Monument record MDO18205 - New Water Main, Durngate Street: Roman Road

A short length of hard-packed flint gravels were exposed during a watching brief undertaken by Terrain Archaeology in 2002, during the laying of a new water main. Several layers of sands and gravels were recognised in the make-up of this road. Its full width was determined, neither was it possible to determine its orientation.

A 2.6m length of hard-packed flint gravels about 0.35m thick was exposed at a depth of about 0.55m at the base of a water pipe trench. This was recorded during a watching brief by Terrain Archaeology in May 2002.

Several layers of sands and gravels were recognised in the make-up of this road, but its base was not exposed, so its complete structure is not recorded. It was not possible to determine the full width of this road, neither was it possible to determine its orientation.

Bellamy, P, 2002, New Water Main, Durngate Street, Dorchester, Dorset. Archaeological Observations and Recording, January 2002, 164 (Unpublished document). SDO16755.

Bellamy, P, 2002, New Water Main, Durngate Street, Dorchester, Dorset: Archaeological Observations and Recording, 164 (Unpublished document). SDO9451.

Bellamy, P S, 2003, Dorchester, Durngate Street. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society (Article in serial). SDO9452.

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