SDO9751 - A Discovery in Twenty Acre Field, Syward Road, Dorchester.
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| Type | Article in serial |
|---|---|
| Title | A Discovery in Twenty Acre Field, Syward Road, Dorchester. |
| Author/Originator | Farrar, R A H |
| Date/Year | 1951 |
| Dorset Natural History and Archaeology Society | 73, 100 |
Abstract/Summary
Part of a human skull is reported to have been found during the summer at about SY 70618996 in Twenty Acre Field on the east side of Syward Road, a site scheduled for development.
No other indications of burial were found, and the trench across the field did not reveal any sign of pits or ditches in the natural chalk, which rises to within a foot of the surface.
A range of pottery from prehistoric to Medieval were recovered from the backfilled (service?) trench.
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Description
Note in 'Archaeological Fieldwork in Dorset in 1951', Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, vol. 73, p. 100.
Location
Referenced Monuments (1)
- MDO19007 Twenty Acre Field, Syward Road, Dorchester; human remains (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- EDO4421 Twenty Acre Field, Syward Road, Dorchester; salvage record
Record last edited
May 31 2018 11:25AM