Monument record MDO18838 - Gas Main, The Grove, Dorchester; Roman town defences

During the excavation of a gas main from the northern side of High West Street across Top o'Town to the northern side of Bridport Road, some detail of the nature of the town defences was observed by R. A. H. Farrar. Across the line of The Grove the upper part of two ditches were seen with a ridge of natural chalk between. Where the gas main trench crossed the line of the town rampart and wall, the trench was not sufficiently deep to expose any undisturbed stratigraphy. No trace of the West Gate was found.

During the excavation of a gas main from the northern side of High West Street across Top o'Town to the northern side of Bridport Road, some detail of the nature of the town defences was observed by R. A. H. Farrar. Across the line of The Grove the upper part of two ditches were seen with a ridge of natural chalk between. Where the gas main trench crossed the line of the town rampart and wall, the trench was not sufficiently deep to expose any undisturbed stratigraphy. No trace of the West Gate was found.

Farrar, R A H, 1955, 'Recent Discoveries in Dorchester; The Roman Defences' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 129 (Article in serial). SDO9741.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, p549 Dorchester 174h (Monograph). SDO150.

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