EDO4691 - Roman Mosaic, Fordington High Street, Dorchester; field observation 1954

A field survey was conducted on the site of the Roman Mosaic, Fordington High Street by J. Rigg of the Ordnance Survey Archaeological Division on the 18 August 1954. His field notes are recorded on the OS record card as follows. The gas mains of 1903 were plotted from A to B on 1:2500 from a plan in the Dorchester Gas showrooms, scale 1:500. They extended NW-SE at a distance of 3.0 metres from the northern edge of this pavement. The area is covered by a concrete yard and modern made up road. [1]