SDO9474 - Dorchester, Mariner's Parade, 41 High East Street. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

An archaeological evaluation, comprising the excavation of three trenches, was undertaken during October 1997 in advance of redevelopment of the site. All trenches contained well-preserved archaeological deposits, generally of Romano-British or early post-medieval date, though all trenches contained a buried prehistoric former land surface containing quantities of worked flint. The Romano-British evidence comprised occupation soils, a length of wall, and a substantial pit containing rubble infill, considered to be a well. Artefacts recovered comprised local and imported pottery, fragments of tile and tesserae and several fragments of decorated vessel glass. The Romano-British deposits were sealed in some areas by a sequence of pits and midden deposits containing large quantities of pottery and oysters, likely to be of 17th century date.