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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sonning CursusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.585 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Berkshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Reading Nearest Village: Sonning
Map Ref: SU767759 Landranger Map Number: 175
Latitude: 51.476870N Longitude: 0.896983W
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 Berkshire
Status: Characteristic
NMR No. SU 77 NE 119
Extent: 250mx35m
Terminal type: Square
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) also features a page for this cursus - see their entry for Sonning Cursus, Reading, Berkshire, which gives a brief archaeology & history, quoting from recent archaeological sources, together with a plan of the curus and other ancient remains.
This cursus is also recorded as Pastscape Monument 1231620, the summary of which reads: "A probable cursus at Sonning seen as a cropmark on air photographs. Visible as an incomplete elongated rectangular enclosure aligned roughly east-west, only the eastern terminal appears on air photographs. The extant portion of the monument is circa 200 metres in length and 45 metres across, with a clear entrance gap or causeway midway through the the eastern terminal. The cursus is part of a cluster of prehistoric cropmark sites located northeast of Sonning and east of the River Thames." See their complete record for more details.
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199m W 271° Sonning Cursus Cursus (SU765759)
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9.6km NNE 25° Medmenham Camp* Hillfort (SU80698467)
9.8km WNW 302° Castle Grove Camp Hillfort (SU6832580996)
9.8km WNW 302° Wyfold Castle* Hillfort (SU68328099)
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12.7km WNW 282° Bozedown Camp* Hillfort (SU6419578403)
12.8km SE 138° Woodenhill Plantation Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SU85496656)
13.0km WSW 244° Burghfield Cursus Cursus (SU65137000)
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