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Cerne Abbas Giant on an 1891 Ordnance Survey map (1:10,560) [4]. The Giant is located just outside the small village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, about 48 kilometres (30 mi) west of Bournemouth and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of Dorchester.
It is 318 feet (97 m) long by 220 ft (67 m) high and covers about 1.6 acres (6,475 m 2) and said to be the most northerly "chalk" hill figure in England. [ 1 ] Located on the southern flank of Sutton Bank , near Roulston Scar at the edge of the Hambleton table-land, it faces south-south-west and is visible from some distance, particularly from ...
Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site . At 39.3 metres (129 ft) high, [ 1 ] the hill is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe [ 2 ] and one of the largest in the world; it is similar in ...
The Giant of Hindover Hill is a lost chalk hill figure that is said to have once appeared alongside the original Litlington White Horse on the side of Hindover Hill. There are some references to the figure throughout the 19th century, though descriptions provide little detail regarding its origins, design, or longevity.
The Long Man of Wilmington or Wilmington Giant is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, East Sussex, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Eastbourne and 1 ⁄ 3 mile (540 m) south of Wilmington.
Monument Rocks (also Chalk Pyramids) are a series of large chalk formations in Gove County, Kansas, rich in fossils. The formations were the first landmark in Kansas chosen by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark. The chalk formations reach a height of up to 70 ft (21 m) and include formations such as buttes and ...
The new material is often chalk, a soft and white form of limestone, leading to the alternative name of chalk figure for this form of art. [ citation needed ] Hill figures cut in grass are a phenomenon especially seen in England , where examples include the Cerne Abbas Giant , the Uffington White Horse , and the Long Man of Wilmington , as well ...
Pewsey White Horse. Pewsey White Horse is a hill figure of a white horse near the village of Pewsey, Wiltshire, EnglandCut of chalk in 1937, it replaces an earlier horse that had disappeared under the grass and is one of eight remaining white horses in Wiltshire.