Monument record MDO23287 - Post medieval quarries, Wyke Regis, Weymouth

Two quarries are shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1864, located in a field in Wyke Regis. Two pits are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of Wyke Regis, Weymouth. They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval quarries.

Two quarries in a field in Wyke Regis, shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1864 (1), not shown on map of 1903.

Two pits are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs of Wyke Regis, Weymouth (2). They are considered likely to be the remains of post medieval quarries. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). They are not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project, having since been built over by a modern military camp.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5449-50 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13097.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5450-51 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13105.

Record last edited

Nov 14 2013 12:38PM