Monument record MDO19035 - Corporation Yard, Poundbury Road, Dorchester; Roman burial

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Extended coffined Roman inhumation burial with copper alloy twisted wire armlet found in 1931.

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An inhumation burial was found in the Corporation Yard, Poundbury Road (now in Top o'Town car park) in 1931. The skeleton was extended and aligned E-W. The right arm was across the chest and had a twisted wire copper alloy armlet. Five nails were also found suggesting a coffined burial. No trace of a grave cut was identified, but the burial was laid out in what was described as a 'wide ditch' running N-S. [1]

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  • --- Article in serial: Chancellor, E C. 1932. Winter Session. 54.
  • <1> 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. 223a.

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Grid reference SY 68810 90690 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2024 6:46PM

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