A view of the stone quay and lock at the entrance to Porlock dock, viewed through the rigging of two boats, with Porlock Bay and Porlock Beach beyond

Date:: Aug 1957

Location:: Porlock Dock, Porlock, Porlock Weir, West Somerset, Somerset; Show all locations

Porlock Harbour, Porlock, Porlock Weir, West Somerset, Somerset

Reference:: BAR03/01/492

Type:: Photograph (35mm Slide)

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Description

The dock at Porlock was built in around 1855. It was formed by building a stone quay with a lock across the southern end of a natural channel.

Content

This is part of the Series: BAR03/01 Norman Barnard: Series Of Slides; within the Collection: BAR03 Norman Barnard Slide Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Barnard, Norman

Keywords

Post Medieval Lock, Post Medieval Dock, Post Medieval Harbour, Post Medieval Quay, Coastal