Monument record MDO18790 - 37 South Street, Dorchester; Roman road

Following on from an earlier trial excavation, Wessex Archaeology conducted a watching brief during groundworks for the construction of a new building to the rear of 37 South Street, Dorchester in 1985. Along the Trinty Street frontage at the western end of the site the remains of a N-S aligned Roman road were observed. This comprised a chalk rubbled embankement topped with metalling, alongside which was a square sectioned trench. This may represnt a robbed out retaining wall trench for the road embankment. This road runs at an angle to Trinity Street and has been previously observed at three other locations (RCHM, 1970, 551).

Following on from an earlier trial excavation, Wessex Archaeology conducted a watching brief during groundworks for the construction of a new building to the rear of 37 South Street, Dorchester in 1985.

Along the Trinity Street frontage at the western end of the site the remains of a N-S aligned Roman road were observed. This comprised a chalk rubble embankment topped with metalling, alongside which was a square sectioned trench. This may represent a robbed out retaining wall trench for the road embankment (1).

This road runs at an angle to Trinity Street and has been previously observed at three other locations (2).

<1> Pearce, P, 1986, Observations at 37 South Street, Dorchester. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. (Article in serial). SDO9866.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 551 (Monograph). SDO150.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1148091 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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