EDO4543 - Dorchester Prison Car Park; observations and recording 1985

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Location

Grid reference SY 6925 9085 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

late summer - early autumn, 1985

Description

Jo Draper observed the excavation of footings for a replacement retaining wall around Dorchester Prison's car park on North Square, Dorchester during the late summer and early autumn of 1985. The castle ditch was observed and the remnants of a stone wall that was probably the remnants of houses shown on Hutchins' map of 1772. further south the trench cut through the brick barrel vault of a cellar.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Article in serial: Draper, J. 1986. 'Dorchester Castle' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 107.
  • <2> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 654512.

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Record last edited

May 24 2023 10:49AM

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