EDO4460 - 47 South Street, Dorchester; casual observation 1989
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 69219 90549 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY69SE |
| Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1898
Description
The discovery of Roman tesselated pavement was made in the spring of 1898 in the back garden of 47 South Street when the house was being pulled down in order to build new offices (since replaced by Woolworth's) [1][2].
It may have been part of the same floor discovered at the south wall of Cedar Park in 1895, having the same pattern (red lattice on grey ground with border of four alternating red and grey bands).
A length of subway running parallel with South Street was also observed [2][3].
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SDO9797 Article in serial: Farrar, R A H. 1962. 'Extension to Woolworth's, 47 South Street, Dorchester' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 83. 90.
- --- SDO131 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SY 69 SE 47.
- <1> SDO9796 Article in serial: 1898. 'More Roman Pavement' Dorset County Chronicle. 4.
- <2> 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. 564, no.194c; 589, no.227c.
- <3> SDO9439 Bibliographic reference: Moule, H J. 1901. Dorchester Antiquities. 8.
Record last edited
Mar 19 2021 11:53AM