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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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