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|caption = Map showing the Cursus within the Stonehenge section of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site |alt = | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | relief = | area = |location = |region = Wiltshire |latd = 51.186 |longd = -1.826 |coordinates_display = inline, title |type = Cursus |epochs = Neolithic |cultures = |excavations = 1947, 2007 |archaeologists = John FS Stone, Stonehenge Riverside Project |public_access = Yes |condition = Excellent |website = (National Trust ) |designation1 = World Heritage Site |designation1_number = 373 |designation1_date = 1986〔(UNESCO World Heritage site No 373 )〕 |designation2 = Scheduled Monument |designation2_number = 1009132〔(English Heritage Scheduled Monument record: The Cursus, two round barrows situated within its western end, and a long barrow situated at its eastern end ), accessed 15 January 2015〕 |designation2_date = 1952 }} The Stonehenge Cursus (sometimes known as the Greater Cursus) is a large Neolithic cursus monument on Salisbury plain, near to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. It is roughly long and between and wide. Excavations in 2007 dated the construction of the earthwork to between 3630 and 3375 BCE,〔("Stonehenge Riverside Project: 2007 Excavations" )〕 several hundred years before the earliest phase of Stonehenge in 3000 BC. The cursus, along with adjacent barrows and the nearby 'Lesser Cursus' are part of the National Trust's Stonehenge Landscape property, and is within the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site. ==Etymology== Cursus comes from the Latin for 'racecourse'. Early antiquarians who first discovered cursus believed them to be Roman racing tracks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stonehenge Cursus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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