EDO4640 - Icen Way (Dukes Avenue), Dorchester; casual observation

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Location

Grid reference	SY 6974 9037 (point)
Map sheet	SY69SE
Civil Parish	Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Technique(s)

CASUAL OBSERVATION

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1895

Description

Discoveries, probably from the houses at the foot of Duke's Avenue, are indicated by the coffin angle iron found in Gallow's Hill in 1895 with 'an amphora and other Roman relics' and a fractured healed femur (held in DCM) from a Roman grave.

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. 575, no. 217a.

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Apr 23 2020 3:07PM

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