In the spring of 2021, we excavated 4 trenches in the public car park around the former Weymouth & Portland Borough Council building on North Quay. The site is owned by Dorset Council and is ear-marked for re-development.
Crucially, the site occupies much of the historic core of Weymouth. This comprised the former High Street with buildings on either side with similar buildings lining North Quay and facing the harbour. This was cleared in its entirety in the early 1960s and re-developed with the municipal offices and car park in 1971. As far as we know, this marks the first modern archaeological investigation within the core of the old town.
We recently spoke about the results of the eval...