EDO4655 - Borough Gardens, Dorchester; casual observation 1910

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Location

Grid reference SY 6891 9051 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Date

1910

Description

Workmen observed a depression lined with puddled clay whilst laying out the Borough Gardens in 1910. It is thought that this depression, which lies just below the highest point of Dorchester and immediately outside the western town wall, may represent the site of a Roman reservoir into which the aqueduct flowed and from which conduits supplying the Roman town issued.

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  • --- Article in serial: Richardson, K M. 1940. Excavations at Poundbury, Dorchester, Dorset, 1939. Antiquaries Journal. 20. 439.

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Mar 19 2021 10:11AM

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