Monument record MDO19688 - Fisherman's hut or smithy near Portland Bill, Portland

There was a building, not named, here in 1828, since enlarged and altered. The SW end was roofless in 1927 when there were three much smaller buildings nearby. Built of large blocks, with a stepped SW gable and chimney (smithy?). Walls of another building (or smithy) immediately SW. Note: This is the Listed ‘Fishermen’s Hut’ building (DDO14147) which is given the wrong grid reference in the listing notes.

There was a building, not named, here in 1828 (1); two sheds in 1850 (2), a building in 1863 (3) and 1901. (4) The SW end was roofless in 1927 when there were three much smaller buildings nearby. (5) Built of large blocks, with a stepped SW gable and chimney (smithy?). Walls of another building (or smithy) immediately SW. Ricketts calls this a smithy. (6)
This is the Listed ‘Fishermen’s Hut’ building (DDO14147) which is given the wrong grid reference in the listing notes.

The 19th century building, described above (in 1-6), is visible as a structure with a group of smaller buildings around it on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The buildings are visible over an area measuring 41 by 24 m. One of the group of smaller buildings may be the storehouse referred to in MDO19689. (7) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Wyld, J, 1828, Plan of the Island of Portland in the County of Dorset (Map). SDO10236.

<2> Capt Sheringham, Lieut Cox and Mr Taylor, 1850, Admiralty chart of Weymouth and Portland (Chart). SDO10364.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1901, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.7 (Map). SDO10288.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.7 (Map). SDO10283.

<6> Ricketts, E, 1979, The Buildings of Old Weymouth & Portland, 89 (Monograph). SDO10365.

<7> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 4050-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13027.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2013 4:28PM