Monument record MDO18574 - Poundbury Pipeline, Dorchester; Roman grave 145

Grave 145 was one of a number of Roman graves revealed during a watching brief by Wessex Archaeology on a pipeline running through the industrial estates to the east of Poundbury Camp in 1986. The chalk-cut grave was aligned E-W and contained the inhumation of an adult, of which only the feet were exposed. The grave cut a Late Iron Age pit. This burial was probably one of the graves in the main Late Roman cemetery at Poundbury.

Grave 145 was one of a number of Roman graves revealed during a watching brief by Wessex Archaeology on a pipeline running through the industrial estates to the east of Poundbury Camp in 1986 (1) (2) (3) (4). The chalk-cut grave was aligned E-W and contained the inhumation of an adult, of which only the feet were exposed. The grave cut a Late Iron Age pit.

This burial was probably one of the graves in the main Late Roman cemetery at Poundbury (5).

<1> Davies, S M and Grieve, D, 1986, 'The Poundbury pipe-line: Archaeological Observations and Excavations', Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 81-88 (Article in serial). SDO9537.

<2> Grieve, D and Davies, S M, 1986, The Poundbury Pipe-Line: Archaeological Observations and Excavations 1986 (Unpublished document). SDO157.

<3> Grieve, D, and Davies, S M, 1986, The Poundbury Pipeline. Archaeological Observations and Excavations, 1986 (Excavation archive). SDO10064.

<4> Frere, S S, 1987, 'Roman Britain in 1986: 1. Sites explored', Britannia, 345 (Article in serial). SDO9988.

<5> Farwell, D E and Molleson, T I, 1993, Excavations at Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset 1966-1980. Volume II: The Cemeteries, 15 (Monograph). SDO9538.

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Feb 4 2011 11:25AM