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Thornborough Central Cursus Cursus No image available Nearest Town: Ripon (8km SSE) OS Ref (GB):     SE285794 / Sheet: 99 Latitude: 54° 12' 33.4" N Longitude:     1° 33' 46.71" W Added by BrigantesNation Fieldnotes (1) Miscellaneous (2) 1 discussion topic Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Thornborough Central Cursus Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Bing Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

- Sites within 20 km - - Thornborough Henge Central (0.1km N) (45 posts) Green Lane Barrow (0.36km SW) (1 post) Centre Hill Barrow (0.5km ESE) (3 posts) Southern Henge Barrow (0.63km SE) (2 posts) Three Hills (0.7km N) (5 posts) Thornborough Henge South (0.72km ESE) (21 posts) Northern Henge Cursus (0.76km NW) (2 posts) Thornborough Henge North (0.8km NW) (31 posts) Rush Wood Post Alignment (0.99km ESE) (3 posts) Rush Wood Round Barrow (1.06km ESE) (10 posts) East Tanfield Barrow (1.25km SE) (1 post) Rush Wood Hall Barrow (1.39km SE) (1 post) Nosterfield Mixed Period Barrow Cemetary (1.7km NW) (2 posts) Phlashetts Stone (2.28km WNW) (4 posts) Bellflask Stone Row (2.46km SE) (2 posts) Low Sides Bronze Age burial (2.91km WSW) (1 post) Berry Hills Barrow (3.19km ENE) (1 post) Well (3.24km WNW) (3 posts) Binsoe Artificial Mound (3.42km W) (3 posts) Stapely Hill Round Barrow (4.21km ENE) (4 posts) Ainderby Quernhow (5.36km ENE) (1 post) Nunwick Henge (5.95km ESE) (3 posts) Pickhill Moated Mound (7.56km NE) (7 posts) Burtree Hill Round Barrow (8.48km ESE) (0 posts) Burtree Hill Barrow (8.56km ESE) (1 post) Moor House Round Barrow (8.76km ESE) (0 posts) Gospel Hill (8.86km WNW) (0 posts) Ailey Hill (8.88km SE) (2 posts) Hutton Moor Henge (8.98km ESE) (5 posts) Blois Hall Round Barrow (9.4km ESE) (1 post) Low Barn Round Barrows (9.46km ESE) (1 post) Fearby Standing Stones (9.68km W) (2 posts) Harlands Plantation Barrow (9.94km ESE) (0 posts) Cowling Lane Round Barrow (10.5km NW) (4 posts) Cana Henge (10.72km ESE) (2 posts) Great Crakehall Round Barrow (10.78km NW) (2 posts) Fortress Dyke Camp (12.24km WSW) (3 posts) West Agra (14.43km W) (17 posts) Pudding Pie Hill (15.23km ENE) (4 posts) Brimham Rocks (16.3km SSW) (78 posts) The Devil's Arrows (16.66km ESE) (143 posts) Riva Hill (16.74km SSW) (1 post) Druid's Cave Farm (16.8km SSW) (3 posts) Yeadon Crag Rock Shelter (16.82km SW) (0 posts) Graffa Plains (16.83km SSW) (1 post) Diana's Well (16.94km W) (2 posts) Braisty Woods Stone (17.53km SSW) (1 post) Braithwaite Wood Hillfort (17.59km W) (5 posts) Hartwith Moor (18.2km SSW) (14 posts) Flamstone Pin (18.63km W) (1 post) Castle Steads, Coverham (18.85km W) (3 posts) Fertility Stone (Dacre) (19.81km SSW) (2 posts) Catterick Henge (19.85km NW) (3 posts) Guisecliff Wood (19.94km SW) (4 posts)

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'Visited' 24.9.10. As expected nothing at all to see other than a grass field. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by CARL 6th October 2010ce

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Details of cursus on Pastscape A Neolithic cursus is visible as a cropmark on air photographs. The feature is aligned north-east south-west and is overlain by Thornborough Central henge. The cursus comprises a single ditch which is broken in parts and a rounded end is visible to the south-west. No evidence for a north-eastern terminus is visible on the air photographs. Much of the monument has now been destroyed through sand and gravel extraction. Excavations took place in the 1940s and 1950s. The cursus underlies the central Thornborough henge circle (SE 27 NE 32), and a stone cist containing a crouched inhumation was found approximately on the centre line of the cursus during quarrying. Palaeochannels are visible on air photographs as cropmarks in this area and have been mapped as part of the Thornborough AP Mapping project. It is possible that they may obscure other archaeological features. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Chance 4th January 2015ce

This cursus was originally over 1.2 kilometres long and 43 metres wide, its western half has now been destroyed by quarrying. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by BrigantesNation 4th August 2003ce