Dorchester Roman Town House a Roman ruin in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The Town House was discovered in 1937/38. It has two principal ranges of rooms. The South Range comprising rooms 1–7 survives in the plan form of flint and stone walls on the grass covered site. The West Range comprising rooms 8–18 was mosaic floored. This range was re-excavated and provided with a steel and glass cover building with a stone tiled roof all perched on the original foundations between 1996 and 19991.
Location:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dorchester
- geo:50.717415,-2.441005
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Building (other)
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=50429
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Dorchester Roman Town House a Roman ruin in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The Town House was discovered in 1937/38. It has two principal ranges of rooms. The South Range comprising rooms 1–7 survives in the plan form of flint and stone walls on the grass covered site. The West Range comprising rooms 8–18 was mosaic floored. This range was re-excavated and provided with a steel and glass cover building with a stone tiled roof all perched on the original foundations between 1996 and 19991.
References
Nearby
Durnovaria
Roman Rds
Roman Wall, Dorchester.
Last fragment tremaining of the roman wall
Dorset County Museum
Local Museum of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society










