Monument record MDO19610 - Wakeham Quarries bridge, Portland

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Summary

Bridge in Wakeham quarries over former Easton & Church Hope Railway. Concrete and blocks construction, with horizontal lintel. Original, or a rebuild?

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Bridge in Wakeham quarries over former Easton & Church Hope Railway. (1-2) Concrete and blocks construction, with horizontal lintel. Original, or a rebuild? Carried a quarry track but in 1999 it was blocked with large stones and the route diverted across the infilled railway cutting on the west side. (3)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1929. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.15.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map.
  • <3> Unpublished document: AC Archaeology. 2002.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..

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Location

Grid reference SY 6936 7133 (point)
Map sheet SY67SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 2 2021 4:51PM

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