Monument record MDO19195 - 43 Cornwall Road, Dorchester; Roman grave 204

Grave 204 was one of two Roman graves revealed during an excavation by Wessex Archaeology in the garden of 43 Cornwall Road, Dorchester in 1986. The grave was aligned E-W and contained an extended inhumation of an adult male lying slightly on the right side with legs slightly bent. No coffin nails were found and the edge of the grave cut was extremely difficult to define. It was cut by Grave 200. No dating evidence was recovered but it is likely that this burial was of a similar late 3rd or 4th century AD date to the nearby burials excavated at 8 Albert Road.

Grave 204 was one of two Roman graves revealed during an excavation by Wessex Archaeology in the garden of 43 Cornwall Road, Dorchester in 1986 (1)(2). The grave was aligned E-W and contained an extended inhumation of an adult male lying slightly on the right side with legs slightly bent. No coffin nails were found and the edge of the grave cut was extremely difficult to define. It was cut by Grave 200. No dating evidence was recovered but it is likely that this burial was of a similar late 3rd or 4th century AD date to the nearby burials excavated at 8 Albert Road (2).

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Mar 8 2007 3:36AM