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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lechlade CursusCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 4.54 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gloucestershire Type: Cursus
Map Ref: SP21240048
Latitude: 51.702664N Longitude: 1.694047W
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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Cursus in Gloucestershire
Neolithic cursus at Lechlade, first revealed as a cropmark on air photographs.
For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 332220, the summary of which reads: "A Neolithic cursus at Lechlade, first revealed as a cropmark on air photographs in 1943. Aligned roughly northwest-southeast, it is visible for at least 205 metres, the southern end being obscured by the town of Lechlade. The northern terminal appears incomplete, with a gap towards the northwest corner. A cropamark ring ditch (SP 20 SW 171) is visible within the northeastern corner. Trial excavations in 1965 across the long western side ditch showed it to be round bottomed and up to 5 feet deep. In two of the three trenches, a single posthole was found on the inside of the ditch. Further excavtion in 1985 in advance of housing development showed the ditches to be 50 metres apart and up to 0.7 metres deep. One ditch showed evidence of recutting, while the ditch fills suggested the former presence of internal banks. Several sherds of Grooved Ware were found in secondary ditch fills. A circular post-built structure excavated within the cursus is almost certainly of Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age date."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this cursus - see their entry for Lechlade Cursus, Gloucestershire, which quotes from Devereux's 1989 early assessment of this enigmatic cursus.
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