Monument record MDO18368 - Charles Street cul-de-sac, Dorchester; Roman road

The eastern edge of a N-S Roman Road with a flanking ditch to the east, were recorded in a service trench adjacent to the NE corner of Waitrose to the west of Acland Road (formerly Charles Street), Dorchester in 1984. This probably represents the eastern end of the road found in the NE corner of the adjacent Greyhound Yard excavations.

The eastern edge of some Roman Road gravels and a flanking ditch to the east, aligned roughly N-S were recorded in a service trench adjacent to the NE corner of Waitrose to the west of Acland Road (formerly Charles Street), Dorchester by Christopher Sparey Green in 1984. Traces of yellowish-brown and greyish-green gravel overlying a layer of chalk rubble laid directly on natural were discovered in the north and south faces of the trench. The flanking ditch was aligned roughly N-S, with a rounded section and was cut into the natural. It was filled with sandy soil and gravel. No dating evidence was recovered.

These gravel deposits probably relate to the gravels on the west side of a N-S Roman street found in the extreme NE corner of the Greyhound Yard excavations (1 041 301). They are probably related to further exposures of Roman road gravels further to the south in Acland Road (1 041 516; 1 041 517).

UNKNOWN (Unpublished document). SDO20993.

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