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long vegetation will reduce further and we look forward to seeing a more varied
array of plants and wildflowers. BERE REGIS HISTORY SOCIETY

“VILLA-5” Discovery at Bere Regis
Conservation Working Parties
At the end of the long hot summer of 2018 a number of
Our first Saturday of the month Conservation Working Parties will be going ahead crop-marks appeared in the fields around Bere Regis.
over the winter period. However, they are limited by the ‘rule of six’ and activities After establishing their positions we looked at aerial photos
arranged to observe safe social distancing at all times. So, we will not be from decades past and found them again, but not quite
extending the normal open invite to the working parties. Instead, if you wish to so obviously in those images.
attend please email mike.n.g@outlook.com Six of those people showing an
interest will be then invited to attend. Explorations began immediately and it was obvious from the beginning that what
we had termed "Villa-5" was perhaps the most impressive. It was a building about

36m (117 ft) long with two square structures at each end making a complex with
Contact Us a total length of 70m (230 ft).
The Villa itself had the same
If you would like to know more about the work of the Wildlife and Environment length as our current Parish
Group or to be included on our e-mailing list, please contact:
church and the square "wings"
Tony Bates at tonybates19@gmail.com / 01929 471563 to the Villa were perhaps a
"kitchen garden" (south) and a
Amy Yates at AmyEyeats@hotmail.com or family cemetery (North).

Mike Gee at mike.n.g@outlook./com / 0775 988 4942 The assumption of the burial
ground was based on surface
finds of Black-Burnish ware
pottery the same as that
already found on the Barrow Hill
Dorchester b u r i a l g r o u n d a l r e a d y
discovered. Since that time non-
Framing invasive exploration involving
surface field-walks have
Picture and framing service
revealed many finds associated
with a wide selection of with “Villa-5” including building
mounts and frames. materials and domestic pottery
Open most days but best from the First to Fifth century.
call first before making a The plan shown here is
special trip. compared to our Parish church
to show the size of the Roman
joan@dorchesterframing.com
Villa, and perhaps to indicate

the significance of this new find.
The Old School House

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