Monument record MWX4396 - Butts Quarry East, Portland

Butts Quarries, marked on the second edition OS map. Part on east side worked by 1901, the rest by 1927. A small quarry with channelled face 15m long and 2.45m high; upper level has been drilled and broached. Bank on seaward side has scappled blocks on top. The limestone quarry is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Lawnsheds to the east of Portland Bill Road.

Butts Quarries, marked on the second edition OS map . (1) Part on east side worked by 1901 (2-3), the rest by 1927. 4-5) A small quarry with channelled face 15m long and 2.45m high; upper level has been drilled and broached. Bank on seaward side has scappled blocks on top. (6)

The limestone quarry described above (in 1-6) is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Lawnsheds to the east of Portland Bill Road. The quarry is visible over an area measuring approximately 55 m by 35 m. (7) The site is still visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (8) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1901, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.3 (Map). SDO10281.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1901, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.7 (Map). SDO10288.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.3 (Map). SDO10282.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LX.7 (Map). SDO10283.

<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 (Unpublished document).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.

<7> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 4050-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13027.

<8> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

Record last edited

Jan 22 2025 12:40PM