Monument record MDO1070 - Ditch in South Walks Road, part of Roman town defences, Dorchester

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 548 (Monograph). SDO150.

'These records imply an overall width of about 125 ft. This reduced width … can be traced at least as far W. as the Conservative Club (former surgery), immediately E. of which the lip of the counterscarp was exposed in laying gas pipes in 1965, 70 ft. from the wall of South Walks Road (69329033; information from Mr. C. J. Green). The inner scarp had not been seen opposite this point in the 1912 drain trench dug along the centre of South Walk, and its margin may be supposed to lie nearer the wall of the properties to N. in Longmans Road. The available evidence suggests no substantial increase in width until after the line reaches Great Western Road.'

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Aug 22 2024 7:26PM