Monument record MWX4391 - Freshwater Quarries, Portland

Freshwater Quarries, marked on the second edition OS map. Narrow cliff-quarrying here in 1863 but little work since. Wide quarry ledge followed by a track (coast path) with good exposure of stone beds on landward side and some evidence of stone-cutting. The quarry is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s.

Freshwater Quarries, marked on the second edition OS map. (1)
Narrow cliff-quarrying here in 1863 but little work since. (2-4) Wide quarry ledge followed by a track (coast path), SY 69057005 to SY 69056995, with good exposure of stone beds on landward side and some evidence of stone-cutting. Small overgrown quarry remnant at SY 6896 6990. (4)

The coastal quarry, Freshwater Quarries, described above (in 1-4) is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the north of Sheat Quarries. The quarry is visible over an area measuring approximately 50 m by 52 m. (5) The site is still visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (6) A second quarry is located immediately to the west (see MDO19530). 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, 1901, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.3 (Map). SDO10281.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.3 (Map). SDO10282.

<4> AC Archaeology, 2002, The Isle of Portland Review of Mineral Planning Permissions Stage 1: archaeological baseline study for Hanson Bath & Portland Stone, document no. 4299/1/4. (Unpublished document). SDO10260.

<5> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 4051-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13031.

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

Record last edited

Sep 6 2024 4:38PM