Building record MWX4087 - Post Medieval boat house, Redend Point, Studland

A boat house, which appears on the 1st edition OS map and may be of 19th century date, is visible as a ruined structure off the coast of Studland to the north of Redend Point. It is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of 1951.

A boat house, which appears on the 1st edition OS map <2> and may be of 19th century date, is visible as a ruined structure off the coast of Studland, centred at SZ 03751 82914. A sub-square, roofless, structure, measuring 11 m by 10 m is located approximately 50 m from the coastal path. It is covered with water at high tide, but is shown as being above the high water mark for ordinary tides on the 1st edition OS map. This feature was recorded from EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs of 2011 and Google Earth images of 2008. <2, 5, 7>

A boat house marked on the first edition of the OS map <1>. The boat house is also marked in the second edition. <3>
A boat house marked on the first edition of the OS map. The boathouse is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of 1951 to the north of Redend Point. The building is a sub-square structure measuring 10 m by 11 m <4>. The boathouse is visible as a submerged structure on aerial imagery of 2009 <6>. This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1889 (Map). SWX1197.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<4> Royal Air Force, 30-JUN-1951, RAF 540/537 5006-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12815.

<5> Google Earth, 2008, Google Earth 2008, 01-SEP-2008 ACCESSED 24-JUL-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12665.

<6> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth, Accessed 22-Aug-2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

<7> National Monuments Record, 03-OCT-2011, NMR 27313_028-029 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19667.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1587144 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 22 2023 9:31AM