Dorset Cursus

Dorset Cursus
Jim Champion · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Dorset Cursus is a Neolithic linear earthwork stretching 10 km across the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase in east Dorset, England [1]. It is better interpreted as a pair of same-length cursus constructed end to end, with the more southerly cursus pre-dating the northerly one [1].

TypeEarthwork
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates50.9435° N, 1.9752° W

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