Monument record MDO19243 - Bridport Road, Poundbury, Dorchester; Roman road

A gravel deposit, probably the remains of the western approach road to Durnovaria was revealed beneath the modern road surface during an evaluation carried out by Wessex Archaeology on Bridport Road, Poundbury, Dorchester in 2001. A layer of moderately compact flint gravel Roman road make-up was found beneath the modern road makeup. It lay directly on top of a layer of clay, overlying the natural chalk.

A gravel deposit, probably the remains of the western approach road to Durnovaria was revealed beneath the modern road surface during an evaluation carried out by Wessex Archaeology on Bridport Road, Poundbury, Dorchester in 2001.

Immediately below the modern road makeup was a layer of moderately compact small to medium sized sub-rounded to sub-angular gravel within a stiff mid-brown sandy clay matrix, surviving up to 0.17m thick. This is probably part of the makeup of the Roman road. It lay directly on top of a layer of clay, overlying the natural chalk.

Wessex Archaeology, 2001, Bridport Road, Dorchester (Excavation archive). SDO10123.

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Mar 16 2007 4:24AM