Monument record MDO18501 - 58/60 High West Street; post-medieval well

A post-medieval stone-lined well was discovered in Trench 1 during the evaluation excavation undertaken by Wessex Archaeology in 1989 at 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester. The well had a mortared limestone lining and had a domed brick capping. This may have had a brick culvert leading into it. The upper 0.15m of the well was excavated, at which depth there was a limestone slab capping.This produced some pottery of mixed 19th century date (c. 1810-1870), which gives a terminus ante quem for the capping of this well, which was probably 18th century in date.

A post-medieval stone-lined well was discovered in Trench 1 during the evaluation excavation undertaken by Wessex Archaeology in 1989 at 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester. The well had a mortared limestone lining and had a domed brick capping. This may have had a brick culvert leading into it. The upper 0.15m of the well was excavated, at which depth there was a limestone slab capping.This produced some pottery of mixed 19th century date (c. 1810-1870), which gives a terminus ante quem for the capping of this well, which was probably 18th century in date.

Wessex Archaeology, 1989, 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester (Excavation archive). SDO10051.

Davies, S M, 1989, 58/60 High West Street. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 109-110 (Article in serial). SDO10050.

Barnes, I, and Glass, H J, 1989, An Archaeological Assessment at 58/60 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO9898.

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