An exhibition of photographs, films and stories celebrating this very special area of Portland.
Portland was once an agricultural landscape with large areas of open grassland and multiple small strip fields used for growing crops and grazing sheep. The land between Southwell and Portland Bill is now the only area of the island largely untouched by quarrying and where the original land surface remains. Here, you will find the still visible remains of medieval strip farming systems, (known on Portland as lawnsheds), a Mesolithic settlement site, and an incredible diversity of plant and wildlife relating to its particular geology and coastal location.
