Excavation images

Archive images of Colliton Park taken during excavations for County Hall in the late 1930s.

K. C. Collingwood Selby, one of the two men in charge of the 1937 excavation of the site Collapsed Roman window in foreground, room 8 beyond with the outlines of the south range behind that Aerial view of the site in 1937 Lt Col C. D. Drew, Curator of the Dorset County Museum in 1937 and leader of the excavation

Room 7 and its exposed hypocaust and box flue tiles from the south side General view of the excavation from the north east corner The lime kiln partially excavated Room 8 undergoing repairs of the mosaic in 1937 Kimmeridge shale table leg found in one of the pits on site shows the high quality of furnishings used here. It would have been part of a tripod table used in the triclinium or summer dining room.

museum-p4322 Room 7 and its exposed hypocaust and box flue tiles from the west side The lime kiln after full excavation Room 17 showing the painted plasterwork still in-situ after 1,500 years. Exposure to air caused this to subsequently crumble away Photograph of collapsed material which may be from another archaeological site. Initially thought to be the collapsed wall of room 15