EDO4421 - Twenty Acre Field, Syward Road, Dorchester; salvage record
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 70610 89963 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY78NW |
| Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
summer 1951
Description
Part of a human skull was reported to have been found during the summer at about SY 70618996 in Twenty Acre Field on the east side of Syward Road, a site scheduled for development as Came View housing estate. No other indications of burial were found, and the trench across the field did not reveal any sign of pits or ditches in the natural chalk, which rises to within a foot of the surface [1].
The remains were noted in a pit about 5 feet deep behind the present no.15 Casterbridge Road [2].
A range of pottery from prehistoric to Medieval were recovered from the backfilled (service?) trench [1].
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SDO131 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SY 78 NW 2.
- <1> SDO9751 Article in serial: Farrar, R A H. 1951. A Discovery in Twenty Acre Field, Syward Road, Dorchester.. 73.
- <1> SDO9752 Article in serial: Farrar, R A H. 1951. The Roman Town Wall, Albert Road, Dorchester. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 73.
- <2> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 578, no. 218e.
Record last edited
Mar 7 2017 12:17PM