Monument record MDO50540 - Undated enclosure, Ivers Wood, Woolland

Curvilinear banked and ditched earthworks on the southern edge of Ivers Wood, Woolland are visible on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery. The principal features are shown as earthworks on the OS Epoch 1 25 inch map but their nature and origin are uncertain. They could well be later prehistoric in date, perhaps part of an enclosure of some form, but a later date cannot be ruled out without further investigation. The site appears disturbed by possible post medieval chalk extraction (MDO50541). The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

Curvilinear banked and ditched earthworks on the southern edge of Ivers Wood, Woolland are visible on 1940s aerial photographs and current Environment Agency lidar imagery (RAF 1945; RAF 1947; EA 2018). The earthworks appear to form the south and west sides of a partial banked and ditched enclosure, with a smaller sub-rectilinear banked enclosure set into the southeast corner of this. On the east side is a multiple banked and ditched feature that could possibly form part of a boundary feature, trackway, or even possibly a small section of later prehistoric cross dyke. The principal features are shown as earthworks on the OS Epoch 1 25 inch map (OS c1880) but their date and function are not certain. They could well be later prehistoric in date, perhaps part of an enclosure of some form, but a later, perhaps medieval to post medieval date cannot be ruled out without further investigation. The site appears to be disturbed by possible post medieval chalk extraction, including a ditched pit-like feature within the enclosure that might be contemporary with it or alternatively a post medieval chalk pit (MDO50541). The features were digitally recorded during the Mid Dorset Downs AIM project.

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

Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2175 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21717.

Royal Air Force, 27-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA200 FP 1067 (Aerial Photograph). SDO21690.

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

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Feb 16 2026 12:53PM