EWX1770 - A35 Tolpuddle-Puddletown Bypass (Site 5), Tolpuddle Common; excavation 1996 to 1997

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Location

Grid reference SY 80500 94960 (point)
Map sheet SY89SW
Civil Parish Tolpuddle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Wessex Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

Description

Excavation in advance of construction of the Bypass found no evidence for Roman deposits on Tolpuddle Common at the point where the Roman road from Badbury Rings to Dorchester was intersected by the new road. Funded by BBTA Construction Joint venture.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1168951.
  • --- Index: RCHME Microfilm Index. 6890.
  • --- Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1998. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1997. 119. 164.
  • <1> Monograph: Hearne, Carrie M, and Birbeck, Vaughan. 1999. A35 Tolpuddle to Puddletown Bypass DBFO, Dorset, 1996-8. Incorporating excavations at Tolpuddle Ball 1993.

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Mar 29 2021 5:14PM

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