The Future of the Isle of Portland, as seen in 1975. Dorset. PFRG Seminar talk by Stuart Morris

October 1975. a lecture given at a weekend Seminar, to describe the state of the Island, and to look into the future of this unique part of the British Isles. Hosted by the Portland Field Research Group (PRFG) before a packed audience of residents, Planners, archaeologists, geologists, ecologists and historians, at Easton on Isle of Portland, Dorset. Speaker: Stuart Morris Topics: South West Coastal Path; Royal Navy; Tout quarry park; Kingbarrow; High Angle battery; Verne Citadel; Sewerage; Water supply; population; proclamation; housing development; 00:00 Introduction 03:19 Derelict Quarries 04:25 The villages 05:55 Ancient fields 07:20 Ancient windmills 08:23 The quarries 10:23 Proposed Quarry Park 11:31 Historic Batteries 11:58 Tout quarry 13:20 Merchants Railway 15:21 Tout & Kingbarrow nature 16:39 Stone masonry 17:38 Verne Iron Age earthwork 18:42 Naval base 20:28 Water supply 22:35 Population 23:25 Southwell overdeveloped 23:36 Urban sprawl 25:36 Conservation areas 26:44 Housing estates 27:03 No amenities or facilities 27:25 Don't spoil the villages 27:44 Historic buildings 28:26 Microcosm of the Nation's problems 28:59 Landscape Conservation 30:15 Freedom to roam 31:13 Footpaths 32:17 Round the Island path 34:33 South West Coastal Path 35:12 Ancient Monuments 35:56 Listed Buildings, Monuments