The Former Grove School, School Lane, Dorchester - Archaeological Evaluation Report

Wessex Archaeology

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological evaluation of a small parcel of land within the Former Grove School, School Lane, The Grove, Dorchester, centred on NGR 368838 090973.

The school building and garden lies within an area recognised as being of high archaeological potential for human remains and possibly within the line of the Dorchester Roman defences. The Site, comprising an area approximately 18 metres by 25 metres, is located at the northern end of School Lane and to the west of The Grove, within the northern edge of Dorchester walled town.

No archaeological features or deposits were revealed in either of the two trial trenches. The chalk natural was sealed by a sequence of garden soils which included modern ceramics, brick, bottle glass and animal bone, although no earlier finds were noted.