EDO4571 - Wollaston House, Dorchester; geophysical survey 1978

A resistivity survey was carried out by the Central Excavation Unit (now Central Archaeology Service) of English Heritage during September 1978, but processing of the results was completed by A D H Bartlett of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory (1). The survey followed on from a large excavation at Wollaston House and revealed further details of the plan of the Roman Bath-house excavated there between 1977 and 1978 (2). This resistivity survey revealed some clear anomalies, including a rectangular outline which may possibly be a ditched enclosure. If any substantial building foundations are present they might lie in the disturbed area at the north of this enclosure, although they cannot be excluded elsewhere. Strong diagonal features, probably trackways or ditches, are visible across the north west and south east corners of the survey (1).