Hill forts · South East England
Dorset Cursus
Dorset Cursus — Neolithic monument in South West England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Dorset Cursus is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: scheduled monument. Wikidata describes it as: "Neolithic monument in South West England". Coordinates: 50.9434°, -1.9752°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Avon System SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Pentridge Down SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Dorset Cursus is a Neolithic cursus monument that spans across 10 km (6¼ miles) of the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase in east Dorset, United Kingdom. Its extreme length makes it a notable example of this class of linear earthwork; it is better interpreted as a pair of same-length cursus constructed end to end, with the more southerly cursus (the Gussage Cursus) pre-dating the northerly one (the Pentridge Cursus).
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- Coordinates
- 50.9434, -1.9752
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge
- Postcode
- SP5 5QP
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Dorset
Sources
- wikidata: Q5298848 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dorset Cursus (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dorset Cursus?
- Dorset Cursus is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SP5 5QP), in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge.
- Is Dorset Cursus a listed building?
- Dorset Cursus is officially recognised as scheduled monument listed.
- Is Dorset Cursus a protected site?
- Yes — Dorset Cursus is part of the River Avon System SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Pentridge Down SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Dorset Cursus free to visit?
- Yes, Dorset Cursus is free to enter.
- How do I get to Dorset Cursus?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SP5 5QP. It sits within the North Dorset parliamentary constituency.