Monument record MDO19379 - Merchant's Garage, High West Street, Dorchester; Roman Infant burial 343

An infant burial was found in a shallow grave beneath the line of one of the walls of a large Late Roman town house during observations and recording at the site of the former Merchant’s Garage, High East Street, Dorchester in 1983. This burial was probably a foundation deposit in the building.

An infant burial was found in a shallow grave beneath the line of one of the walls of a large Late Roman town house during observations and recording at the site of the former Merchant’s Garage, High East Street, Dorchester in 1983 (1) (2). The neonate burial was laid supine with the head to the north in a shallow grave cut into the natural chalk. The grave was filled with chalk rubble. This burial was probably a foundation deposit within the town house.

National Monuments Record, NMR Monument Record, SY 69 SE 385 (Index). SDO9937.

<1> Bellamy, P S, 1991, Observations at Merchant’s Garage, High West Street, Dorchester, 1983. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 41-54 (Article in serial). SDO9677.

<2> Bellamy, P S, 1983, Merchant's Garage, High West Street, Dorchester (Excavation archive). SDO10188.

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