Monument record MWX4394 - Longstone Ope Quarries, Portland

Longstone Ope Quarries, marked on the second edition OS map. Part worked by 1901, but mostly by 1927. Quarry faces include lengths of channelling; also double overburden tips indicating tipped by tramway and concrete foundations for a frame saw. The quarries are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s.

Longstone Ope Quarries, marked on the second edition OS map. (1)
Part worked by 1901, but mostly by 1927. (2) Quarry faces with lengths of channelling are clearly seen from the access track; also double overburden tips indicating tipped by tramway (cut by coast path) and shuttered concrete foundations (SY 68766934) for a frame saw. (3)

The coastal quarry described above (in 1-3) is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the east of Lawnsheds. The quarry is visible over an area measuring approximately 270 m by 128 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, 1901, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.3 (Map). SDO10281.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.3 (Map). SDO10282.

<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 (Unpublished document).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

Sep 6 2024 4:38PM