MenuThe Cursus, Wiltshire
The Cursus is a Neolithic linear earthwork enclosure surrounded by a bank and outer ditch, located around 700yds north of Stonehenge, Wiltshire. It is nearly two miles long and between 330ft - 490ft wide. Excavations have dated the earthwork to around 3500 BC, before the earliest phase of Stonehenge. Over forty cursus monuments are known in England. There is no consensus as to their purpose. It is within the council area of Wiltshire.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1009132.
Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Wiltshire
Lat, Long: 51.18615,-1.8308568
Grid Reference: SU119430
Police Area: Wiltshire
Council Area: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Amesbury CP
Country: England
GBPNID: 304909
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/The_Cursus,_Wiltshire_304909
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Historic England Scheduled Monument 1009132.
Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Wiltshire
Lat, Long: 51.18615,-1.8308568
Grid Reference: SU119430
Police Area: Wiltshire
Council Area: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Amesbury CP
Country: England
GBPNID: 304909
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/The_Cursus,_Wiltshire_304909
Peruse Wiltshire on Wikishire