EDO4625 - Millstones, Icen Way, Dorchester; casual observation 1935
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Location
Grid reference | SY 6969 9033 (point) |
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Map sheet | SY69SE |
Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
early 1930's
Description
Two inhumations were found in one grave in making a sunken rockery on the south west side of Icen Way during the early 1930s.
The individual skeletons were said to be of girls aged about 7 and 12. They were extended E-W side by side. Nails with adherent wood spaced about 7 ins apart suggested wooden coffins, and one burial had a small dark grey 3rd century bowl and three grotesque flint nodules. The remains were reburied in situ under a mound in the rockery.
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Record last edited
Dec 19 2020 4:14PM