EDO4545 - Friars Close, Dorchester; salvage recording 1985

Contractors discovered a human burial during the construction of an extension to the rear of 6 Friars Close, Dorchester, during 1985. The find was reported to the DCM who visited site along with Wessex Archaeology staff. The burial had already been removed and its orientation and position is not certain. The size of the shallow grave suggests that the skeleton may have been in the crouched position and of possible late Iron Age date. The skeleton was that of an adult male, aged between 25 and 35 years, 5ft 9ins tall and incomplete. He had poor dental health and suffered from osteoarthritis and osteophytosis.