EDO4651 - Durngate Street/Charles Street, Dorchester; observations and recording 1980
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Location
Grid reference | SY 69387 90662 (point) |
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Map sheet | SY69SE |
Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
summer 1980
Description
During widening of the Road junction between Durngate Street and Charles Street, Dorchester in 1980, C J S Green was able to observe the groundworks. The road widening scheme had been watched by the Central Eexcavation Unit (EDO4565) but Green was fortunate to be able to observe the works at a slightly fuller extent. The observations were made at the location of earlier observations of a Roman building/room by C.J.S. Green in 1964-5 (EDO4379).
The structure lay beneath Durngate Street and continued into the grounds of Wollaston House. On the west side a deep area of dark soil and rubble suggested further rooms with a deeper floor surface at this point.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SDO9916 Excavation archive: Wessex Archaeology. 1956-1985. Greyhound Yard, Dorchester.
- --- SDO9411 Monograph: Woodward, P J , Davies, S M , and Graham, A H. 1993. Excavations at the Old Methodist Chapel and Greyhound Yard, Dorchester, 1981-1984. observation 10.
- --- SDO81 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1982. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1981. 103. 126.
Record last edited
May 20 2021 3:33PM