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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Crowmarsh CursusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.88 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Oxfordshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Wallingford Nearest Village: Crowmarsh
Map Ref: SU60988560 Landranger Map Number: 175
Latitude: 51.565987N Longitude: 1.121628W
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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Cruciform Long Enclosure in Oxfordshire
Status: Certain
NMR No. SU 68 NW 40
Extent: 240mx20m
Terminal type: Bank barow
Date: 3540-3340 cal BC 83% confidence (BM-1405) for antler from primary ditch fill
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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22m SSE 154° Crowmarsh Complex Barrow Cemetery (SU60998558)
302m NE 35° Crowmarsh Cursus Cursus (SU61158585)
2.9km SSW 212° Moulsford Cursus Cursus (SU59498312)
4.1km SW 226° Lingley Knoll Misc. Earthwork (SU58048274)
4.1km SW 227° Lingley Knob Round Barrow(s) (SU57978276)
4.3km WNW 303° Cholsey Hill Camp* Hillfort (SU5735387927)
4.7km ENE 69° Grim's Ditch (Ridgeway, Bachelor's Hill)* Misc. Earthwork (SU6530787336)
5.6km NNE 15° Benson Cursus Cursus (SU624910)
5.8km S 184° Goring Cursus Cursus (SU606798)
5.9km S 186° Goring Enclosure Causewayed Enclosure (SU604797)
6.3km W 276° Blewburton Hill* Hillfort (SU547862)
6.6km NNE 18° Benson Cursus Cursus (SU629919)
6.9km N 354° Shillingford Cursus Cursus (SU602925)
7.1km N 354° Warborough Cursus Cursus (SU60119260)
7.1km NNW 333° Brightwell Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU576919)
7.3km N 351° Shillingford Cursus Cursus (SU598928)
7.7km WSW 245° Lowbury Hill Camp Ancient Temple (SU5400082250)
7.9km SSE 157° Bozedown Camp* Hillfort (SU6419578403)
7.9km NNW 330° Sinodun Camp* Hillfort (SU5694592434)
8.2km E 101° Stoke Row Puddingstone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SU6910684123)
8.3km NE 46° Swyncombe Downs Earthwork Misc. Earthwork (SU66889152)
8.5km N 349° Dorchester; Overy Cursus (SU593939)
8.6km ESE 123° Wyfold Castle* Hillfort (SU68328099)
8.7km ESE 123° Castle Grove Camp Hillfort (SU6832580996)
8.7km NNW 336° Dyke Hills* Hillfort (SU57389358)
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