Monument record MDO2363 - West Bridge, Westbury, Sherborne; old road surface

An old road surface was observed during construction work on a new factory adjacent to the rail and river bridges on the Dorchester Road (A352), Westbury, Sherborne in 1956. This probably represents the old road from Sherborne to Thornford prior to construction of the railway.

This probably represents the remains of the Turnpike Road from Sherborne to Dorchester.

<1> Bean, C E, 1956, West Bridge, Westbury, Sherborne; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 88 (Article in serial). SDO10312.

‘During construction work on a new factory adjacent to the rail and river bridges of the Dorchester Road (A352), the old road in use before the railway was built was uncovered, constructed of local stone and rendered very compact, presumably by the passage of many years of iron shod wheels. The road can also be seen as a depression with sloping sides in the field SSW of the bridges.’

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1957, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1956, 88 (Serial). SDO56.

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