EDO4094 - New Rugby Ground, Coburg Road, Dorchester; excavation 1988

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 3678e 0899e (198m by 284m)
Map sheet SY30NE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Technique(s)

Organisation

Wessex Archaeology

Date

19888

Description

Excavations were undertaken by Wessex Archaeology on land between Coburg Road and Maiden Castle Road, prior to the relocation of the Rugby Club. Approximately 4ha were excavated over a four week period in June and July 1988. Four ring-ditches forming part of an east-west linear barrow cemetery were recorded. Between two of the ring-ditches were two pits containing cremations and a sherd of Middle Bronze Age pottery. A linear boundary crossed the site to the south of the ring-ditches and is probably Bronze Age in date. A Late Bronze Age settlement comprising a series of post-built round houses and pits was found in the western part of the site. A single sunken-floored structure, of possible post-Roman date was found in the northwestern part of the site. A series of linear boundaries, probably associated with the medieval fields was also exposed.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Rawlings, M. 1988. Excavations at the Site of the New Rugby Ground, Coburg Road, Dorchester, 1988: An interim report.
  • <2> Article in serial: Smith, R. 1988. Excavations at the New Rugby Football Ground, Coburg Road, Dorchester. Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 110. 144-5.
  • <3> Article in serial: Smith, R J C , Rawlings, M and Barnes, I. 1992. 'Excavations at Coburg Road and Weymouth Road, Fordington, Dorchester, 1988 and 1989' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 114. 19-45.
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1038645.

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Aug 15 2021 4:54PM

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