SWX8576 - Portland Bunkering Facility, Inner Breakwater, Portland, Dorset: Archaeological Watching Brief, November 2002

An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on the Inner Breakwater, Portland Harbour, Portland during works for the construction of a new jetty to serve a new fuel bunker terminal. Observations were made during the construction of 3 mooring points and 4 abutments along the western side of the breakwater. The surface of the Breakwater consisted of large limestone sets bedded on a layer of rough concrete, which covered the limestone rubble makeup of the breakwater. The rubble consisted of large limestone blocks up to and occasionally over 1m surrounded by smaller fragments up to 300 mm. In some of the pits upright timber posts were found, probably the remains of the staging used in the construction of the breakwater.