EDO4485 - Methodist Chapel, South Street, Dorchester; observation of a Tesselated Pavement 1875

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Location

Grid reference SY 69260 90640 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Date

1875

Description

The tesselated pavement of a Roman building was exposed during the digging of foundations for the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at the corner of Durngate Street and South Street in c. 1875. Large light grey tesserae were set in a mortar bed 2ins thick; a small fragment is in the DCM [1].

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Moule, H J. 1906. Dorchester Antiquities. 18.
  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 566, no. 199.

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Mar 19 2021 11:47AM

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