A public record of the stone in your built environmentExplore the mapBrowse all locationsFor researchersAbout the project
Submit a location

Now extended for the rest of the UK

HomeExplore the mapBrowse A–Z: V

Verne High Angle Battery

Portland Stone

  • Sedimentary
  • Oolitic Limestone
  • Upper Jurassic

Location Details

Back to Map

Location of Geological Feature
Victorian gun placement. Built of both Portland Stone Ashlar as well as concrete. Both Portland Whitbed and Roach are used here, best seen in the storage buildings and wall foundations. The Battery was constructed in the former Admiralty Quarries.
Fossils
Oysters, casts of Aptyxiella portlandica, Trigonia etc.
Rock Type
Oolitic Limestone
Geological Age
Upper Jurassic
Quarry Location
Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, UK
Category
Sedimentary
Nearest station
Weymouth
Address
New Ground, Portland DT5 1LF
Building architect
The Royal Engineers
Date of build
1895
Verne High Angle Battery — Portland Stone
Portland Stone at Verne High Angle Battery
Portland Stone at Verne High Angle Battery (detail 2)
Portland Stone at Verne High Angle Battery (detail 3)
    Entry submitted by Ruth Siddall

Nearby

The closest other recorded buildings.