Monument record MDO18359 - South Walks Tunnel Sewer; Roman road

A sewer pipe dug along Charles Street from South Walks in 1990 cut across part of a Roman road oriented NE-SW, which was recorded by Wessex Archaeology. This road is undoubtedly the same one revealed during excavations in Charles Street Car Park in 1989 and in Wollaston Field in 1947-52 and 1979. There is some suggestion that this part of the road went out of use in the 4th century as it was sealed by a dump of material dated to the 4th century AD, which covered the road and the tail of the Roman town rampart.

A sewer pipe dug along Charles Street from South Walks in 1990 cut across part of a Roman road oriented NE-SW, which was recorded by Wessex Archaeology. The road was 5.75m wide and comprised a crushed chalk consolidation level with bands of compacted gravel over, up to a thickness of 0.5m. This road is undoubtedly the same one revealed during excavations in Charles Street Car Park in 1989 and in Wollaston Field in 1947-52 and 1979. There is some suggestion that this part of the road went out of use in the 4th century as it was sealed by a dump of material dated to the 4th century AD, which covered the road and the tail of the rampart of the town defences.

Wessex Archaeology, 1990, South Walks Tunnel Sewer, Dorchester (Excavation archive). SDO10025.

Davies S M and Farwell D E, 1990, South Walks Tunnel Sewer, Dorchester, Dorset: A Report on the Archaeological Watching-brief (Unpublished document). SDO182.

<1> Davies, S M and Farwell, D E, 1990, South Walks Tunnel Sewer, Dorchester: Archaeological Watching-Brief. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 51-6 (Article in serial). SDO9573.

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