SDO9506 - Units 1-3, Cooper’s Cookers, Grove Trading Estate, Dorchester, Dorset: Archaeological Observations and Recording

An archaeological watching brief was undertaken at Cooper’s Cookers, Grove Trading Estate, Dorchester during groundworks associated with the construction of proposed industrial units 1-3 in the southeast part of the site. Two trenches were excavated along the southern edge of the site to locate an existing modern drain. One possible prehistoric ditch, two Roman ditches and a possible flint footing for a Roman building were observed. These were all aligned roughly north-south. Part of two probable Roman inhumation graves, oriented east-west, were also observed.