EDO4782 - New Compasses Inn, Miller's Close, Dorchester; field observation 1954

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Location

Grid reference SY 6886 9106 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Ordnance Survey

Date

August 1954

Description

A site visit was conducted by J. Rigg of the Ordnance Survey Archaeological Division on the 21 August 1954 at the site of a Roman inhumation cemetery at the New Compasses Inn, Miller's Close, Dorchester. His site notes are recorded in the OS record card as follows. The landlord of the New Compasses Inn in 1954 confirmed that the inn was built in 1903, but had no knowledge of the 1903 burials.

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  • --- Index: National Monuments Record. NMR Monument Record. SY 69 SE 351.

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Mar 19 2021 12:01PM

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