Monument record MDO19076 - Clockhouse, Somerleigh Court, Dorchester; Roman building

SY69089051. Fragments of a tessellated pavement were seen in 1890 when the clockhouse was built. Remains of a wall were seen immediately to the north. In 1963 a small part of a tessellated pavement, bounded on the south by a wall, was exposed south of the clockhouse. <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, 562, no. 189g (Monograph). SDO150.

'(189) Building Remains with fragmentary mosaic and tessellated pavements have been found at Somerleigh Court, now the Maternity Wing of the County General Hospital, during building operations since 1862. They may belong to a large house or several houses, probably fronting on a street (178) to the E. … (g) Fragments of a coarse black and white tessellated pavement were seen about 1890 when the clock-house (69089051) was being built about 10 yds. N.E. of the porch (Moule MS., 18). Remains of walls were seen about 1950 under the road immediately to the N. (information from Mr. A. Y. Nother). In laying drains by the N. wall of the Court 10 ft. S. of the clock-house in 1963, a small part of a grey tessellated pavement interspersed irregularly with red tesserae was exposed, bounded on the S. by a wall running E. on an alignment similar to those of (b) and (c) (information from Mr. P. Whatmore; Dorset Procs. LXXXVII (1965), 109).'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1410232 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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