Lines in the landscape - Alistair Barclay

The Upper Thames Valley is an important area for prehistoric
monuments and has one of the highest concentrations of cursuses,
distinctive linear or elongated earthworks, in Britain. In the
1980s the Oxford Archaeological Unit along with the Abingdon Area
Archaeological and Historical Society had the opportunity to
extensively investigate one of these sites at Drayton. This site
has produced many significant results for our present
understanding of the date, construction and use of cursus
monuments on the lowland river gravels of Britain. This volume
reports on the excavations at Drayton, and includes an account of
small-scale excavations undertaken at the Lechlade cursus by OAU
and Lance and Faith Vatcher. It also provides a gazetteer of
known cursus monuments in the Upper Thames Valley.