Monument record MDO19541 - Butts Quarry West, Portland

Worked in early C20, shown on 1926-27 map and published photographs. Good example of a long channelled face, c. 3.3m high, with gullet and bank on seaward side. Two short lower channelled faces. Large block with iron pin beside path above quarry edge = anchor point or stay block for a crane?

Worked in early C20, shown on 1926-27 map (1) and published photographs. (2) Good example of a long channelled face, c. 3.3m high, with gullet and bank on seaward side. Two short lower channelled faces. Large block with iron pin beside path above quarry edge = anchor point or stay block for a crane? (3)

The limestone quarry is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the south east of The Old Lower Light. The quarry is visible over an area measuring approximately 120 m by 78 m. (4) The site is still visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (5) 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 LX.7 (Map). SDO10283.

<2> Morris, S, 1990, Portland Camera (Monograph). SDO10273.

<3> 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 (Unpublished document).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.

<4> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 4050-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13027.

<5> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

Record last edited

Jan 22 2025 12:39PM