Stonehenge Cursus
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.Photo: Psychostevouk, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Neolithic cursus monument
- Also known as: “Greater Cursus” and “The Cursus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stonehenge and Stonehenge Avenue.
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 Avenue
Archaeological site
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient avenue on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stonehenge Avenue is situated 2,100 feet south of Stonehenge Cursus.
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 2,600 feet south of Stonehenge Cursus.
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.
Stonehenge Cursus
- Categories: cursus, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Amesbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.18655° or 51° 11′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.82505° or 1° 49′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3W55PF+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 38528246OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=embankmentWikidata ID
Q7619217
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Ukrainian—“Stonehenge Cursus” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Granda Kurso”
- French: “cursus de Stonehenge”
- French: “Cursus”
- Hebrew: “הקרסוס של סטונהנג‘”
- Ukrainian: “Стоунхенджський курсус”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stonehenge paid route and Stonehenge see for free.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Cursus Barrows and Stonehenge Avenue.
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