Dorchester Roman Town House

Mosaic at Dorchester Roman Town House There are several mosaics in the town house, this being one of the most complete. Exposed in 1937, the mosics and walls now have a protective roof.

Dorchester Roman Town House The remains of this house were found in 1937. It dates to the 4thC AD, very late in the Roman occupation of Britain. Beautiful mosaics were found in part of the house and this part was covered with a steel and glass roof. It is located in the grounds of County Hall and never seems to have any visitors.

Omgeving:

Roman amphitheatre known as Maumbury Rings

Locatie:

Verenigd Koninkrijk, Dorchester
geo:50.717415,-2.441005
Locatie precies

Classificatie:

Gebouw (overig)
Zichtbaar

Identifiers:

vici:place=50429

Annotaties

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.

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In de buurt

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