SDO9792 - Frome Valley Meeting. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club

Report on the last outdoor meeting of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. The first site visited was a spot between Bradford Peverell and Muckleford, the site of excavation of a cutting through the Dorchester Aqueduct, Directed by Mr. H. B. Middleton, a member of the Club. The report includes a transcript of an address given by Dr. Colley March in praise of Major J. N. Coates and in support of his theory that the earthwork represents a Roman Aqueduct. There is also a suggestion that clay recovered from the base of the aqueduct contained 'Confervae' indicating the presence of water in the channel at one time.