Monument record MDO19523 - Post medieval to modern quarry, Southwell Landslip A, Portland

Southwell landslip has a deep natural cleft caused by slippage with an eastward leaning mass. There is some evidence of quarrying on top of this mass on the seaward side. No obvious marks in a small quarry. Evidence of coastal quarrying is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1968.

Southwell landslip has a deep natural cleft caused by slippage with an eastward leaning mass. There is some evidence of quarrying on top of this mass on the seaward side. No obvious marks in a small quarry. (1)

Evidence of coastal quarrying in the area of Southwell landslip, described above in (1-3), is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1968. The quarrying is visible over an area measuring approximately 140 m by 65 m. (2) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<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 (Unpublished document).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> Meridian Air Maps Ltd, 26-JAN-1968, MAL 68002/011-12 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13065.

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Sep 6 2024 4:32PM