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
Cultural depictions of Stonehenge 2002 animated film Ice Age, the main characters pass by Stonehenge during their journey. Manny, a woolly mammoth, dismisses Stonehenge as mere "modern architecture", commenting "it'll never last". One of the venues in the 2006 rhythm game "Guitar Hero II" takes place at Stonehenge, echoing the above "Spinal Tap" example. In an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants" called "Spongehenge" SpongeBob creates a large monument of stone sponges similar to Stonehenge in order to distract jellyfish. Stonehenge Base in the game "EarthBound" is a direct reference to Stonehenge. There is an episode of "Uchu Sentai Kyuranger" where the great heroes must facing