Stonehenge Cursus, Stonehenge

Name: Stonehenge Cursus
Address: Stonehenge, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Stonehenge

Top attraction, Archaeological site

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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. Excavations in 2007 dated the construction of the earthwork to between 3630 and 3375 BCE, several hundred years before the earliest phase of Stonehenge in 3000 BC. The cursus, along with adjacent barrows and the nearby 'Lesser Cursus' are part of the National Trust's Stonehenge Landscape property, and is within the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°11'11"N, 1°49'34"W

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Stonehenge Cursus – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bush Barrow, Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge.

1.2 miS
Archaeological site
Bush Barrow, Stonehenge
30 min walk • Bush Barrow is a site of the early British Bronze Age, at the western end of the Normanton Down Barrows cemetery. It is among the most important sites of the Stonehenge complex, having produced some of the most spectacular grave goods in Britain.
1.1 miS
Archaeological site
Normanton Down Barrows, Stonehenge
30 min walk • Normanton Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age barrow cemetery located about 0.6 miles south of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.
0.5 miS
Archaeological site
Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge
14 min walk • 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.
0.5 miS
Ruins, Mysterious site, Historical place
Stonehenge, Amesbury
12 min walk • 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.
0.5 miSW
Archaeological site
Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge
14 min walk • The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery located mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus. The cemetery contains around 18 round barrows scattered along an east-to-west ridge, although some of the mounds are no longer visible.
1.5 miSE
Archaeological site
Vespasian's Camp, Stonehenge
38 min walk • Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age hillfort just west of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. The hillfort is less than 3 kilometres from the Neolithic and Bronze Age site of Stonehenge, and was built on a hill next to the Stonehenge Avenue; it has the River Avon on its southern side and the A303 road on its northern edge.
1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
North Wessex Downs, Stonehenge
26 min walk • The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
0.5 miS
Observatories and planetariums
Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge, Stonehenge
14 min walk • The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge has long been studied for its possible connections with ancient astronomy. The site is aligned in the direction of the sunrise of the summer solstice and the sunset of the winter solstice.
1.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Bluestonehenge, Stonehenge
41 min walk • Bluestonehenge or Bluehenge is a prehistoric henge and stone circle monument that was discovered by the Stonehenge Riverside Project about 1 mile south-east of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.
1.1 miSE
Archaeological site
Coneybury Henge, Stonehenge
30 min walk • Coneybury Henge is a henge which is part of the Stonehenge Landscape in Wiltshire, England. The henge, which has been almost completely flattened, was only discovered in the 20th century.
1.2 miE
Memorial
Nile Clumps, Stonehenge
32 min walk • The Nile Clumps are a series of tree clumps just west of Amesbury on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, planted in the early 19th century purportedly to commemorate the Battle of the Nile.

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Nearby attractions include Stonehenge, Amesbury (12 min walk), Stonehenge Landscape, Stonehenge (14 min walk), Archaeoastronomy and Stonehenge, Stonehenge (14 min walk), Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge (14 min walk).