EDO4469 - County Police Station, Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester; salvage recording
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 69040 89983 (34m by 20m) (7 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY68NE |
| Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1893
Description
Eight or more inhumations were uncovered in 1893 in building the existing SW precinct wall of the Police Station.
Five steep sided cuttings in the chalk ran at right angles to the precinct wall trench and sketched by Miles Barnes. One of these was a 10ft wide trench from Dorchester to Maumbury Rings, possibly dating from 1642. The remainder were thought to relate to burials, one of which contained a BBW jar and mug. A further burial contained a skeleton with rapier or foil laid across it dating from the 18th century.
The work ended against the old SE corner of the precinct, where a group of three burials was uncovered. These burials may relate to a Romano-British cemetery which may date from the 1st-2nd centuries on the basis of coins found with the pottery in one of the cuttings [1].
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SDO9439 Bibliographic reference: Moule, H J. 1901. Dorchester Antiquities. 9.
- --- SDO22 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1912. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 33. xi.
- <1> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 580, no. 220c; 592, no. 228.
Record last edited
Jul 10 2017 1:52PM
