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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Drayton North CursusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Oxfordshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Abingdon Nearest Village: Drayton North
Map Ref: SU492950 Landranger Map Number: 164
Latitude: 51.651647N Longitude: 1.290248W
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 Oxfordshire
Status: Certain
For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 892010 (NMR No. SU 49 SE 83)
Extent: 650mx75m
Terminal type: Unknown
Date: 3610-3380 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.
Update August 2017: This site is also described on The Northern Antiquarian - see their page for Drayton Cursus, Abingdon, Oxfordshire which includes Paul Devereux's Drayton Cursus alignment drawing and a brief archaeology & history.
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922m SSW 193° Drayton North Cursus Cursus (SU490941)
948m SSW 199° Drayton South Cursus Cursus (SU489941)
1.5km N 8° Abingdon Cursus Cursus (SU494965)
1.6km SSW 202° Drayton South Cursus Cursus (SU486935)
4.2km NE 39° Barrow Hills Radley I Timber Circle (SU518983)
4.3km SSE 161° Great Western Park* Ancient Village or Settlement (SU50629091)
5.2km WNW 284° Iron Age and Roman Complex at Frilford Ancient Village or Settlement (SU441962)
7.7km E 83° Dorchester Cursus* Cursus (SU56859595)
7.7km E 85° Dorchester-on-Thames 5 Timber Circle (SU569957)
7.7km E 85° Dorchester-on-Thames 4 Timber Circle (SU569957)
7.7km E 85° Dorchester-on-Thames 6 Timber Circle (SU569958)
8.0km E 88° Dorchester Big Rings* Henge (SU57209537)
8.1km ESE 109° Sinodun Camp* Hillfort (SU5694592434)
8.2km E 87° Dorchester Cursus Cursus (SU57389546)
8.3km E 100° Dyke Hills* Hillfort (SU57389358)
8.5km E 90° Woodhenge (Dorchester) Henge (SU57759513)
8.6km NW 320° Badger's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SP4360201485)
8.9km E 92° Dorchester Cursus Cursus (SU581948)
8.9km ESE 111° Brightwell Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU576919)
9.3km E 79° Mount Farm (Oxfordshire) Timber Circle (SU583968)
9.5km E 86° Dorchester-on-Thames 3 Timber Circle (SU587957)
9.6km E 95° Dorchester; Overy Cursus (SU588943)
10.1km E 97° Dorchester; Overy Cursus (SU593939)
10.4km SSE 149° Blewburton Hill* Hillfort (SU547862)
10.6km SSW 200° Skutchamer Knob Round Barrow(s) (SU4565585038)
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