Monument record MDO19492 - Wide Street Tunnel, Tout Quarries, Portland

Stone arch with 'J.C. LANO 1862' on keystone. Sealed with brick wall with keystone crudely carved 'E.C. GILLINGHAM MAY 25TH 1914' and below this a concrete block wall crudely inscribed 'CLOSED BY G. RICKETT G. JAMES JULY 4TH 1972'. Shown on 1863 map with tramway passing under Wide Street into Inmosthay Quarry. Still in use in 1900 but rails removed by 1926.

Stone arch with 'J.C. LANO 1862' on keystone. Sealed with brick wall with keystone crudely carved 'E.C. GILLINGHAM MAY 25TH 1914' and below this a concrete block wall crudely inscribed 'CLOSED BY G. RICKETT G. JAMES JULY 4TH 1972'. (1) Shown on 1863 map with tramway passing under Wide Street into Inmosthay Quarry. (2) Still in use in 1900 (3) but rails removed by 1926. (4)

<1> 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 (Unpublished document).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.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1901, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11 (Map). SDO10241.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11 (Map). SDO10242.

Record last edited

Aug 29 2007 3:12AM