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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
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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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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Lesser Cursus, Larkhill, Wiltshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 105 435 Also Known as: Small Cursus Stonehenge Smaller Cursus Archaeology & History Just like its much larger companion, the Stonehenge Cursus earthwork a short distance to the south, this Lesser or Small … Continue reading
Stonehenge Cursus, Wiltshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 1094 4292 to SU 1370 4319 Also Known as: The Cursus The Greater Cursus, Stonehenge Archaeology & History Not far south of the smaller Lesser Cursus monument, this huge linear earthwork was the very … Continue reading
Posted in Cursus Monuments, Wiltshire
Tagged alignments, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, ceremonial, cursus, death, Durrington, earth mysteries, heritage, Larkhill, leys, neolithic, prehistoric sites, religion, ritual monuments, sacred sites, Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge, Wiltshire, Woodhenge
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Thornborough Cursus, North Yorkshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SE 285 794 Archaeology & History In the midst of the great henge monuments at Thornborough — specifically, the central henge — archaeologist Ian Longworth (1965) said there “was built …a still earlier structure … Continue reading