SDO9752 - The Roman Town Wall, Albert Road, Dorchester. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

The excavation by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in the Autumn of the remains of the Roman west wall in Albert Road is described briefly in 'Journal of Roman Studies', XLII, 1952; and in 'Archaeological News Letter', vo.4, no.9, p. 140. The results here are briefly summarised. The wall footings werefound to rest on the lower part of the front of the earthwork bank which antedated the wall and which had been cut back to provide a platform for the wall. The inner lip of what was probably the defensive ditch outside the bank was also found. the wall footings were 9 ft wide and consisted of coursed flints set in sandy puddled chalk. Above this the wall core survived to a maximum height of 10ft. No evidence for ashlar facing stones were found.