, and continued into the Antonine period.
Redevelopment in the “Castle” area in the late 1960s
enabled excavations to take place. An auxiliary fort of
unknown size was established in the 70s of the 1st c. A.D.
It was abandoned early in the 2d c., and then reoccupied
in the Hadrianic period when the defenses were reconstructed in stone and new timber internal buildings
erected. Final evacuation took place ca. 140; subsequent
civil occupation included iron roasting or smelting and
some pottery production.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
F. H. Thompson,
Roman Cheshire
(1965); G.D.B. Jones, “The Romans in the North-West,”
Northern History 3 (1968) 1-26; G.D.B. Jones et al.,
“Excavations at Northwich,”
Arch.J. 128 (1972) 31-77.
D. F. PETCH
