SDO9558 - 'Excavations at Coburg Road and Weymouth Road, Fordington, Dorchester, 1988 and 1989' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

Report on the excavations at two separate sites: Coburg Road and Weymouth Road, Dorchester. Both excavations were preceded by geophysical survey. Excavations were undertaken at Coburg Road prior to the relocation of the Rugby Club. Four ring-ditches forming part of an east-west linear barrow cemetery. Between two of the ring-ditches were two pits containing cremations and a sherd of Middle Bronze Age pottery. A linear boundary crossed the site to the south of the ring-ditches and is probably Bronze Age in date. A Late Bronze Age settlement comprising a series of post-built round houses and pits. A single sunken-floored structure, of possible post-Roman date was found in the northwestern part of the site. A series of linear boundaries, probably associated with the medieval fields was also exposed. Excavations at Weymouth Road were undertaken in advance of the construction of a new football stadium. All features exposed were of recent date and included two ‘show rings’.