EDO3791 - New Water Main, Durngate Street, Dorchester; observations and recording 2002

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 69488 90676 (42m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Technique(s)

Organisation

Terrain Archaeology

Date

2002

Description

A watching brief was carried out by Terrain Archaeology during the construction of a new water main along Durngate Street, east of the junction with Icen Way in Dorchester in May 2002. A small area of probable Roman road gravels was observed 13m east of this junction. The orientation of the road could not be determined but the observed remains were just to the southeast of a site where Roman road gravels, thought to be part of a north-south street, were seen in 1976 (1). These are likely to be part of the same road.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Article in serial: Keen, L J, and Green, C J S. 1976. Observations at Icen Way/Durngate Street. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society. 98.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Bellamy, P. 2002. New Water Main, Durngate Street, Dorchester, Dorset: Archaeological Observations and Recording.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Bellamy, P. 2002. New Water Main, Durngate Street, Dorchester, Dorset. Archaeological Observations and Recording, January 2002.
  • <3> Article in serial: Bellamy, P S. 2003. Dorchester, Durngate Street. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society. 125. 164.
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1442901.

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Record last edited

Mar 18 2021 5:37PM

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