Cursus - Wikipedia Cursuses are monumental Neolithic enclosure structures comprising parallel banks with external ditches or trenches Found only in the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, [1][2] relics within them indicate that they were built between 3400 and 3000 BC, making them among the oldest monumental structures on the islands
CURSUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CURSUS is movement or flow of style; specifically : a pattern of cadence at the end of a sentence or phrase in medieval Latin prose which aimed by varying rhythm to avoid stressing the ultimate syllable
cursus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary cursus (plural cursuses or (both rare) cursus or cursūs or (nonstandard) cursi) (rare) A course; a journey or progression His cursus from Fréjus to Paris turned into a triumphal march, with whole towns and villages staging ceremonial entrées for him and cheering his passage
The mysterious cursus of the Neolithic - The Wild Hunt They found a cursus, one of the more mysterious structures of the Neolithic (4000 to 2500 B C E ) A cursus consists of two parallel ditches or earthen banks Timber posts sometimes outlined these structures, and occasionally people burned those timber posts
What does Cursus mean? - Definitions. net Cursuses are monumental Neolithic structures resembling ditches or trenches in the islands of Great Britain and Ireland Relics found within them indicate that they were built between 3400 and 3000 BC, making them among the oldest monumental structures on the islands
Britains only complete Neolithic cursus uncovered in Arran ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Arran have begun uncovering what is believed to be the only complete Neolithic cursus in Britain In August, an excavation was launched at Drumadoon in the south-west of the island to unearth the monument to ancient ceremony which dates back to between 4000 and 3000 BC
INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORY NEOLITHIC FACTSHEET 8 - The Prehistoric Society The first cursus monument was discovered in 1723 by William Stukeley as he explored the landscape around Stonehenge It is a ditched enclosure 100 m wide and an incredible 2730 m long He decided it was a race course (a cursus) for the chariots that Julius Caesar had encountered during his military expedition in 54 BC