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<< Text Pages >> Lockington Cursus - Cursus in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

Submitted by EssexMan on Wednesday, 07 April 2010  Page Views: 4490

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lockington Cursus
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.255 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Derby  Nearest Village: Lockington
Map Ref: SK469287  Landranger Map Number: 129
Latitude: 52.853761N  Longitude: 1.304961W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Long Enclosure in Leicestershire

Status: Characteristic
Extent: 100mx18m
Terminal type: Rounded


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Re: Lockington Cursus by ESgt on Friday, 13 November 2015
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This is adjacent the Lockington hoard find site and near Finger Farm; Ref. B. H. Cox, 1971-2, Leicestershire moot-sites: The place-name evidence, University of Leicester. (PDF)
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