Thornborough Central Cursus

Cursus
SE285794

Nearest town:

Ripon (8km SE)

OS reference:

SE285794

OS sheet:

99

Latitude:

54° 12' 33.4 N

Longitude:

1° 33' 46.71 W

Added to TMA by

BrigantesNation

Fieldnotes (1)
Miscellaneous (2)
Topics (1)

Articles

Thornborough Central Cursus

Cursus

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CARL Oct 6, 2010

‘Visited’ 24.9.10.
As expected nothing at all to see other than a grass field.

Thornborough Central Cursus

Cursus

Chance Jan 4, 2015

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.

Thornborough Central Cursus

Cursus

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BrigantesNation Aug 4, 2003

This cursus was originally over 1.2 kilometres long and 43 metres wide, its western half has now been destroyed by quarrying.

Topics

Restoring the Thornborough Cursus 8

fitzcoraldo
Sep 2007

Sites within 20km of Thornborough Central Cursus

Thornborough Henge Central

Henge • 0.1km N

34

3

11
Green Lane Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 0.36km SW

1
Centre Hill Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 0.5km ESE

1

2
Southern Henge Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 0.63km SE

2
Three Hills

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 0.7km N

3

1

2
Thornborough Henge South

Henge • 0.72km ESE

17

4
Northern Henge Cursus

Cursus • 0.76km NW

2
Thornborough Henge North

Henge • 0.8km NW

23

8
Rush Wood Post Alignment

Stone Row / Alignment • 0.99km ESE

2

1
Rush Wood Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 1.06km ESE

8

2
East Tanfield Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 1.25km SE

1
Rush Wood Hall Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 1.39km SE

1
Nosterfield Mixed Period Barrow Cemetary

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 1.7km NW

2
Phlashetts Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 2.28km WNW

3

1
Bellflask Stone Row

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.46km SE

1

1

1
Low Sides Bronze Age burial

Cairn(s) • 2.91km WSW

1
Berry Hills Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 3.19km ENE

1
Well

Sacred Well • 3.24km WNW

2

1
Binsoe Artificial Mound

Artificial Mound • 3.42km W

2

1
Stapely Hill Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 4.21km ENE

3

1
Ainderby Quernhow

Cairn(s) • 5.36km ENE

1
Nunwick Henge

Henge • 5.95km ESE

1

2
Pickhill Moated Mound

Artificial Mound • 7.56km NE

3

4
Burtree Hill Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.48km ESE
Burtree Hill Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.56km ESE

1
Moor House Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 8.76km ESE
Gospel Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 8.86km WNW
Ailey Hill

Artificial Mound • 8.88km SE

2
Hutton Moor Henge

Henge • 8.98km ESE

2

3
Blois Hall Round Barrow

9.4km ESE

2
Low Barn Round Barrows

Round Barrow(s) • 9.46km ESE

1
Fearby Standing Stones

Stone Circle • 9.68km W

1

2
Harlands Plantation Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 9.94km ESE
Cowling Lane Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 10.5km NW

3

1
Cana Henge

Henge • 10.72km ESE

2
Great Crakehall Round Barrow

Round Barrow(s) • 10.78km NW

1

1
Fortress Dyke Camp

Plateau Fort • 12.24km WSW

1

2
West Agra

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 14.43km W

15

1

1

1
Pudding Pie Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 15.23km ENE

3

1
Brimham Rocks

Rocky Outcrop • 16.3km SSW

37

2

9

3
The Devil’s Arrows

Standing Stones • 16.66km ESE

98

2

23

3
Riva Hill

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.74km SSW

1
Druid’s Cave Farm

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.8km SSW

3
Yeadon Crag Rock Shelter

Cave / Rock Shelter • 16.82km SW
Graffa Plains

Cairn(s) • 16.83km SSW

1
Diana’s Well

Sacred Well • 16.94km W

2
Braisty Woods Stone

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 17.53km SSW

1
Braithwaite Wood Hillfort

Hillfort • 17.59km W

3

1

1
Hartwith Moor

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.2km SSW

9

1
Flamstone Pin

Cairn(s) • 18.63km W

1
Castle Steads, Coverham

Hillfort • 18.85km W

2

1
Fertility Stone (Dacre)

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 19.81km SSW

2
Catterick Henge

Henge • 19.85km NW

2

1
Guisecliff Wood

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 19.94km SW

2

1

2