Monument record MWX1383 - Second World War Verne Quarry Battery, Portland

The Verne Quarry Battery was located at East Weare Camp and constructed in 1940-1. It was constructed of concrete and some of the buildings and gun emplacements are still extant.

Coast artillery battery, in bad condition. Coastal battery. Remains of gun emplacements and a number of original buildings are clearly visible and in good condition. However, there are also a large number of modern buildings in the area, including some built over earlier features. [information from 1996 aerial photographs]. East Weare Camp, Isle of Portland. <1-3>

Coastal battery. Remains of gun emplacements and a number of original buildings are clearly visible and in good condition. However, there are also a large number of modern buildings in the area, including some built over earlier features.

East Weare Second World War coastal battery is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s <4> and recent aerial imagery <5> to the east of the Verne Citadel, Portland. Gun emplacements and associated buildings are visible over an area measuring approximately 130 m by 82 m. A second battery, constructed in the 1900s is located to the north (see linked record). This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0013741 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0013741 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0013741 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3229-30 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13055.

<5> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1427858 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 14 2023 4:33PM