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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Biggleswade CursusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.629 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Bedfordshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Biggleswade Nearest Village: Biggleswade
Map Ref: TL197466 Landranger Map Number: 153
Latitude: 52.104789N Longitude: 0.253703W
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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JohnLindsay visited on 2nd Apr 2016 Took the train from Biggleswade to Sandy but couldn't see anything obvious except the landscape from the window.
The excavation is written up in Beds Arch. 26 along with map showing a collection of cursuses along the river. Seem to remember that 26 has not yet been digitised, all the earlier ones have.
There comes a point where quantity turns into quality and a collection of cursuses needs a name.
Status: Characteristic
NMR No. TL 14 NE 40
Extent: 380mx75m
Terminal type: Square
750m long according to brief report on Bedfordshire CC website
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.
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