Monument record MDO19533 - 20th century Watery Lane Quarry, Portland

Site of small quarry opened in fields north of Weston Street after 1901 and before 1926-27. Also shown on the 1959 map. Site now covered with buildings etc. The quarry is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s.

Site of small quarry opened in fields north of Weston Street after 1901 and before 1926-27. (1) Also shown on the 1959 map. (2) Site now covered with buildings etc.

The early- to mid-20th century Limestone quarry, described above in (1-2), is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The quarry is visible over an area measuring approximately 95 m by 40 m. (3) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.15 (Map). SDO10269.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1960, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Map). SDO10272.

<3> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 4045-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13028.

Record last edited

Nov 8 2013 10:34AM