Monument record MDO6550 - Romano British cist burial, Bottom Coombe Quarries, Portland

A Roman inhumation accompanied by pottery was found during quarrying in the late 19th century. The burial was described as being in a stone coffin, and has been interpreted as a probable cist burial. Roman coins are said to have been recovered close by at the same time.

Romano British burial in a stone coffin discovered in the late 19th century in quarries to the west of Wakeham Street, several Roman coins discovered close by. <2> Roman coins found by Mr John Pearce of Wakeham. 1st brass of Hadrian; one of Diocletian; one of Maximian; others of the two Licinii and a silver denorius of the Republican period. (10 [SY69337153] The site pointed out is to within an accuracy of 50 yds. [Indicated on OS 6] The coins were found by my father and I believe they were given to Dorchester Museum. They were all found in one place when the overburden was being cleared. A few yards away there was the remains of a skeleton in a cist buried with slabs of stone and with it some pottery which I believe was Roman. <3> The site is quarried out. There were no surface finds and no trace of antiquity. <4>

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