SDO9703 - Roman Remains in Durngate Street, Dorchester; Durngate Street, Outside Ling’s Printing Works

In 1965 a layer of clean compact yellow sandy gravel was exposed at a depth of 1 ft. below the pavement, in an electricity cable trench dug outside the printing works (SY 69319065). It was covered by grey-black soil but the trench was not deep enough to expose any layers sealed beneath it. It is of some interest since it lies on the line of an E-W street, forming part of the grid street plan of the Roman town, found in 1963 at the children’s ward of the County Hospital, W. of Somerleigh Road (report in preparation).