Monument record MDO49405 - Possible post medieval chalk pits, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton

A group of three extractive pits, possibly post medieval chalk pits, are visible as earthworks to the southwest of St Mary's Church, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton, on Environment Agency lidar imagery. The features were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

A group of three possible extractive pits, possibly post medieval chalk pits, are visible as earthworks to the southwest of St Mary's Church, Iwerne Courtney or Shroton, on Environment Agency lidar imagery (EA 2018). The central and largest of the features is depicted on the OS 1st Epoch 25 inch map (OS c1880), all three on the OS Epoch 2a map (OS 1962). The features are located on the west side of linear earthworks that might form part of a later prehistoric cross dyke. They were digitally plotted during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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

Ordnance Survey, xx-xxx-1962, Ordnance Survey Epoch2a_10k (Map). SDO21486.

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

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Nov 18 2025 8:27AM