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<< Text Pages >> Benson Cursus - Cursus in England in Oxfordshire

Submitted by EssexMan on Wednesday, 07 April 2010  Page Views: 5797

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Benson Cursus Alternative Name: Crowmarsh Cursus
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.9 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Oxfordshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Abingdon  Nearest Village: Benson
Map Ref: SU629919  Landranger Map Number: 164
Latitude: 51.622414N  Longitude: 1.092805W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Major Cursus in Oxfordshire

Status: Characteristic
NMR No. SU 69 SW 58
Extent: 1090mx65m
Terminal type: Square
Certain but unexcavated

Note: This location marks one terminal (end) of a cursus monument. The location of the other terminal can be found in the Nearby Site list below.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SU6392 : Field Barns, Fifield Manor by Des Blenkinsopp
by Des Blenkinsopp
©2011(licence)
SU6291 : Benson and Benson Airfield by M J Richardson
by M J Richardson
©2013(licence)
SU6292 : Ewelme brook by Shaun Ferguson
by Shaun Ferguson
©2008(licence)
SU6292 : Fifield Farmhouse by Stefan Czapski
by Stefan Czapski
©2019(licence)
SU6292 : Signpost by the Ewelme Brook by Des Blenkinsopp
by Des Blenkinsopp
©2020(licence)

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 1.0km SSW 210° Benson Cursus Cursus (SU624910)
 2.8km WNW 283° Shillingford Cursus Cursus (SU602925)
 2.9km WNW 285° Warborough Cursus Cursus (SU60119260)
 3.2km WNW 287° Shillingford Cursus Cursus (SU598928)
 4.0km E 96° Swyncombe Downs Earthwork Misc. Earthwork (SU66889152)
 4.1km WNW 300° Dorchester; Overy Cursus (SU593939)
 4.3km E 95° Swyncombe Earthworks* Misc. Earthwork (SU6722091570)
 4.7km WNW 301° Dorchester; Overy Cursus (SU588943)
 5.2km SSE 153° Grim's Ditch (Ridgeway, Bachelor's Hill)* Misc. Earthwork (SU6530787336)
 5.3km W 271° Brightwell Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU576919)
 5.6km WNW 302° Dorchester Cursus Cursus (SU581948)
 5.7km NW 313° Dorchester-on-Thames 3 Timber Circle (SU587957)
 5.8km WNW 288° Dyke Hills* Hillfort (SU57389358)
 5.9km NNW 332° Drayton St. Leonard Cursus Cursus (SU601971)
 5.9km NNW 334° Drayton St. Leonard Cursus Cursus (SU602972)
 6.0km W 276° Sinodun Camp* Hillfort (SU5694592434)
 6.1km WNW 303° Woodhenge (Dorchester) Henge (SU57759513)
 6.3km SSW 197° Crowmarsh Cursus Cursus (SU61158585)
 6.6km WNW 304° Dorchester Cursus Cursus (SU57389546)
 6.6km SSW 198° Crowmarsh Cursus Cursus (SU60988560)
 6.6km SSW 197° Crowmarsh Complex Barrow Cemetery (SU60998558)
 6.7km WNW 302° Dorchester Big Rings* Henge (SU57209537)
 6.7km NW 318° Mount Farm (Oxfordshire) Timber Circle (SU583968)
 6.8km SW 235° Cholsey Hill Camp* Hillfort (SU5735387927)
 7.1km WNW 303° Dorchester-on-Thames 4 Timber Circle (SU569957)
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Re: Benson Cursus by Anne T on Wednesday, 26 April 2017
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Further information can be found on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) page for the Benson Cursus, Benson, Oxfordshire. They describe the archaeology and history of the area immediately around the cursus together with some plans and a photograph from 1933. TNA also gives the alternative name of 'Crowmarsh Cursus'.
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