A child’s burial in unconsecrated ground in early modern Dorchester

Fulford, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8780-9691, Batcheller, J., Caple, C., Firth, J. and Richards, D. (2011) A child’s burial in unconsecrated ground in early modern Dorchester. Post-Medieval Archaeology, 45 (2). pp. 307-312. ISSN 0079-4236 doi: 10.1179/174581311X13135030529359

Abstract/Summary

Re-examination of a child burial found during excavations in advance of the construction of new offices for Dorset County Council in the north-west quarter of Dorchester in 1937 indicates that it is of early modern, rather than of Roman date, as originally believed at the time of excavation. A possible context is explored for the burial of a child in unconsecrated ground in the 17th century.