EDO7957 - Weymouth Relief Road; excavations 2009

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Location

Grid reference SY 6713 8591 (point)
Map sheet SY68NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Oxford Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

Description

Excavation for the 2012 Olympics Relief Road revealed a mass grave of decapitated Vikings from the St Brice's Day Massacre of 1002. NRHE.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1515257.
  • <1> Unpublished document: Brown, L, and Score, D. 2013. Excavations along the Weymouth Relief Road: Later Prehistoric and Romano-British activity at Southdown Ridge.
  • <2> Monograph: Brown, L, Hayden, C and Score, D. 2014. Down to Weymouth town by Ridgeway. Prehistoric, Roman and later sites along the Weymouth Relief Road.
  • <3> Index: RCHME Microfilm Index. 12577.
  • <4>XY Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1517483. [Mapped feature: #9847 ]

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Mar 31 2024 8:51PM

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