A review of the most recent evidence from cursuses, and ideas on their interpretation, with contributions as follows: Introduction (J Harding and A Barclay) , the radiocarbon problem (A Barclay and A Bayliss) , symbolic territories (J Harding) , processions, memories and the Dorset cursus (R Johnston) , Dorchester on Thames - ritual complex or ritual landscape (R Loveday) , cattle, cursus monuments and the river ... the Upper Thames (A Barclay and G Hey) , the Cambridgeshire Ouse (T Malim) , Eastern England (J Last) , the Cleaven Dyke (A Barclay and G Maxwell) , the Holywood cursus, Dumfries (J Thomas et al) , cursus monuments in Scotland (K Brophy) , cursus monuments in Wales (A Gibson) , cursus-like monuments in Ireland (C Newman) , Passy-Rots and linear monuments in northern France (I Kinnes) .

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Foreword by the Co-ordinators of the Neolithic Studies Group
• Contents
• Preface and acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • 1. An introduction to the cursus monuments of Neolithic Britain and Ireland: (Jan Harding and Alistair Barclay)
• Approaches and Themes
  • 2. Cursus monuments and the radiocarbon problem: (Alistair Barclay and Alex Bayliss)
  • 3. Pathways to new realms: cursus monuments and symbolic territories: (Jan Harding)
  • 4. An empty path? Processions, memories and the Dorset Cursus: (Robert Johnston)
  • 5. Dorchester-on-Thames – ritual complex or ritual landscape?: (Roy Loveday)
• Recent Discoveries and Regional Perspectives
  • 6. Cattle, cursus monuments and the river: the development of ritual and domestic landscapes in the Upper Thames Valley: (Alistair Barclay and Gill Hey)
  • 7. Cursuses and related monuments of the Cambridgeshire Ouse: (Tim Malim)
  • 8. Out of line: cursuses and monument typology in eastern England: (Jonathan Last)
  • 9. The Cleaven Dyke: a summary account of survey and excavation, 1993–96: (Gordon Barclay and Gordon Maxwell)
  • 10. The Holywood cursus complex, Dumfries: an interim account 1997: (Julian Thomas with contributions from Kenny Brophy, Chris Fowler, MattLeivers, Maggie Ronayne and Lucy Wood)
• Geographical Perspectives
  • 11. The cursus monuments of Scotland: (Kenneth Brophy)
  • 12. Cursus monuments and possible cursus monuments in Wales: avenues for research (or roads to nowhere?): (Alex Gibson)
  • 13. Notes on four cursus-like monuments in County Meath, Ireland: (Conor Newman)
  • 14. Longtemps ignoreés: Passy-Rots, linear monuments in northern France: (Ian Kinnes)