MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

CURSUS

AUGUST 1988

1 Definition 2 Date 3 General Description 4 Distribution and regional variation
5 Rarity 6 Survival and Potential 7 Associations 8 Characterisation criteria
12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Figures

CURSUS

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Cursuses; Cursus enclosure; Cursus monument; Elongated oblong ditches; Enclosure, cursus; Major cursus; Minor cursus; Oblong ditches, elongated

Ordnance Survey map term: Cursus

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Cursus.