EDO4488 - Gallows Hill, Dorchester; casual observation 1856 to 1860
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 69571 90493 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY69SE |
| Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
1856-60
Description
The borough Surveyor, in opening the the road at the south end of Gallows Hill (now Icen Way) for drainage works, found what he believed to be gateway jambs for a Roman gateway [1].
The position led to suggestions that the eastern walls of Durnovaria where contiguous with Icen Way rather than Salisbury, or that the gateway was set in a recess in the southern walls [3].
Neither of these seem likely, and in the absence of further details about the nature of the supposed gateway foundations it is plausible that the remains were something other than a gateway [1][2].
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SDO9803 Article in serial: Moule, H J. 1893. Notes on the walls and gates of Durnovaria. 14. 50-51.
- <1> SDO9813 Article in serial: Moule, H J. 1890. 'Notes on a book called Domesday belonging to the Mayor and Corporation of Dorchester' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History & Antiquarian Field Club. 11. 41.
- <2> SDO9439 Bibliographic reference: Moule, H J. 1901. Dorchester Antiquities. 3-4.
- <3> 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. 550.
Record last edited
Mar 19 2021 11:47AM