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Site name Max Gate, Dorchester
Site number 144
Burial codes 1006 1009 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1042 1046 1051 1065 1075 1084 1091 1098 1104 1111 1129 1143 1153 1181
100bc-AD43 Numerous graves were encountered during construction work in 1884. Some skeletons were crouched, others extended, but no detailed records survive. Associated with the burials were: a Claudian handled jug, 2 penannular brooches (Fowler Class D2) joined by a bronze La Tene III brooch of 'Maiden Castle' form, 3 Class 1 bead-rim bowls, a Class 4 Durotrigian bowl, and 2 Samian or Gallo-Belgic derived bowls.
Remains/Period Y1
County Dorset
Region S
National grid square SY
X coordinate 704
Y coordinate 899
Bibliographic source RCHM 1970, Whimster 1981


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