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Inscribed Across the Landscape: The Cursus Monuments of Great Britain

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Heathrow - Cursus in England in Surrey

Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 18 February 2005  Page Views: 17727

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Heathrow Alternative Name: Stanwell Cursus
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.163 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Surrey Type: Cursus

Map Ref: TQ050757
Latitude: 51.470534N  Longitude: 0.48968W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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1 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Heathrow - The staff standing on a reconstruction of the Stanwell Cursus
Heathrow - The staff standing on a reconstruction of the Stanwell Cursus submitted by Andy B : Heathrow Terminal 5 excavations. Copyright Framework Archaeology (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cursus in Surrey

Unique archaeological discoveries at the T5 construction site have helped shed light on more than 8,000 years of human history. Teams of experts from Framework Archaeology spent 15 months digging the 250-acre site, the largest-ever single such excavation in the UK, and finished this month.

Among their findings are more than 80,000 artefacts dating back as far as the Mesolithic era 6,000 years ago – including 18,000 pieces of pottery, 40,000 pieces of flint and a 2,500-year-old wooden bowl, the only one from this period found in the UK.

But among the most significant discoveries were field boundaries that suggest individually owned farms sprang up around 2000BC – some 500 years earlier than previously believed.

Another important find was the Stanwell Cursus, a 4km-long, 20mwide raised pathway and the UK’s second-largest, which cuts across the T5 site and dates from 3800BC.

Fascinating evidence charting the changing landscape around Heathrow has also been found – from the heavy forests of Stone Age hunter-gatherers, cultivated fields from the Bronze Age to a small village from the Iron Age and Roman era. Mysteriously, the settlement then died out, but another reappears in the mid-12th century.

"The T5 dig was much more self-contained than usual," said Framework Archaeology’s Tony Trueman. "Normally you dig something up, take it away and analyse it elsewhere at a later date. At T5 though, we were excavating, cleaning the finds and analysing them on site, which meant we were able to interpret the evidence as we went and so guide the whole operation. For a long excavation like this, that was extremely useful."

From an article in the T5 Inform magazine, Autumn 2003 edition.
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Heathrow - Working shot concorde in background
Heathrow - Working shot concorde in background submitted by Andy B : Heathrow Terminal 5 excavations. Copyright Framework Archaeology (Vote or comment on this photo)

Heathrow
Heathrow submitted by Andy B : Yes, it's a cuddly cursus! Part of the brilliant display by SPARCS (Spelthorne branch of the Young Archaeologists Club) at the Community Centre, Thames Street (next to Debenham's), Chertsey until the end of May 2005. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Heathrow - A view showing the huge extent of the site
Heathrow - A view showing the huge extent of the site submitted by Andy B : Heathrow Terminal 5 excavations. Copyright Framework Archaeology (Vote or comment on this photo)

Heathrow - Log ladder LBA water hole
Heathrow - Log ladder LBA water hole submitted by Andy B (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Heathrow - T5 plane
Heathrow - T5 plane submitted by Andy B (1 comment)

Heathrow - Very rare example of a Bronze Age wooden bowl  1,100BC
Heathrow - Very rare example of a Bronze Age wooden bowl 1,100BC submitted by Andy B (1 comment)

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Heathrow:Iron Age Roundhouse by coldrum on Wednesday, 17 January 2007
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Heathrow: Iron Age roundhouse

Terminal 5, Heathrow, has been one of the biggest construction projects in the world. Excavations by Framework Archaeology, in advance of the construction works, have uncovered almost 9,000 years of history.

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Re: Heathrow by Andy B on Friday, 18 February 2005
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Reconstruction of the cursus: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/MOLsite/piclib/pages/bigpicture.asp?id=181
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