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<< Text Pages >> Sonning Cursus - Cursus in England in Berkshire

Submitted by EssexMan on Wednesday, 07 April 2010  Page Views: 3294

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sonning Cursus
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.826 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Berkshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Reading  Nearest Village: Sonning
Map Ref: SU765759  Landranger Map Number: 175
Latitude: 51.476897N  Longitude: 0.899862W
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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Minor Cursus in Berkshire

Status: Characteristic
NMR No. SU 77 NE 119
Extent: 250mx35m
Terminal type: Square

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.

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this cursus - see their entry for Sonning Cursus, Reading, Berkshire, which gives a brief archaeology & history, quoting from recent archaeological sources, together with a plan of the curus and other ancient remains.

This cursus is also recorded as Pastscape Monument 1231620, the summary of which reads: "A probable cursus at Sonning seen as a cropmark on air photographs. Visible as an incomplete elongated rectangular enclosure aligned roughly east-west, only the eastern terminal appears on air photographs. The extant portion of the monument is circa 200 metres in length and 45 metres across, with a clear entrance gap or causeway midway through the the eastern terminal. The cursus is part of a cluster of prehistoric cropmark sites located northeast of Sonning and east of the River Thames." See their complete record for more details.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SU7676 : Farmland, Sonning by Andrew Smith
by Andrew Smith
©2008(licence)
SU7675 : Farmland, Sonning by Andrew Smith
by Andrew Smith
©2008(licence)
SU7676 : Flooded fields at Sonning Farm by Simon Mortimer
by Simon Mortimer
©2013(licence)
SU7675 : Farm road, Sonning by Andrew Smith
by Andrew Smith
©2008(licence)
SU7676 : Sonning Farm Trail by norman griffin
by norman griffin
©2017(licence)

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 199m E 91° Sonning Cursus Cursus (SU767759)
 5.1km SSW 211° Whiteknights Stones* Modern Stone Circle etc (SU739715)
 5.4km W 261° St. Anne's Well (Caversham)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU712750)
 5.4km WSW 245° Reading Museum* Museum (SU716735)
 5.7km NNE 16° Mont de la Ville* Passage Grave (SU77968140)
 5.7km NE 38° Rebecca's Well (Crazies Hill)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU7993080487)
 8.5km SW 227° Reading Cursus* Cursus (SU70307005)
 8.8km WSW 237° Anslow's Cottages Trackway Ancient Trackway (SU6923470984)
 9.6km WNW 303° Castle Grove Camp Hillfort (SU6832580996)
 9.6km WNW 303° Wyfold Castle* Hillfort (SU68328099)
 9.6km ENE 62° Maidenhead Thicket Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU850805)
 9.7km NNE 26° Medmenham Camp* Hillfort (SU80698467)
 10.0km NNE 33° Danesfield Camp* Hillfort (SU81768440)
 10.1km ENE 60° Robin Hood's Arbour* Ancient Village or Settlement (SU85188108)
 11.0km NW 319° Stoke Row Puddingstone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SU6910684123)
 11.3km NE 38° Low Grounds Farm Barrow Cemetery (SU834849)
 11.6km SSE 167° Warren Lodge Barrows* Round Barrow(s) (SU7925664643)
 11.6km ESE 117° The Quelm Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SU870708)
 11.9km NE 45° Princess Elizabeth's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU848844)
 12.5km WNW 282° Bozedown Camp* Hillfort (SU6419578403)
 12.6km NNW 331° Nettlebed Puddingstones* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SU7018186797)
 12.8km SE 127° Bill Hill (Berkshire)* Round Barrow(s) (SU868683)
 12.8km WSW 243° Burghfield Cursus Cursus (SU65137000)
 12.9km ESE 104° Holyport Modern Stone Circle Modern Stone Circle etc (SU8908672865)
 12.9km SE 137° Woodenhill Plantation Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SU85496656)
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