Tout Quarry

To date, the quarry displays a collection of various carvings and works in Portland stone.

The quarry was last worked in 1982 for a boulder contract when 30,000 tons were excavated for sea defenses.

Many of the original site specific sculptures can still be discovered today, although some didn't last much longer than a year.

Tramway lines once ran throughout the quarry, taking stone waste to the cliff edge to be tipped or taking block stone to Priory Corner where it was transported along the Merchant's Railway to Castletown, from where it as shipped across the world.

[1] The Grade II Listed Lano's Bridge was built in the mid-1800s to carry a high level tramway taking stone waste to the cliff edge.