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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stanwell Cursus Alternative Name: Heathrow CursusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Surrey Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Staines Nearest Village: Stanwell
Map Ref: TQ053746 Landranger Map Number: 176
Latitude: 51.460591N Longitude: 0.48569W
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 |
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| 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 |
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JohnLindsay visited on 12th Feb 2016 Tried to visit but not at all clear where the terminus of the cursus actually might be.
You get a good view though from the top story of Terminal 5 at Heathrow.
The other end, according to Pevnser is Bigley Wash, but I haven't found that spot either.
It is much written up in Landscape Evolution in the Middle Thames Valley, which isn't the sort of title you would expect to be about Stanwell
Status: Certain
NMR No. LINEAR 191
Extent: 3600mx20m
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.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this cursus - see their entry for Stanwell Cursus, Heathrow, Surrey which gives a brief archaeology & history, saying: "Running roughly north-to-south, this cursus was 2ΒΌ miles long (3600 metres) and comprised of two linear sections from a field in Stanwell up through the western side of Heathrow Airport averaging, curiously, just 24 yards (22m) across."
The cursus is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 932648, which gives co-ordinates of the cursus as TQ 0545 7431 to TQ 0448 7782 and gives details of the excavation.
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