EDO4230 - Wyvern Marlborough, Poundbury, Dorchester; excavation 1987

Excavation was carried out by Wessex Archaeology in 1987 in advance of development by Wyvern Marlborough Fireplaces, in the Grove Industrial Estate, Poundbury, Dorchester. The development lay within the area of the previous large-scale excavations undertaken at Poundbury between 1964 and 1980 by Christopher Sparey Green. It lay specifically within the western half of Site E. Although subject to previous examination, a number of Roman burials in the area had not been excavated. Twenty-six graves not previously examined, were excavated. All the inhumations were buried in wooden coffins. One coffin had been packed with gypsum. Most burials lacked grave goods but one had a bone comb and an iron pin and one other had a coin placed in its mouth.