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Category Archives: Cursus Monuments
Stratford St. Mary Cursus, Suffolk
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – TM 0486 3433 Archaeology & History This short and dead straight cursus monument was first described in John Hedges’ (1981) survey, and later mentioned in Harding & Lee’s (1987) corpus on British henges as … Continue reading
Posted in Cursus Monuments, England (south), Suffolk
Tagged alignments, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, archaeoastronomy, Archaeology, astroarchaeology, astronomy, Bronze Age, cursus, cursus monument, cursuses, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk
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Benson Cursus, Benson, Oxfordshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 624 910 to SU 629 919 Also Known as: Crowmarsh Cursus Archaeology & History Any remains of this once sacred site are now beneath the airport between Benson and Ewelme, a couple of … Continue reading
Potlock Cursus, Findern, Derbyshire
Cursus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SK 314 287 to SK 321 289 Also known as: Findern Cursus Findern-Willington Cursus Potlocks Cursus Twyford Cursus Archaeology & History Destroyed by the usual mixture of intensive farming practices and the self-righteous advance … Continue reading
Posted in Cursus Monuments, Derbyshire
Tagged alignment, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cursus, Derbyshire, Findern, leys, neolithic, Potlock, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Twford, Willington
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Stanwell Cursus, Heathrow, Surrey
Cursus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TQ 0545 7431 to TQ 0448 7782 Also Known as: Heathrow Cursus Archaeology & History Running roughly north-to-south, this cursus was 2¼ miles long (3600 metres) and comprised of two linear sections from a … Continue reading
Posted in Cursus Monuments, England (south), Middlesex
Tagged alignment, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, ceremonial, cursus, cursuses, death, Heathrow, ley-lines, leys, London, Middlesex, neolithic, ritual
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Scorton Cursus, North Yorkshire
Cursus: OS Grid Reference – NZ 239 006 Archaeology & History A huge linear monument that could once be found on the flats just north of the B6271 road running between the villages of Scorton and Brompton-on-Swale, east of the … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cursus Monuments, Yorkshire, North
Tagged alignments, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brompton-on-Swale, Bronze Age, Catterick, Cursus Monuments, earth mysteries, Earthworks, english heritage, ley-lines, leys, neolithic, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, ritual, ritual sites, sacred sites, Scorton, Swaledale
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Springfield Cursus, Chelmsford, Essex
Cursus Monument (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TL 735 084 Also Known as: Springfield Barnes Cursus Archaeology & History The first cursus monument discovered in Essex, archaeologists were fortunate when they came to excavate the site in 1979 as they … Continue reading
Posted in Cursus Monuments, England (south), Essex
Tagged alignments, antiquarian, antiquities, archaeological, Archaeology, Bronze Age, ceremonial, Chelmer, Chelmsford, Cursus Monuments, cursuses, death, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, Essex, heritage, leys, neolithic, prehistoric sites, ritual sites, sacred sites
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