Monument record MDO18965 - Tilley's Garage, 26 Trinity Street, Dorchester; Roman mosaic

Part of a mosaic pavement with at least four colours of tesserae was found in 1967. It was thought probably to have been in a passage running east-west.

SY69149051. Site of a Roman mosaic found in three parts in 1925, but thought to belong to the same pavement. SY69169052. Another part was found in 1967. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 563, no. 192 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(192) Building, mosaic pavement only, found in 1925 under Tilley's Garage, 26 Trinity Street … Part of another mosaic, of four (?) colours, probably belonging to a passage 7 ft. wide running E.-W., was found in 1967 about 30 ft. back from the building frontage (69169052). The lower walls appeared to have been plastered to simulate marble (information from R. N. R. Peers and C. J. Green).'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1410250 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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