Tag Archives: ritual landscape

Big Rings Henge, Dorchester, Oxfordshire

Posted on June 20, 2011 by megalithix

Henge (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SU 572 953 Archaeology & History Very close to the once impressive Dorchester Cursus, this double-ringed prehistoric monument can no longer be seen thanks to the self-righteous arrogance of modern industrialists who care little … Continue reading →

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Posted in England (south), Henges, Oxfordshire | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cursus, death, Dorchester, Dorchester-on-Thames, english heritage, henge monuments, Henges, neolithic, Oxfordshire, prehistoric sites, ritual landscape, sacred sites | Leave a comment

Sonning Cursus, Reading, Berkshire

Posted on January 8, 2010 by megalithix

Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 7669 7599 Archaeology & History Barely visible nowadays, the site was described by archaeologist Steve Ford (1987) as, “a very convincing cropmark with markedly rectangular end with entrance gap” at its far eastern … Continue reading →

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Posted in Berkshire, Cursus Monuments | Tagged alignments, antiquities, Archaeology, Berkshire, Bronze Age, Charvil, Cursus Monuments, cursuses, Earthworks, leys, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Reading, ritual landscape, River Thames, Sonning, Twyford | Leave a comment

Fimber Cursus, East Yorkshire

Posted on January 3, 2009 by megalithix

Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SE 893 610 Archaeology & History Little else appears to have been written about this site, due no doubt to lack of archaeological investigation and the destructive powers of intense agricultural practices hereby. It … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cursus Monuments, Yorkshire, East | Tagged alignments, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Cursus Monuments, english heritage, Fimber, folklore, Fridaythorpe, leys, neolithic, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, ritual landscape, ritual sites, sacred sites, Wetwang | Leave a comment

Great Skirtful Ring, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on October 9, 2008 by megalithix

Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – SE 1415 4452 Getting Here Follow the directions to reach the Great Skirtful of Stones giant cairn (very worryingly being encroached upon, illegally [it’s a protected monument], by employees of Bradford Council digging tracks into … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, Burley Moor, Burley-in-Wharfedale, earth mysteries, enclosure, english heritage, Hawksworth, Henges, ilkley moor, Iron Age, necropolis, neolithic, ritual landscape, Rombald, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, stone circle, tomb, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Drayton Cursus, Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Posted on October 2, 2008 by megalithix

Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 490 941 – SU 492 950 Archaeology & History This minor cursus monument was etched into the landscape in neolithic times. Found to the south of Abingdon and close to the River Thames, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cursus Monuments, Oxfordshire | Tagged Abingdon, alignments, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, ceremonial, cursus, Drayton, earth mysteries, Earthworks, England, english heritage, leys, neolithic, Oxfordshire, prehistoric sites, ritual landscape, River Thames, sacred sites, Sutton Courtenay | Leave a comment

Dorchester Cursus, Oxfordshire

Posted on October 2, 2008 by megalithix

Cursus: OS Grid Reference – SU 569 958 – SU 581 948 Also Known as: Dorchester-on-Thames Cursus Overy Cursus Archaeology & History Nowadays marked on modern Ordnance Survey maps as part of a ‘Neolithic Sacred Complex,’ this linear monument was … Continue reading →