Stonehenge Cursus Stonehenge Cursus 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, 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. Cursus comes from the Latin for 'racecourse'. Early antiquarians
HMS Stonehenge (P232) mm) deck gun. HMS "Stonehenge" was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 23 March 1943. She served in the Pacific, where she sank the Japanese merchant vessel "Koryo Maru No.2" and the Japanese auxiliary minelayer "Choko Maru". She left Trincomalee to patrol in the northern part of the Malacca Straits on 25 February 1944. She was reported missing after failing to arrive at Ceylon on 20 March as expected. It is not known what caused her sinking, but a mine was considered to be the most likely explanation. HMS Stonehenge (P232) HMS "Stonehenge" was an S-class submarine of the