Monument record MWX3882 - Folly Pier, Portland

Site of stone shipping pier or quay. Folly Pier, sometimes known as New Pier, built by 1765. Named as Folly Pier on most C19th maps until at least 1901.

Site of stone shipping pier or quay recorded in 1745 as ‘Old Pier at present useless being destroy’d by the Sea’ (1). A New Pier was built by 1765 (2), recorded on a plan of 1770 as 'Mr Gilbert's Pier Commonly known by Folly.' (3). Named as ‘New or Folly Pier’ in 1800 (4) and Folly Pier on most maps until at least 1901. (5)

<1> Roper, T, 1745, A Plan of the Island of Portland in the County of Dorsett, with a description of his Ma’ty’s Demesne Lands and Quarries there… (Map). SDO10234.

<2> Taylor, Isaac, 1765, Dorset Shire (Map). SDO10340.

<3> 1770, Plan of Roads and Piers in the Isle of Portland, Dorsetshire (Map). SDO10341.

<4> F Webb and Co Salisbury, 1800, A Map of the Isle of Portland (Map). SDO10235.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1901, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.16 (Map). SDO10276.

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Sep 6 2024 4:38PM