EDO4468 - Salisbury Field, Fordington, Dorchester; excavation 1894

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Location

Grid reference SY 69650 90600 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Not recorded.

Date

1894

Description

One or more inhumations were found in 1894 in Salisbury Field, Fordington, at least 90 yards west from Fordington High Street. A BBW jar with lattice decoration and of 1st-2nd century type, and a saucer or lid of a smaller vessel, were found, it was believed, with human bones. Part of a large Roman cemetery on Fordington Hill [1].

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Moule, H J. 1906. Dorchester Antiquities. 46-7.
  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 575, no.216f.

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Mar 19 2021 11:52AM

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