Cursus Longbarrow

Long Barrow
Destroyed
SU137431

Also known as:

Amesbury 42

Nearest town:

Amesbury (2km ESE)

OS reference:

SU137431

OS sheet:

184

Latitude:

51° 11' 11.03 N

Longitude:

1° 48' 14.23 W

Added to TMA by

jimit

Images (8)
Fieldnotes (1)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Cursus Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by thesweetcheat

The site of the Cursus long barrow, looking south towards Old King Barrows.

Image credit: A. Brookes (25.11.2017)

thesweetcheat Jan 2, 2018

Image of Cursus Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by Chance

English Heritage’s artistic interpretation

Image credit: English Heritage

Chance Jan 6, 2013

Image of Cursus Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by jimit

Possible posthole.

Image credit: Jimit Sept 08

jimit Sep 7, 2008

Image of Cursus Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by jimit

Looking south showing the progressive infilling of the ditch in the section.

Image credit: Jimit Sept 08

jimit Sep 7, 2008

Image of Cursus Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by jimit

E. Ditch of longbarrow with possible posthole at top left.

Image credit: Jimit Sept 08

jimit Sep 7, 2008

Image of Cursus Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by jimit

Possible posthole.

Image credit: Jimit Sept 09

jimit Sep 7, 2008

Image of Cursus Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by jimit

Possible postholes at top and extreme bottom.

Image credit: Jimit Sept 09

jimit Sep 7, 2008

Image of Cursus Longbarrow (Long Barrow) by jimit

General view of excavation showing 4 possible postholes.

Image credit: Jimit Sept 09

jimit Sep 7, 2008

Articles

Cursus Longbarrow

Long Barrow

jimit Sep 7, 2008

Tests are being done to find out whether it predates the Cursus the east end of which is just behind the trees. After the excavation the barrow will be invisible as it has been completely flattened and a road built over it!

Cursus Longbarrow

Long Barrow

Chance Sep 21, 2012

Details of Long Barrow on Pastscape

Amesbury 42

A Neolithic long barrow survives as very slight earthworks which have been ploughed nearly level. It is located 20m east of the eastern end of the Stonehenge Cursus (Monument Number 219546) and comprises a linear bank that extends roughly north / south for circa 70m and is flanked by a ditch to either side. The bank measures 20m wide and the ditches circa 11m wide. Excavation by Thurnam in 1866 found only secondary interments: the skeletons of two infants and a crouched adult inhumation, as well as animal bones including an ox skull. The barrow was listed as Amesbury 42 by Goddard (1913) and as a long barrow by Grinsell (1957). Sample excavation was undertaken in the 1980s as part of the Stonehenge Environs Project (Richards 1990). Finds included in situ knapping debris in the flanking ditch, plus potsherds representing Beakers, Collared Urns and Late Bronze Age vessels, as well as a quantity of Roman-British sherds. Animal bones also came from ditch fills associated with Bronze Age and Roman pottery. The surviving earthworks were surveyed by English Heritage as part of the Stonehenge WHS Landscape Project.

Sites within 20km of Cursus Longbarrow

Old King Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 0.36km SW

24

3
Strangways Group

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 0.6km NNW

1

1
The Avenue

Ancient Trackway • 0.63km SSW

18

2

1
Cuckoo Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 0.92km ENE

20

1

2
New King Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 0.95km SSW

24

4
Gate Ditch

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.11km WSW

3

1
Amesbury Bowl Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 1.25km SSW

5

1

4
Durrington Walls

Henge • 1.39km ENE

38

10

4
Woodhenge

Timber Circle • 1.43km ENE

36

3

10

2
Coneybury Henge (site)

Henge • 1.53km S

1

2
Countess Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 1.56km E

1
Amesbury 11 Bell Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 1.58km SW

6

1
Vespasian’s Camp and Blick Mead

Hillfort • 1.61km SE

17

10

2
Bluestonehenge

Stone Circle • 1.67km SSE

5

2

2

1
Station Stones

Standing Stones • 1.73km WSW

2

1
King Barrow (Coneybury Hill)

Round Barrow(s) • 1.73km S

2

1
Stonehenge

Stone Circle • 1.76km WSW

240

2

180

138

29
Altar Stone

Oath Stone • 1.76km WSW

2

1

1

3

1
Stonehenge Cursus Group

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 1.82km WSW

40

6
Stonehenge Car Park Post Holes

1.83km WSW

5

3

7
Larkhill Camp Long barrow

Long Barrow • 1.83km WNW

2

2
Droveway Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 1.98km WSW

1
Oval Twin Disc Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 2.02km WSW

1
Durrington Down Group

Round Barrow(s) • 2.18km W

4

2
Stonehenge Palisade

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.19km WSW

10

2
MOD Durrington

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 2.26km NE

8

2
New Henge (To be named)

Henge • 2.33km WSW

1
Knighton Longbarrow

Long Barrow • 2.37km NW

9

3
Ratfyn Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 2.42km E

3

2
Stonehenge Urn (A303) Barrow Group

Round Barrow(s) • 2.49km WSW

1

1
Fargo Plantation Henge

Henge • 2.51km WSW

1

2
Normanton Gorse Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 2.54km WSW

1
Bulford Longbarrow

Long Barrow • 2.55km ENE

15

3
Monarch of the Plain

Round Barrow(s) • 2.63km WSW

9

2
Sun Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 2.66km SW

1
Normanton Down and Bush Barrow

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 2.76km SW

16

2

4

2
Bush Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 2.76km SW

16

1

6

5
The Stonehenge Cursus

Cursus • 2.8km WSW

50

2

6

1
The Lesser Cursus Henge

Henge • 3.04km W

1
Normanton Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 3.05km SW

1
Normanton Down Neolithic Mortuary Enclosure

3.08km SW

1
Lesser Cursus

Cursus • 3.21km W

1
Boscombe Bowmen

3.35km ESE

1

2

1
Fargo Compound Group

Round Barrow(s) • 3.41km W

1
Amesbury Archer

3.74km ESE

1

3

1
Bulford

Standing Stone / Menhir • 3.79km E

1

2
Wilsford Group

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 3.8km SSW

1
Lake Group Earthwork

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.81km SW

3

2
Amesbury Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 3.83km SE

1
The North Kite Enclosure

Enclosure • 3.93km SW

1
Winterbourne Stoke Group

Round Barrow(s) • 3.94km WSW

22

3

1
Prophet Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 3.97km SW

5

3
Winterbourne Stoke Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 4.01km WSW

2
Lake Group

Round Barrow(s) • 4.02km SW

12

2
Lake Group Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 4.11km SW

1
Lake Down Group

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 4.29km SSW

1
Lake House

Round Barrow(s) • 4.45km S

5

3
Robin Hood’s Ball

Causewayed Enclosure • 4.46km WNW

4

1
Ratfyn Barrow Group

Round Barrow(s) • 4.48km E

1
Winterbourne Stoke Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 4.55km WSW

2

1
Ogbury Camp

Hillfort • 4.82km SSE

2

1
Newton Barrow Group

Round Barrow(s) • 4.98km E

1
Gallows Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 5.25km NNE

4

1

1
Bulford Camp Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 5.44km ENE

1
Winterbourne Stoke East Group

Round Barrow(s) • 5.49km WSW

1

1
Little Down (Great Durnford)

Round Barrow(s) • 5.73km S

1
Milston Down Firs

Long Barrow • 5.98km ENE

5
Sheer Barrow

Long Barrow • 6.01km NNE

1
Winterbourne Stoke West Group

Round Barrow(s) • 6.08km WSW

1

1
Silk Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 6.64km ENE

2
Cowdown Farm

Round Barrow(s) • 6.91km SSW

1
Milston Down Barrow Group

Round Barrow(s) • 7.25km ENE

2
Net Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 7.5km WNW

1
Berwick St James

Standing Stones • 7.6km WSW

7

1

1
Wilbury House

Round Barrow(s) • 8.06km E

2
Devil’s Ditch

Dyke • 8.08km ENE

5

3
Newton Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.26km SSW

2
Milston Down Long Barrows

Long Barrow • 8.46km ENE

18

3
Enford

Round Barrow(s) • 8.62km NNW

3

1

2
Dunch Hill Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.97km NE

8

1
Winterbourne Gunner Group

Round Barrow(s) • 9.1km ESE

1

1
Horse Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 9.18km SE

1
Old Coach Road Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 9.3km NE

2

1
Slay Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 9.45km NW

1
Seven Barrows (Tidworth Camp)

Round Barrow(s) • 9.85km NE

4

1
Laundry Bungalows

Round Barrow(s) • 9.85km E

1
East Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 9.99km WNW

1

1
Silver Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 10.01km W

9

1
Old Sarum

Hillfort • 10.39km S

31

14

1
Hot Cross Bun

Round Barrow(s) • 10.39km NE

3

1
Ell Barrow

Long Barrow • 10.43km WNW

1
Yarnbury Castle

Hillfort • 10.52km WSW

22

1

1

5

1
Comesdeane Well Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 10.54km NE

3

2
Figsbury Ring

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.59km SE

31

1

14
Casterley Camp

Hillfort • 10.62km NNW

2

2
Lidbury Camp

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 10.65km NNE

1
Barrow Field Clumps

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.69km E

2

2
Battery Hill

Long Barrow • 10.7km ESE

1
Ebsbury Hill

Hillfort • 10.77km SW

1

1
Sidbury Hill

Hillfort • 10.8km NE

1

4
Chisenbury Camp

Hillfort • 10.86km N

1
Weather Hill Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 10.99km NE

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White Barrow

Long Barrow • 11.01km W

9

3
Grovely Castle

Hillfort • 11.47km SW

2

2
Weather Hill

Henge • 11.72km NE

5

3

1
Fussell’s Lodge

Long Barrow • 11.93km SE

4

2
Old Ditch Longbarrow

Long Barrow • 11.95km W

19

3
Easton Down

Ancient Mine / Quarry • 12.13km ESE

2
Snail Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.16km NE

2

1

4
Martin’s Clump

Long Barrow • 12.2km E

2
Martin’s Clump Mine

Ancient Mine / Quarry • 12.24km E

1
Tilshead Lodge Longbarrow

Long Barrow • 12.37km W

9

4
Grant’s Firs Group

Round Barrow(s) • 12.41km NNE

1
Cow Down (Tidworth)

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 12.43km NE

1

2
Quarley Hill

Hillfort • 12.58km E

2

3
East Castle

Enclosure • 12.7km WSW

3

1
Southly Bridge Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 12.88km NE

3

2
Pickpit Hill Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 12.91km ENE

1

1
Broadbury Banks

Hillfort • 13.2km NW

2
Windmill Hill (Ludgershall)

13.43km NE

2

1
Ludgershall 2

Round Barrow(s) • 13.43km NE

5

2
King Ina Earthworks (Eastern section)

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.49km NE

2

1
Ludgershall 1

Round Barrow(s) • 13.51km NE

5

2
Suddern

Long Barrow • 13.73km E

1
Cobhill Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 13.76km ESE

2
Everleigh Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 13.78km NNE

11

1

3
Summer Down

Round Barrow(s) • 13.93km NE

14

3
Down Farm Group

Round Barrow(s) • 14.41km NNE

2

3
Bilbury Rings

Hillfort • 14.41km WSW

1
Pheasant Hotel

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 14.44km ESE

1
Kill Barrow

Long Barrow • 14.46km W

1
Church End Ring

Enclosure • 14.68km WSW

1
Rowbarrow (Salisbury)

Round Barrow(s) • 14.74km SSE

1
Ashleys Copse

Hillfort • 14.74km ESE

1

1
Hanging Langford Camp

Enclosure • 14.83km WSW

1

1
Oldhat Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 15.21km NNE

12

1

1
Codford Circle

Enclosure • 15.67km WSW

1

2
Marden Henge (and Hatfield Barrow)

Henge • 15.8km NW

7

3

23

3
Giant’s Grave (Milton Hill)

Long Barrow • 16.01km NNE

15

3
Godsbury

Enclosure • 16.68km NNE

3

2
Woodborough Holed Stone

Holed Stone • 16.94km NNW

3

3
Pewsey

Standing Stones • 17.25km N

6

3
Sherrington Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 17.31km WSW

4

1

3
Swanborough Tump

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.39km NNW

3

1

6
Pewsey Church

Standing Stones • 17.5km N

7

1
Wick Ball Camp

Hillfort • 17.58km SW

1
Castle Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 17.62km W

1
Knook Castle

Hillfort • 17.66km W

1
Easton Clump

Round Barrow(s) • 17.75km NNE

2

1
The Hanging Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.79km NNW

3

3
Weyhill

Round Barrow(s) • 17.91km ENE

2
Picked Hill

Sacred Hill • 18.03km NNW

8

5
Fairmile Down

Long Barrow • 18.04km NE

19

2
Sherrington Motte

Artificial Mound • 18.07km WSW

2

1
Knook Barrows

Long Barrow • 18.08km W

2
Upton Great Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 18.16km WSW

1

3
Mount Pleasant (Sherrington)

Round Barrow(s) • 18.32km WSW

5

1
Whiteshoot Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.42km ESE

1

1
The Turret

Round Barrow(s) • 18.54km ESE

1

1
Grafton Disc Barrows

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.7km NE

5

2
Clearbury Ring

Hillfort • 18.85km SSE

1
Ridgeway (Southernmost Remains)

Ancient Trackway • 18.89km NNW

8

1

1
Boyton Down Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 18.98km WSW

7

1

3
Boyton Down Long Barrow

Long Barrow • 19km WSW

4

2
Danebury North-East long barrow

Long Barrow • 19.11km E

1
Chiselbury

Hillfort • 19.11km SW

12

3
Alton Priors

Christianised Site • 19.2km NNW

12

2

7

1
Brade Wyll

Sacred Well • 19.34km NNW

2

1
Danebury

Hillfort • 19.4km E

28

11

4
Danebury Long Barrows

Long Barrow • 19.4km E

5

2
Golden Barrow (destroyed)

Round Barrow(s) • 19.47km WSW

1

5

2
Imber

Round Barrow(s) • 19.5km W

3

1
Boles Barrow

Long Barrow • 19.86km W

1

1

2

1
Adam’s Grave Fallen Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.98km NNW

3

2