Monument record MDO19378 - Merchant's Garage, High West Street, Dorchester; Roman oven 99

A Roman oven of possible late 2nd or 3rd century AD date was found during observations and recording at the site of the former Merchant’s Garage, High East Street, Dorchester in 1983. It comprised a semicircular limestone structure with a firing floor to the east.

The remains of an oven were found during observations and recording at the site of the former Merchant’s Garage, High East Street, Dorchester in 1983 (1) (2). This oven was constructed on top of the demolition deposits of a 2nd century AD Roman building. The oven comprised a semi-circular arrangement of mortared limestone blocks, 0.75m across. To the east was the remains of a roughly triangular firing floor 2.3m long and 0.2m deep, which was filled with dark greyish-brown and orange ash, which also filled the central part of the oven structure. On stratigraphic grounds, this oven is probably of late 2nd or 3rd century AD date.

National Monuments Record, NMR Monument Record, SY 69 SE 385 (Index). SDO9937.

<1> Bellamy, P S, 1991, Observations at Merchant’s Garage, High West Street, Dorchester, 1983. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 41-54 (Article in serial). SDO9677.

<2> Bellamy, P S, 1983, Merchant's Garage, High West Street, Dorchester (Excavation archive). SDO10188.

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