EDO5045 - Sherborne School main entrance, Abbey Road, Sherborne; archaeological observations during the laying of a water main

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Location

Grid reference ST 63764 16591 (point)
Map sheet ST61NW
Civil Parish Sherborne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1955

Description

C.E. Bean observed the excavation of a water main trench outside the main School entrance in Abbey Road. Some wall footings were observed in this trench which may be connected with the north entrance to the Abbey. If this were the case there may also have been an outer precinct to the north.

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  • --- Article in serial: Bean, C E. 1955. Remains of the monastery at Sherborne; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 77. p.143.

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Sep 3 2007 4:52AM

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