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Cursuses are
monumental Neolithic structures resembling ditches or
trenches in the
islands of
Great Britain and Ireland.
Relics found within them indicate...
- from the
Latin for 'racecourse'.
Early antiquarians who
first discovered cursuses believed them to be
Roman racing tracks.
Radiocarbon dating of a red deer...
- purposes. The many
other prehistoric monuments in the area
include four
cursuses,
three of
which appear to
converge on the site of the monolith. Sir William...
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broadly east/west alignment, 8
kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Ripon.
Cursuses are
perhaps the most
enigmatic of
ancient monuments. They
typically comprise...
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eastern England. By 3000 BCE, the long barrows, causewa**** enclosures, and
cursuses that had
predominated in the
Early Neolithic were no
longer built, and...
- on the
sides of the
Great Wold Valley.
Cursuses A and C
cross the
Gypsey Race,
whilst the
other ends of
cursuses B and D
probably lie
under the village...
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eastern England. By 3000 BCE, the long barrows, causewa**** enclosures, and
cursuses which had
predominated in the
Early Neolithic were no
longer built, and...
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prehistoric features. In Britain, for instance,
Neolithic earthen avenues called cursuses link
burial mounds:
these features can run for
considerable distances,...
- monuments, as it
varies depending on the purpose.
There are few
entrances to
cursuses enclosures, but most
often seen as gaps
along the side of the earthwork...
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sites in England,
these types of
monuments are less
common than
timber cursuses in Scotland. Less than
fifteen monuments of this type have been
found in...
