EDO4438 - Corporation Yard, Poundbury Road, Dorchester; salvage recording 1931
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 68809 90689 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY69SE |
| Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1931
Description
Inhumation found in Corporation Yard, Poundbury Road, recorded on 9th May 1931.
The skeleton was extended E-W, coffin nails suggest it was coffined in a grave cut into an earlier ditch fill running N-S. The right arm lay across the breast and had a bronze bracelet of 3-ply twisted wire on it.
Information on location derived from Mr. W. Yard in 1951 [1].
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SDO9773 Article in serial: Chancellor, E C. 1932. Winter Session. 54.
- --- SDO16497 Digital archive: Historic England. NRHE Excavation Index. 1048057.
- <1> SDO150 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3. 582, no. 223a.
Record last edited
Mar 19 2021 11:56AM