Monument record MDO6583 - Romano-British cist burials, 87 Easton Street, Easton, Portland

While digging a foundation trench for a garage behind 87 Easton Street a cist was discovered. Aligned East to West it was 450mm wide, 130mm (?) long and constructed of irregular stone slabs. The extended burial, head to the west, was very disturbed. Other human bones observed to the south west. A second cist was discovered but could not be examined. Probably Roman. <1>

<1> Keen, L, 1989, Cist burial, Portland, p107 (Article in serial). SWX2165.

‘CIST BURIAL, PORTLAND. During the digging of foundation trenches for a garage behind 87 Easton Street, Portland (SY 69157212) in March 1989, a cist grave was discovered. The cist, aligned roughly east-west, was about 450 mm wide, a maximum of 130 mm long, and was constructed of irregularly-shaped stone slabs on the sides and top. The extended burial, head to west, was very disturbed. Other human bones were observed to the south-west. Another burial was reported later but could not be examined. The grave is presumably Roman.’

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1990, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1989, 106-107 (Serial). SDO89.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 868629 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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