Monument record MWX4110 - Hyde's Quay, Arne

Quay built in about 1780 by Thomas Hyde, it fell out of use with the development of the Middlebere Tramway. A group of linear and curvilinear earthwork banks, together with the possible foundations of a rectilinear structure, are visible as on aerial photographs of Hyde's Quay, Arne, taken in 1947. They are considered likely to be the remains of the former post medieval quay that is recorded here.

Quay built in about 1780 by Thomas Hyde, it fell out of use with the development of the Middlebere Tramway in the late nineteenth century. (1-3)

A group of linear and curvilinear earthwork banks, together with the possible foundations of a rectilinear structure, are visible as on aerial photographs of Hyde's Quay, Arne, taken in 1947 (4). They are considered likely to be the remains of the former post medieval quay that is recorded here. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). They are not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (5), the area now being much obscured by scrub.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 200, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 2003, 93-99 (Serial). SDO12289.

<2> Kerr, B, 1968, Bound to the Soil. (Monograph). SWX8076.

<3> Unknown, pre-2004, Collection of Digitised Tithe Maps (Digital archive). SWX8753.

<4> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1930 F20 3056-57 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12760.

<5> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

Record last edited

May 7 2021 10:21AM