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<< Text Pages >> Gussage St Michael Cursus - Cursus in England in Dorset

Submitted by EssexMan on Wednesday, 07 April 2010  Page Views: 4034

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gussage St Michael Cursus
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Shaftesbury  Nearest Village: Gussage St Michael
Map Ref: ST969124  Landranger Map Number: 195
Latitude: 50.911058N  Longitude: 2.045464W
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
5 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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Mega Cursus in Dorset

Status: Certain
NMR No. LINEAR 41
Extent: 5640mx106m
Terminal type: Square/Angled
Date: 3360-3030 cal BC 91% confidence

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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST9612 : Flat landscape from Thickthorn Down by David Smith
by David Smith
©2014(licence)
ST9712 : Long Barrow, Thickthorn Down by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
©2011(licence)
ST9712 : Long Barrow, Thickthorn Down by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
©2011(licence)
ST9712 : Stile and Gate, Thickthorn Down by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
by Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
©2011(licence)
ST9612 : Dorset cursus southwestern terminal by Jim Champion
by Jim Champion
©2005(licence)

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 141m SE 135° Thickthorn Down (North)* Long Barrow (ST970123)
 282m SE 135° Thickthorn Round Barrows* Round Barrow(s) (ST971122)
 282m SE 135° Thickthorn Down (South)* Long Barrow (ST971122)
 538m NNE 22° Ogden Down 3 Timber Circle (ST971129)
 859m NW 324° Thickthorn Farm Long Barrow (ST964131)
 1.6km SE 130° Parsonage Hill* Long Barrow (ST98131137)
 1.9km WNW 282° Chettle House* Long Barrow (ST9506612803)
 2.4km ENE 73° Gussage South-East Long Barrow (ST992131)
 2.6km NE 53° Gussage Hill Ancient Village or Settlement (ST990140)
 2.8km ENE 64° Gussage Down (South)* Long Barrow (ST994136)
 2.8km ENE 60° Gussage Down (North)* Long Barrow (ST993138)
 3.4km WNW 289° Chettle Long Barrow* Long Barrow (ST937135)
 4.6km ENE 74° Monkton-up-Wimborne Late Neolithic pit circle/shaft complex* Misc. Earthwork (SU01311367)
 4.7km NE 52° Wyke Down henge* Henge (SU006153)
 4.9km NE 55° Wyke Down barrows* Round Barrow(s) (SU009152)
 5.0km NW 309° Caesar's Camp (Dorset)* Hillfort (ST930156)
 5.0km ENE 63° Drive Plantation* Long Barrow (SU014147)
 5.5km N 3° Scrubbity Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (ST97201789)
 5.5km WSW 250° Pimperne Long Barrow* Long Barrow (ST917105)
 5.6km NE 55° Gussage St Michael Cursus Cursus (SU015156)
 5.6km NE 55° Pentridge Cursus Cursus (SU015156)
 5.9km ESE 111° Knowlton Rings* Henge (SU02381028)
 5.9km NE 49° Bottlebush Down barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU01381625)
 6.0km ESE 111° Knowlton Great Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU02541027)
 6.0km ESE 114° Knowlton Great Circle* Henge (SU024099)
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