Monument record MDO19102 - Mr H Barnes' Field, Dorchester; Roman building

<1> Hutchins, J, 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 3rd edition, 396-7 (Monograph). SDO9443.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 553 (Monograph). SDO150.

'In addition to the sites listed below as monuments there are two that cannot be precisely located. Part of a mosaic pavement apparently with coarse white surround, found in 1841 in a field occupied by Mr. H. Barnes 'near the south-western angle of the town', measured 14 ft. by 8 ft. but of the design only part of the guilloche border with an outer border of spiral and circular patterns remained. A 'zotheca' (alcove) with floor 'of a very favourite pattern in such pavements' was divided from the main floor by a lozenge-patterned strip. Colours used were black, blue, red, light brown and white. (Gentleman's Magazine (1841), pt. ii, 413; Hutchins II, 396–7.) An undated note on Whitehead's plan of Dorchester (1854) in the office of the Borough Surveyor assigns to Mr. Barnes a field or garden now occupied by Whetstone's Almshouses (69029040).'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1410283 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 22 2024 7:36PM