Monument record MDO19421 - Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester; Roman building G626

Part of a rectangular building, G626, dating to the late 2nd-3rd century AD was revealed during excavations by Wessex Archaeology in advance of the redevelopment of the former Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester in 2000-2001. Building G626 was a rectangular building with probable cob walls and a stone threshold in the middle of the eastern gable end. Two rows of internal post settings were noted, but apparently it is not clear whether they formed an integral part of the structure or not. They may have formed an aisled structure or may have supported a raised wooden floor. The demolition deposits within the building included some coarse painted plaster. This building is more likely to have had an agricultural or storage function, rather than a domestic structure.

Part of a rectangular building G626, dating to the late 2nd-3rd century AD was revealed during excavations by Wessex Archaeology in advance of the redevelopment of the former Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester in 2000-2001.

Building G626 was a rectangular building about 8m wide and over 11m long. Its walls survived as hard-packed chalky clay (cob?) in foundation trenches, except on the middle of the eastern end, where a threshold of unmortared limestone slabs survived. The western end of the building lay beyond the excavated area. Two rows of internal post settings were noted, but apparently it is not clear whether they formed an integral part of the structure or not. They may have formed an aisled structure or may have supported a raised wooden floor. The demolition deposits within the building included some coarse painted plaster. This building is more likely to have had an agricultural or storage function, rather than a domestic structure.

Trevarthen, M, 2006, Bentleigh Cross Limited Former County Hospital Site Dorchester, Dorset. Internal Post-excavation Assessment. (Unpublished document). SDO10014.

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