SDO9607 - The Proposed Redevelopment of the Dorchester Police Headquarters, Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset: Preliminary Archaeological Assessment

An archaeological desk-based assessment, which included data gathered from the monitoring of geotechinical trial pits, has considered the archeological potential of the proposed redevelopment of the Dorchester Police Headquarters. Using existing archaeological and historical records, the site can be shown to have a high archaeological potential, but the survival of any archaeological remains is likely to be variable due to the 19th century and later use. A total of eight previously recorded archaeological sites, monuments and findspots lie within 100 m of the site. These include Maumbury Rings, Romano-British burials on the site of the police station and a brick vault or tunnel. Six geotechnical trial pits were observed. Four pits contained modern deposits and two contained an undated buried soil horizon.