Roman Town House, Dorchester

The Roman Town House in Dorchester is a Roman ruin within Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, England [1]. Dorset County Council acquired Colliton Park in 1933 as the site for the construction of County Hall [1]. The Town House was discovered in 1937/38 during an archaeological investigation carried out by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society prior to the construction of the new building [1]. The Town House is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building [1]. Built around 307 AD and extended in 341 AD, the Town House has two principal ranges of rooms [1]. The South Range comprising rooms 1–7 survives in the plan form of flint and stone walls on the grass covered site [1]. The West Range comprising rooms 8–18 was mosaic floored [1]. This range was re-excavated and provided with a steel and glass cover building with a stone tiled roof all perched on the original foundations between 1996 and 1999 [1].