Portland 1- Tout Quarry Sculpture Park

A killer walk deserves a killer view....

The Isle of Portland is unique...part of Dorset but not of Dorset. Rugged and treeless and until the late eighteenth century joined to the mainland by just a ferry.
You love it or hate it.
The most rewarding way to find Tout Quarry requires a short, stiff climb upwards along the coast path from the hamlet of Chiswell. The stunning views alone would make the trip worth the puffing, blowing and strain on the pacemaker; but in 1985 someone had the elegantly simple idea of turning sculptors and their imaginations loose with chisels on the tumbled stone. 
The result is the best sort of art; the kind you discover almost by accident. Unusually for conteporary art, it even has a smattering of wit. Anthony Gormley has made a contribution and maybe you could if you apply for one of  sculpture courses that take place in the quarry
www.learningstone.org

I think this is Mr Gormely's contribution...