Monument record MDO32461 - Shale working, Clavell's Hard, Kimmeridge

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Summary

A cliff-top working for shale west of Clavell's Hard. Thought to be of later 19th-century date.

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The 1st edn OS 25in map (1) indicates a shallow cut into the top of the cliff measuring approximately 40m by 15m. Legg (2) notes 'No 3 level cut from cliff 'at aproximately this location, referring to later nineteenth-century shale workings.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Monograph: Legg, R. 1984. Guide to Purbeck Coast and Shipwreck. 19028.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9193 7776 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY97NW
Civil Parish Kimmeridge; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 31 2018 11:50AM

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