Monument record MDO18843 - Roman road remains, Church Street, Dorchester

In 1979 a gas main trench was dug along Church Street where "a fragment of the east-west road previously recorded outside the Methodist Church in South Street was encountered (SY 69379066)." (1)

The road was constructed directly on top of the old ground surface and comprised a thin layer of rammed chalk beneath a layer of grey loam and flints with some limestone rubble, which was sealed by another layer of rammed chalk and topped by a layer of yellowish-grey sand and gravel metalling. (2-3)

<1> Keen, L, 1979, Dorset Archaeology in 1979. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO9647.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1981, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1979, 135 (Serial). SDO79.

<2> Woodward, P J , Davies, S M , and Graham, A H, 1993, Excavations at the Old Methodist Chapel and Greyhound Yard, Dorchester, 1981-1984, 7 (Monograph). SDO9411.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1956-1985, Greyhound Yard, Dorchester, W66.18 (Excavation archive). SDO10029.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1430703 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 7:32PM