Cursus Barrows
Cursus Barrows is in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. Cursus Barrows is situated nearby to the archaeological site Stonehenge Cursus, as well as near Stonehenge see for free.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stonehenge and Stonehenge Cursus.
Stonehenge
Photo: Oni Lukos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument in a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The WHS is quite large and contains many other structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
Stonehenge Cursus
Archaeological site
Photo: Psychostevouk, Public domain.
The Stonehenge Cursus is a large Neolithic cursus monument on Salisbury plain, near to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. It is roughly 3 kilometres long and between 100 metres and 150 metres wide. Stonehenge Cursus is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Cursus Barrows.
Heel Stone
Stone
Photo: Heikki Immonen, CC BY 3.0.
The Heel Stone is a single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork in Wiltshire, England. Heel Stone is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Cursus Barrows.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cursus Barrows and Stonehenge Landscape.
Cursus Barrows
Locality
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus, in Wiltshire, England.
Stonehenge Landscape
Locality
Photo: Ranger Steve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stonehenge Landscape is a property of The National Trust, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The estate covers 2,100 acres surrounding the Neolithic monument of Stonehenge, which is administered by English Heritage.
Larkhill
Village
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 1+3⁄4 miles west of the centre of Durrington village and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
Cursus Barrows
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- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Amesbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.18444° or 51° 11′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.82981° or 1° 49′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C3W55MC+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
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