EDO4384 - Norwich Union Assurance Offices, 44 South Street, Dorchester; observations and recording 1964

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 69219 90516 (33m by 14m)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1964

Description

During construction work for a new supermarket and office block on the site of Bugler's former restaurant on the west side of South Street between the Post office and Tilley's motor salerooms during 1964, it was possible to recover some scraps of information suggesting that the Roman building represented by the mosaic found in 1905 at Tilley's extended southwards. Several Roman and medieval pits were found, and indications of mortar or rammed chalk floors.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Article in serial: Green, C J S. 1967. Notes on Roman Sites in Dorchester, 1963-65; South Street: Norwich Union Assurance Offices, SY 69219052. 88.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 563, no. 193.
  • --- Article in serial: Green, C J S. 1966. Notes on Roman Sites in Dorchester, 1963-65, South Street: Home and Colonial Supermarket, SY 69289050. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 88.

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Jul 22 2020 3:21PM

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