Monument record MDO49404 - Post medieval quarry, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton

A post medieval quarry is visible as an earthwork to the northwest of St Mary's Church at Iwerne Courtney or Shroton on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery. The feature is shown as an old quarry on the OS 1st Edition map. A 1947 aerial photograph shows a small rectangular building and trackways on the north side of the quarry, which might be associated. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A post medieval quarry around 90m by 50m in size is visible as an earthwork to the northwest of St Mary's Church at Iwerne Courtney or Shroton on 1940s aerial photographs and Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1947) (EA 2018). The feature is shown as an old quarry on the OS 1st Epoch 25 inch map (OS c1880). A 1947 aerial photograph shows a small rectangular building and trackways on the north side of the quarry, which might be associated (RAF 1947). The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

The building is no longer extant on current APGB imagery (Next Persepctives 2021). The quarry and some of the trackways are still visible on lidar imagery (EA 2018).

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1 (Map). SDO10239.

Next Perspectives, 21-AUG-2021, Next Perspectives 12.5cm APGB imagery 2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21485.

Royal Air Force, 23-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1944 FS 2326 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21484.

Environment Agency, xx-xxx-2018, Environment Agency National Lidar Programme DTM 1M (Aerial Photograph). SDO21483.

Record last edited

Nov 18 2025 8:26AM