Monument record MDO19025 - South Grove Cottage, Trinity Street, Dorchester; Roman Infant burial 1

An inhumation burial of an infant was found beneath the floor at the eastern side of a room of a Roman building excavated behind South Grove Cottage in 1948. It is one of two infant burials beneath the floor of this building

An infant burial (one of two) was found beneath the floor of a Roman building excavated in 1938 at South Grove Cottage, Trinity Street, Dorchester. (1-4)
This infant burial appears to have been partly under the east wall of the excavated room. It was aligned roughly east-west with the head to the east and the legs slightly flexed. (1)(2)(4)
It is unclear from the record whether this burial was cut into the floor in a shallow grave (4), or was deposited before the floor was laid and, therefore, was sealed by the floor (1).

<1> Kirk, G E, 1939, A Roman site in Trinity Street, Dorchester. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 48-59 (Article in serial). SDO9762.

<2> Kirk, G E, 1938, South Grove Cottage, Trinity Street, Dorchester, 1938.86 (Excavation archive). SDO9780.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 562, no. 191 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 572, no. 215b (Monograph). SDO150.

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Aug 22 2024 7:35PM