Monument record MDO18752 - Fairfield Road, Dorchester; Roman Inhumation 175

Roman inhumation burials were recorded through archaeological monitoring during the construction of a new covered market area and associated works at Fairfield Road, Dorchester, carried out by AC Archaeology between May and July 2001. This work identified two burials and two pottery vessels each containing charred human bone. In addition, other cut features, including ditches, were recorded, as well as two large quantities of Romano-British artefacts.

Roman Grave 175 was discovered during a watching brief carried out by AC archaeology during the construction of a new covered market and associated works at Fairfield, Dorchester, between May and July 2001. It was one of a number of human burials found in this area. It was located in Pit 10 near the southern end of the site.

Grave [175] contained skeleton [178] and was located in Test Pit 10 towards the southern end of the site. Site drawings suggest that the bones were disturbed or in a poor state of preservation. The grave seems to have been aligned approximately W-E (2).

<1> Hudson, A, 2001, Dorchester, Fairfield Road. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO9829.

<2> 2001, Covered Market, Fairfield Road, Dorchester, Archaeological Watching Brief Excavation Archive. (Excavation archive). SDO10101.

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