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Topmast Quarry

Other OS name in the Parish of Langton Matravers

Etymology

( local , SY 995768 ) , the highest of three old cliffside quarries , perhaps so called because it is at about the height of the topmast of a small schooner or other trading vessel ( T.B.A. ) , but more likely simply ' the highest or topmost ' ( R.J.S. ) .