Monument record MDO19101 - Roman burials, Northernhay, Dorchester

SY689910. Several Romano-British inhumations were found close to the bottom of Glyde Path Hill in chalk cut graves in 1841 while levelling a meadow between the River Frome and North Walk, evidently Northernhay. A cast bronze collar of the Late Iron Age was found around the neck of one of the skeletons. It is one of a group of metal collars which point to the existence of a small local school of metal-workers in the west of England. Near another skeleton were three small undecorated jars, one of which was `of the Graeco-Roman' character. <1-4>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 3rd edition, 397 (Monograph). SDO9443.

<2> 1841, The Gentleman's Magazine, 303 (Serial). SDO19717.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 585 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Megaw, J V S, 1971, Prehistoric and Roman Studies, 145, 148 (Monograph). SDO19718.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1410289 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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