Monument record MDO19242 - Roman burials, Hawthorn Lodge, Dorchester

Wessex Archaeology undertook salvage recording during the construction of new houses on the site of Hawthorn Lodge, Dorchester in 1986. A total of 151 soil-filled grave cuts were observed and planned, but none were excavated. The majority of the graves were oriented roughly E-W with eleven aligned roughly N-S. The graves appeared to be part of a well-ordered cemetery, with the graves laid out in rows running roughly N-S. There were no intercutting graves recognised. No dating evidence was recovered but it is likely that this was part of a late Roman inhumation cemetery running to the north of Bridport Road.

Wessex Archaeology undertook salvage recording during the construction of new houses on the site of Hawthorn Lodge, Dorchester in 1986. A total of 151 soil-filled grave cuts were observed and planned, but none were excavated. The majority of the graves were oriented roughly E-W with eleven aligned roughly N-S. The graves appeared to be part of a well-ordered cemetery, with the graves laid out in rows running roughly N-S. There were no intercutting graves recognised. No dating evidence was recovered but it is likely that this was part of a late Roman inhumation cemetery running to the north of Bridport Road.

Stacey, L C, 1986, The Excavation and Record of Romano-British Cemeteries at Albert Road, Cornwall Road and Hawthorn Lodge, Dorchester (Unpublished document). SDO9861.

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