<< Text Pages >> Catholme 02 - Henge in England in Staffordshire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Catholme 02
Country: England County: Staffordshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Alrewas
Map Ref: SK19431670
Latitude: 52.747575N  Longitude: 1.7136W
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
 Destroyed 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
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 194m ESE 102° Catholme 01* Timber Circle (SK19621666)
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 2.3km SSW 203° National Memorial Arboretum* Henge (SK18531459)
 2.5km SW 224° Alrewas and Fradley Cursus Cursus (SK177149)
 2.5km SW 224° Alrewas Cursus* Cursus (SK177149)
 4.7km WSW 240° Alrewas Causewayed Enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SK15351436)
 5.0km SSE 157° Stone in Croxall Churchyard* Marker Stone (SK2140512127)
 5.8km NNE 12° Holy Well (Tatenhill)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK20572236)
 6.8km N 359° Wishing Well (nr Tatenhill) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK19272346)
 7.9km W 263° King's Bromley Cursus Cursus (SK116157)
 8.3km NE 44° St Andrew's Well (Burton on Trent)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK25212266)
 9.6km SW 229° St Chad's Well (Lichfield)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK122103)
 10.9km W 271° Mavesyn Ridware* Causewayed Enclosure (SK0853816800)
 11.0km W 275° Hill Ridware* Cursus (SK08471759)
 11.0km W 275° Mavesyn Ridware Cursus Cursus (SK08471759)
 11.7km NNE 21° St Mary (Rolleston on Dove)* Ancient Cross (SK23542771)
 12.5km E 89° Blackfordby Spring* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK3217)
 13.0km S 175° St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK207038)
 13.1km W 276° Cawarden Spring Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK064181)
 13.7km E 84° Blackfordby Spring* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK331182)
 13.9km SW 224° Wall Roman sites (Letocetum)* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK0977506660)
 14.3km NE 44° St Ann's Well (Repton)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK29442699)
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Re: Catholme 02 by Anonymous on Saturday, 03 March 2018
No mention of the Iron Age Hill fort across the river at Borough Hill, Catton. I was born in a cottage next to the hill fort and have always known that this area was somehow special, it''s a feeling, something ancient and primal, a thing that calls you back. The wood called by locals "the dumps" adjacent to the hill fort, where a stream runs, is an ancient and magical place.
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Re: Catholme 02 by drolaf on Saturday, 10 June 2017
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Catholme 2 is the 'sunburst' monument at 52.747853 -1.713233

It is 120m east of the cursus (3000+BC). Ring ditch with posts, and 12 ‘rays’ of posts up to 5 posts. The radial pits were dug first, then the central ring ditch and bank added later, 2500BC.



Info from Where Rivers Meet Simon Buteux and Henry Chapman 2009
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Re: Catholme 02 by Anonymous on Wednesday, 03 June 2009
Good info here: http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba105/feat1.shtml

Seems like a fantastic ritual landscape . . .
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Re: Catholme 02 by Anonymous on Thursday, 19 February 2009
Wow - a massive and sacred timber henge right on my doorstep ! Fantastic ! I am currently trying to get English Heritage to perform a 'Woodhenge' type recreation of this site with visitor access and postholes clearly marked - I am gagging to look at the alignments and to sit within it.
Is anyone else interested in making this site into the focus of attention it once was?
The monuments are clearly very important and must have been a huge draw for our ancestors from many miles around. They are still calling me to them and there is now nothing to see !! That's power for you . . .

Let's do something to protect and restore them . . .
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Re: Catholme 02 by Andy B on Monday, 16 February 2009
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From British Archaeology March/April 2009:

Nearby Catholme 01 was a unique timber monument archaeologists are calling the Sunburst, with 12 lines of pits radiating out from a circular ditch. This was 60m across, and may have had a grave at its centre (bone did not survive). These timber monuments date to about 2500BC. Nearby was a ritual earthwork known as a cursus, built 1,000 years earlier.

I am not sure if this is what we have listed as "Catholme 01" or "Catholme 02", hopefully someone will let us know.
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