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This report presents the results of archaeological survey and excavation undertaken prior to and during construction of the A35 Southern By-pass and A37 Western Link Road around Dorchester, Dorset.-A series of sites was examined ranging in date from the Neolithic to post-medieval periods.-A Neolithic pit enclosure with associated burials and chalk carvings was excavated at Flagstones and Neolithic pit rings at Conygar Hill.-Evidence for Bronze Age field systems, occupation debris, and ring-ditches was recovered from several sites indicating intensive agricultural settlement. Early–Middle Iron Age material as sparse but Late Iron Age features, burials, and artefact assemblages were recorded.-Ample evidence was found for rural Romano-British occupation and farming in the hinterland of the town of Durnovaria.-The archaeological data was backed by an extensive programme of molluscan and soil analyses. The combined results provide a comprehensive and unprecedented picture of the development of occupation and land-use in the Dorchester area from the Neolithic to post-medieval times.

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Author

Roland J C Smith; Frances Healey; Michael J Allen; Wessex Archaeology (Firm)

Publisher

Wessex Archaeology; Trust for Wessex Archaeology

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781874350101

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Archaeology, Humanities