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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Findern Cursus Alternative Name: Potlock Cursus; Findern-Willington Cursus; Potlocks Cursus; Twyford CursusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.749 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Derbyshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Derby Nearest Village: Findern
Map Ref: SK319289 Landranger Map Number: 128
Latitude: 52.856653N Longitude: 1.527687W
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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Minor Cursus in Derbyshire
Status: Certain
NMR No. SK 32 NW 81
Extent: 575mx70m
Terminal type: Unknown
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.
This site is featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for Potlock Cursus, Findern, Derbyshire, which gives the grid references of this cursus as being from SK 314 287 to SK 321 289 and uses reference material from 1966 and 1970 to describe it.
The cursus is also recorded on Pastscape Monument No. 1212767, an extract from which reads: "A Neolithic cursus monument is visible as extensive cropmarks on air photographs, centred at SK 3125 2868. The monument is defined by two intermittently visible parallel ditches orientated west-south-west to east-north-east for a total length of approximately 1050m. The most visible length of the cursus consists of two parallel ditches, intermittently visible either through deliberate breaks or later disturbance. The ditches lie between 68m and 72m apart. At the south-western limit of the cursus cropmarks the southern ditch appears to have been recut and possibly reused at a later stage as a double ditched trackway (UID 313154). The cursus may be associated with other cropmark features within two further complexes in the immediate area." Pastscape gives the official NGR as centred on SK 31166 28650.
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537m WSW 249° Findern Cursus Cursus (SK314287)
1.5km ESE 112° Round Hill Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SK33342832)
2.4km SW 223° St Wystan's (Repton)* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SK30292717)
2.6km SE 130° Anchor Church* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK3390827236)
2.7km SW 230° St Thomas' Well (Repton) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK29822713)
3.1km SW 232° St Ann's Well (Repton)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK29442699)
3.8km SE 143° Heath Wood, Ingleby* Artificial Mound (SK34222591)
4.3km SSE 149° Hangman's Stone (Ingleby)* Marker Stone (SK34162524)
4.6km E 83° Swarkestone Lows* Barrow Cemetery (SK365295)
6.2km WNW 290° Etta's Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK2631)
7.1km ESE 112° Kings Newton Holy Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK38572629)
8.0km NNE 24° Derby Museum and Art Gallery* Museum (SK3509236220)
8.4km W 262° St Mary (Rolleston on Dove)* Ancient Cross (SK23542771)
8.6km NNE 22° Little Chester Roman Wells* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK350369)
8.8km NNE 22° Saint Alkmund's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK35173703)
9.1km SW 227° St Andrew's Well (Burton on Trent)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK25212266)
9.3km WNW 289° Hoon mount platformed bowl barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SK23003182)
9.7km E 93° Aston Cursus Cursus (SK416284)
9.8km E 93° Aston Cursus Cursus (SK417285)
9.9km SE 134° Moated Mound at Breedon-on-the-Hill* Artificial Mound (SK3902822009)
10.1km NE 53° Saxon Holy Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK4035)
10.2km SE 142° Staunton Harold's ancient village* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK3822120860)
10.3km ESE 123° St Mary and St Hardulf (Breedon on the Hill)* Ancient Cross (SK4055723335)
10.3km ESE 123° The Bulwarks (Breedon on the Hill)* Hillfort (SK406233)
10.5km NE 49° St Werburgh (Spondon)* Ancient Cross (SK39793592)
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