Monument record MDO18753 - Fairfield Road, Dorchester; Roman Cremation Burial 164

Archaeological monitoring during the construction of a new covered market area and associated works at Fairfield Road, Dorchester, was carried out by AC Archaeology between May and July 2001. Two pottery vessels each containing charred human bone were identified within Test Pit 9. Cremation [164] was located within a pottery vessel [163] placed within a shallow sub-oval cut [166].

Archaeological monitoring during the construction of a new covered market area and associated works at Fairfield Road, Dorchester, was carried out by AC Archaeology between May and July 2001.

Two pottery vessels each containing charred human bone were identified within Test Pit 9. Cremation [164] was located within a pottery vessel [163] placed within a shallow sub-oval cut [166] at the southern end of TP9.

In addition, other cut features, including ditches and two inhumation burials, were recorded, as well as two large quantities of Romano-British artefacts.

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

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

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