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        <issuerName>POPE RESOURCES LTD PARTNERSHIP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>POPE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>DAHL JAMES H</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4314 PABLO OAKS COURT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>JACKSONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>32224</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>DAHL WILLIAM L.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>4314 PABLO OAKS COURT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>JACKSONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
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                <value>Limited Partnership Units</value>
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                    <value>By JHD Traditional IRA</value>
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                    <value>By KMD Trust</value>
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                <value>Limited Partnership Units</value>
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                    <value>WD IRAs</value>
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                <value>Limited Partnership Units</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                    <value>By JHD Trust FBO KWD</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Limited Partnership Units</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                    <value>By JHD Trust FBO JAD</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Units are held by Dahl Family Foundation, Inc., the trustee of which is William L. Dahl. Neither James H. Dahl nor any member of his family has any pecuniary interest in the units held by the Dahl Family Foundation, Inc.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The units were purchased at prices ranging from $91.90 to $92.00 per unit. The reporting persons undertake to provide the Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of units purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this Footnote.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The units were purchased at prices ranging from $94.30 to $94.4099 per unit. The reporting persons undertake to provide the Issuer, any security holder of Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of units purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this Footnote.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Units are held by IRA FBO James H. Dahl, Traditional IRA Account.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Units are held by Kathleen M. Dahl Irrevocable Trust, the trustee of which is James H. Dahl.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Units are held in two IRA accounts as follows: 54,534 units held by IRA FBO James H. Dahl (ROTH Conversion Account) and 134,114 units held by IRA FBO James H. Dahl (ROTH II Jefferies).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Units are owned by the James H. Dahl Irrevocable Trust, 2007, James Schmitt, Trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Units are held by IRA custodial accounts for the benefit of Theresa A. Dahl.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Units are held by in IRA accounts for the benefit of William L. Dahl.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Units are held by James H. Dahl Trust FBO Kathryn Whitten Dahl, the trustee of which is William L. Dahl.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Units are held by James H. Dahl Trust FBO James Andrew Dahl, the trustee of which is William L. Dahl.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Ivan A. Colao, as Attorney-in-Fact for James H. Dahl and William L. Dahl</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-12-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
