Monument record MDO18339 - Late Roman ditch, Colliton Street, Dorchester

A single Roman ditch was found during a watching brief carried out by Wessex Archaeology in 1997 during works in Colliton Street, Dorchester. This ditch was aligned roughly NNW-SSE and contained a small quantity of Roman pottery dated to the 2nd-4th centuries AD.

A single steep-sided Roman ditch was found during a watching brief carried out by Wessex Archaeology in 1997 during works in Colliton Street, Dorchester. This ditch was aligned roughly NNW-SSE and was filled with dark brown silty loam soil with abundant chalk pieces and contained a small quantity of Roman Black burnished ware pottery and a single sherd of Oxfordshire colour-coated ware dating to the 4th century AD.

<1> Cooke, N, 1997, Colliton Street, Dorchester, Dorset: Archaeological Observation and Recording (Unpublished document). SDO9515.

<2> Smith, R, 1997, Dorchester, Colliton Street. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 173 (Article in serial). SDO9516.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1997, Colliton Street, Dorchester (Excavation archive). SDO9978.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1431024 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 22 2024 7:29PM