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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Amesbury Cursus (E)Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Amesbury Nearest Village: Amesbury
Map Ref: SU137432 Landranger Map Number: 184
Latitude: 51.187864N Longitude: 1.805353W
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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Status: Certain
NMR No. SU 14 SW 42
Extent: 2370mx100m
Terminal type: Trapezoidal
Date: 2900-2470 cal BC 95% 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.
For more details, see related sitepage for Great Cursus, Stonehenge.
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412m SSW 194° Old King Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU13604280)
900m S 180° The King Barrows Ridge* Barrow Cemetery (SU137423)
973m E 81° Cuckoo Stone (Wiltshire)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SU1466443353)
1.0km SSW 194° New King Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU13454222)
1.2km WSW 240° The Avenue* Ancient Trackway (SU12694262)
1.3km NNE 18° Larkhill Causewayed Enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SU14084440)
1.3km SSW 205° Amesbury 39 Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU13154204)
1.3km SSE 162° Amesbury 38 Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU14114192)
1.4km E 83° Woodhenge (Wiltshire)* Henge (SU15054338)
1.4km E 86° Durrington 68 Timber Circle (SU151433)
1.4km ENE 67° Durrington Walls* Henge (SU15014375)
1.5km ENE 73° Durrington Walls South Circle* Timber Circle (SU1515043641)
1.6km S 191° Coneybury Henge* Henge (SU134416)
1.6km SW 231° Stonehenge Bowl Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU12424217)
1.7km W 262° Great Cursus, Stonehenge* Cursus (SU12064296)
1.7km SE 136° Blick Mead* Ancient Village or Settlement (SU1487242013)
1.7km SW 236° Heel Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SU1229142244)
1.7km NW 314° Long Barrow alongside The Packway, Larkhill* Long Barrow (SU12474438)
1.7km SSE 149° Vespasian's Camp* Hillfort (SU14594173)
1.8km SW 235° Stonehenge.* Stone Circle (SU1224742194)
1.8km S 185° King Barrow (Amesbury)* Barrow Cemetery (SU13554137)
1.9km WSW 257° Great Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge* Round Barrow(s) (SU11894278)
1.9km WSW 245° Stonehenge Car Park Postholes* Timber Circle (SU120424)
1.9km SSE 165° Bluestonehenge* Stone Circle (SU14204137)
2.3km NNW 337° Knighton Down Long Barrow (SU12784535)
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