<< Text Pages >> Willington - Cursus in England in Bedfordshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: WillingtonCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.705 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Bedfordshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Bedford Nearest Village: Willington
Map Ref: TL112485 Landranger Map Number: 153
Latitude: 52.123637N Longitude: 0.377133W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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JohnLindsay visited on 2nd Apr 2016 Ah, willington shows this entry in cople and cople shows the willington entry, so now perhaps we can join this up? Nothing in BIAB for willington
Status: Discredited
Almost certainly a road
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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499m E 91° Willington Cursus (TL117485)
2.3km NW 311° Willington N/W cursus Cursus (TL094500)
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2.5km WNW 300° Cardington C Cursus Cursus (TL090497)
2.6km WNW 299° Cardington B Cursus Cursus (TL089497)
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7.9km NE 41° Willow Row Barrow* Barrow Cemetery (TL162546)
8.2km W 274° Kempston Cursus Cursus (TL030489)
8.4km ESE 104° Biggleswade Cursus Cursus (TL194467)
8.6km NE 54° Eynesbury Hodwick 2 Long Barrow (TL181537)
8.7km ESE 104° Biggleswade Cursus Cursus (TL197466)
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9.8km SW 217° Houghton Conquest Long Barrow (TL055405)
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12.1km NE 35° Eynesbury Hodwick 1 Long Barrow (TL180585)
12.2km NE 37° Eynesbury Hardwicke B Cursus Cursus (TL184584)
13.1km WNW 294° Holywell (Bedfordshire)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SP9907753646)
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