EDO3853 - Citizen's Advice Bureau, 1 Acland Road, Dorchester; watching brief 2004

Archaeological observations and recording were carried out by Terrain Archaeology between 27th-30th April 2004 during the construction of a new extension to the rear of the Citizen’s Advice Bureau, 1 Acland Road, Dorchester. The size of the footings trench was too small to give a clear picture of the archaeology, but parts of five pits were exposed, of which only two were bottomed. At the northern end of the trench, part of a substantial Roman pit containing a large quantity of roof tile and some 2nd century pottery was exposed. A single pit containing early medieval pottery was revealed in the centre of the footings trench. It had been largely destroyed by a large stone-lined pit probably dating to the 18th century. The remaining two pits were probably 19th or 20th century in date.