SDO9598 - St John Ambulance Hall, North Square, Dorchester, Dorset: Archaeological Evaluation

Four evaluation testpits were excavated By Terrain Archaeology on behalf of Signpost Housing Association, in February 2000, at the St John Ambulance Hall site on the corner of North Square and Friary Lane, Dorchester. Along the Friary Lane frontage the remains of several post-medieval houses were revealed. The house at the northern end was cellared and at least two successive buildings were exposed at the southern end of the site. Below the southern buildings was intact Roman stratigraphy, including the wall of a Roman building. Along the eastern side, there was a build-up of soil at least 1.6 m deep, dated to the 19th century.