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Image of Dorchester Palisaded Enclosure (Timber Circle) by formicaant

This is part of a series of ceramic tiles on the site of the old greyhound yard on which this shopping centre is built.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 08/10/2007.
Image of Dorchester Palisaded Enclosure (Timber Circle) by formicaant

A frieze of tiles outside the Waitrose shop which overlays part of this massive henge.

Image credit: Mike Rowland 08/10/2007.
Image of Dorchester Palisaded Enclosure (Timber Circle) by baza

The positions of some of the large post holes, marked out on the surface of the Waitrose supermarket carpark.

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Dorchester Palisaded Enclosure
Timber Circle

Excavations here in the 1980’s revealed 21 pits, each originally containing an oak post one metre in diameter. They appeared to form the south-western arc of a massive circle with a diameter of about 290 metres. Similar post holes have been discovered at three other sites within Dorchester, suggesting the enclosed area is larger and not forming a regular circle.

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