EDO4630 - WI Tennis Courts, The Grove, Dorchester; casual observation around 1920

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Location

Grid reference	Centred SY 6884 9079 (37m by 39m)
Map sheet	SY69SE
Civil Parish	Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Technique(s)

CASUAL OBSERVATION

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

c. 1920

Description

About 30 inhumations were found c. 1920 in making the WI tennis courts. No objects were recovered, and the burials, about 2.5ft deep marly soil, seemed to have been disturbed, as many of the skulls were broken.

Sources/Archives (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. 223b.

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Record last edited

Mar 19 2021 11:34AM

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