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<< Text Pages >> Biggleswade Cursus - Cursus in England in Bedfordshire

Submitted by EssexMan on Wednesday, 07 April 2010  Page Views: 4023

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Biggleswade Cursus
Country: England County: Bedfordshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Biggleswade  Nearest Village: Biggleswade
Map Ref: TL197466  Landranger Map Number: 153
Latitude: 52.104789N  Longitude: 0.253703W
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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JohnLindsay visited on 2nd Apr 2016 Took the train from Biggleswade to Sandy but couldn't see anything obvious except the landscape from the window. The excavation is written up in Beds Arch. 26 along with map showing a collection of cursuses along the river. Seem to remember that 26 has not yet been digitised, all the earlier ones have. There comes a point where quantity turns into quality and a collection of cursuses needs a name.

Minor Cursus in Bedfordshire

Status: Characteristic
NMR No. TL 14 NE 40
Extent: 380mx75m
Terminal type: Square
750m long according to brief report on Bedfordshire CC website

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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TL1946 : Field by d brewerton
by d brewerton
©2007(licence)
TL1946 : Sheep pasture by d brewerton
by d brewerton
©2007(licence)
TL1946 : Furzenhall Road by Philip Jeffrey
by Philip Jeffrey
©2016(licence)
TL1946 : Farmland at Furzenhall, south of Sandy by Christopher Hilton
by Christopher Hilton
©2015(licence)
TL1946 : Furzenhall Farm by d brewerton
by d brewerton
©2007(licence)

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 315m WNW 290° Biggleswade Cursus Cursus (TL194467)
 1.6km NW 322° Sandy Lodge Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (TL187478)
 2.9km NW 326° Caesar's Camp (Bedfordshire)* Hillfort (TL180490)
 7.3km NNW 349° Eynesbury Hodwick 2 Long Barrow (TL181537)
 8.2km WNW 285° Willington Cursus (TL117485)
 8.6km S 184° Etonbury Fort* Hillfort (TL1929637984)
 8.7km WNW 284° Willington Cursus (TL112485)
 8.7km NNW 338° Willow Row Barrow* Barrow Cemetery (TL162546)
 9.7km NNW 332° Roundhill Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (TL1487755016)
 9.8km SE 136° Ashwell Village Museum* Museum (TL2668539684)
 9.9km SE 143° Arbury Banks Barrow/hut circle Round Barrow(s) (TL2584638770)
 10.0km SE 134° Seven Springs (Ashwell)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TL270398)
 10.2km SE 142° Arbury Banks (Hertfordshire)* Hillfort (TL262387)
 10.8km WNW 290° Willington N/W cursus Cursus (TL094500)
 10.9km WNW 290° Cople Cursus Cursus (TL09325000)
 11.0km WNW 288° Cardington E Cursus Cursus (TL091498)
 11.1km WNW 288° Cardington C Cursus Cursus (TL090497)
 11.2km WNW 287° Cardington B Cursus Cursus (TL089497)
 11.3km WNW 288° Cardington E Cursus Cursus (TL089499)
 11.7km N 354° Eynesbury Hardwicke A Cursus Cursus (TL181582)
 11.9km N 355° Eynesbury Hardwicke B Cursus Cursus (TL184584)
 12.0km N 353° Eynesbury Hodwick 1 Long Barrow (TL180585)
 12.4km SE 136° Highley Hill Round Barrow(s) (TL2856637881)
 12.4km WNW 289° Goldington* Timber Circle (TL0784050440)
 12.7km SE 136° Odsey Round Barrow(s) (TL2880337659)
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