Tout Quarry where Art and Environment meet
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park & Nature Reserve, The Memory Stones, Priory Corner, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2LN
A journey through time descending into Tout Quarry Sculpture Trust & Nature Reserve with every footstep equivalent to one million years where the geology underlies the ecology on which we depend to the Jurassic sea floor of the quarry. You will discover the work of well-known artists, including Antony Gormley, whose site specific works have created vantage points where art, environment, geology, quarrying and architecture meet.
This mysterious 400-year-old hand worked quarry with its labyrinths and gullies, combines the balance of elements of sea, sky and stone was saved in 1983 by the Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust, as one of the UK Sculpture Parks, and is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), with rare butterflies and orchids.
The quarry has become a well-established creative and educational resource open to all that keeps alive the heartbeat of the island, continuing the hand skills of carving stone into the future, alongside an annual programme of activities in collaboration with the Dorset Wildlife Trust.
Timings & Tours
- Friday 06 September:
- 1800 - 1900
Location & directions
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park & Nature Reserve, The Memory Stones, Priory Corner, Portland, Dorset, DT5 2LN
- Directions:
- The Memory Stones is a stone circle alignment directly opposite to the Heights Hotel at Priory Corner and View Café with Parking
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking preferred
- Booking conditions:
- Call 07413 644866 or 01305 826736 – or email [email protected]
- Booking telephone number:
- +447413644866
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
Accessibility details
Walking shoes and outdoor clothing recommended
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 20
- Est. tour duration:
- 1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
