EDO6013 - Church of St Mary the Virgin, Charminster; watching brief 2016

Observations and recording during repair works. An undated layer of levelling material containing scattered fragments of bone and coffin handle was observed beneath the lifted floor. The top of a brick crypt was seen in the north aisle and a lead coffin with brick surround in the south aisle. The coffin appeared to have been moved when re-flooring took place in the 19th century. Outside the church a modern pipe and soakaway were uncovered, and a grave cut to the west. All fragments of bone recovered were reburied on site.