<< Our Photo Pages >> The Lesser Cursus - Cursus in England in Wiltshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Lesser Cursus Alternative Name: Small Cursus; Stonehenge Smaller CursusCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Amesbury Nearest Village: Larkhill
Map Ref: SU10354343
Latitude: 51.190002N Longitude: 1.85328W
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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A cursus some 1200 feet by 180 feet north west from the Great Cursus near Stonehenge. All visible traces appear to have perished.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this site - see their entry for Lesser Cursus, Larkhill, Wiltshire, which shows an aerial view of the site together with a ground plan from 1990, Fergusson's drawings of the Stonehenge Cursus and this Smaller/Lesser Cursus and a brief archaeology & history.
For more detailed information see Pastscape Monument No. 219543, a short extract of which reads: "Neolithic cursus comprising a rectangular enclosure, orientated west-south-west to east-north east, and 400 metres in length and 60 metres wide. The eastern end is open. Air photographs show that it was visible as an earthwork in 1934 but had been levelled by 1954."
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