Monument record MWX4388 - Higher Headlands Quarry, Portland

Higher Headlands Quarry, marked on the second edition OS map. A good example of a Portland quarry, showing great depth, an extremely narrow gullet and a high bank of waste blocks.

Higher Headlands Quarry, marked on the second edition OS map. (1) No quarry here in 1863 but already an ‘old quarry’ by 1889. (2) Named as Higher Headlands Quarry in 1900 (3) and extended south by 1927. (4) Extended to east but disused by 1959. (5) A good example of a Portland quarry, showing great depth, an extremely narrow gullet and a high bank of waste blocks. Zig-zag effect shows how use has been made of jointing. (6)

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1889, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11 (Map). SDO10250.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1901, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11 (Map). SDO10252.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11 (Map). SDO10242.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1960, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet SY6972 (Map). SDO10257.

<6> 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 (Unpublished document).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.

Record last edited

Sep 14 2007 1:28AM