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| Name: | Old Market Car Park, Dorchester; Roman town defences |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| HER Number: | MDO18382 |
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| Last edited: | Apr 8 2013 11:53AM |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
Part of the rampart of Roman town defences were recorded during evaluation excavation by the Central Excavation Unit in 1985, in advance of the realignment of Acland Road, Dorchester. Further elements were recorded during a subsequent watching brief undertaken by Wessex Archaeology in 1985. The chalk bank lay largely along the line of the former Longmans Road in the south end of the car park. It appears to have been seriously truncated. The slope to the south of the car park, at the northern edge of South Walks appears to be largely the result of 18th century landscaping to form the Walks.
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument DO 648: Dorchester Roman walls
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SDO9675 - Article in serial: Batchelor, D, Speller, K , Pearce, P and Woodward, P J. 1985. Excavations and observations in the vicinity of Acland Road, the Old Market car park and South Walks, Dorchester. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 107. 116-118. |
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