EDO4618 - Air Raid Trenches, Depot Barracks, Poundbury Road, Dorchester; casual observation 1940

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Location

Grid reference SY 6866 9076 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1940

Description

About six inhumations were found in 1940 whilst digging air raid trenches in the Depot Barracks. The skeletons were spaced out but no objects were noted although Roman pottery and a key have come from the Depot Barracks.

Sources/Archives (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. 582, no. 224b.

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Record last edited

Nov 9 2020 10:54AM

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