Monument record MDO44394 - Socket stone situated near the cross roads of the village street 'Shroton Cross', Iwerne Courtney

At the cross roads in the village street, known as 'Shroton Cross', is the socket stone of what was the Village Cross. It is of Ham Hill stone and is very massive, but much worn with indications of convex broaches at the angles. The stump of a shaft, which was fixed in the mortise, was removed about 1856. The socket stone is 0.80m square and 0.55m high, and has a socket 0.35m square and 0.15m deep.

At the cross roads in the village street, known as 'Shroton Cross', is the socket stone of what was the Village Cross. It is of Ham Hill stone and is very massive, but much worn with indications of convex broaches at the angles. The stump of a shaft, which was fixed in the mortise, was removed about 1856. (Pope 1906)

The Medieval socket stone measures 0.80m square and 0.55m high, and has a socket 0.35m square and 0.15m deep. The corners are very worn. It rests upon a base of flat stones, and the absence of steps and its position away from the centre of the road, suggest that it may not be in its original position.

1:2500 Survey revised on AO Model. (Chaplin 1978)

National Record of the Historic Environment, 206072 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XIV.6 Revised: 1900, Published: 1901 (Map). SDO10239.

ST 8590 1289 Cross (NR) (Rems of) (NAT)

Chaplin, C P, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments CPC, F1 CC 11-JAN-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17976.

Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 55 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

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Oct 16 2025 1:51PM