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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Drayton South CursusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.949 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Oxfordshire Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Abingdon Nearest Village: Drayton South
Map Ref: SU486935 Landranger Map Number: 164
Latitude: 51.638213N Longitude: 1.299128W
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: 750mx70m
Terminal type: Square
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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670m NNE 27° Drayton South Cursus Cursus (SU489941)
720m NE 34° Drayton North Cursus Cursus (SU490941)
1.6km NNE 22° Drayton North Cursus Cursus (SU492950)
3.1km NNE 15° Abingdon Cursus Cursus (SU494965)
3.3km SE 143° Great Western Park* Ancient Village or Settlement (SU50629091)
5.2km WNW 302° Iron Age and Roman Complex at Frilford Ancient Village or Settlement (SU441962)
5.8km NE 34° Barrow Hills Radley I Timber Circle (SU518983)
8.4km E 98° Sinodun Camp* Hillfort (SU5694592434)
8.6km ENE 76° Dorchester-on-Thames 4 Timber Circle (SU569957)
8.6km ENE 76° Dorchester-on-Thames 5 Timber Circle (SU569957)
8.6km ENE 74° Dorchester Cursus* Cursus (SU56859595)
8.6km ENE 75° Dorchester-on-Thames 6 Timber Circle (SU569958)
8.8km E 90° Dyke Hills* Hillfort (SU57389358)
8.8km ENE 78° Dorchester Big Rings* Henge (SU57209537)
9.0km SSW 200° Skutchamer Knob Round Barrow(s) (SU4565585038)
9.0km ENE 78° Dorchester Cursus Cursus (SU57389546)
9.1km E 101° Brightwell Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SU576919)
9.3km E 80° Woodhenge (Dorchester) Henge (SU57759513)
9.4km NNW 329° Badger's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SP4360201485)
9.5km SE 141° Blewburton Hill* Hillfort (SU547862)
9.5km SSE 158° Churn Knob* Round Barrow(s) (SU522847)
9.6km E 83° Dorchester Cursus Cursus (SU581948)
9.7km SSE 168° Churn Farm West* Round Barrow(s) (SU5070483990)
9.8km SSW 210° Grim's Ditch 2 (Oxfordshire) Misc. Earthwork (SU43768499)
10.2km E 86° Dorchester; Overy Cursus (SU588943)
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