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The Long Man of Wilmington

This chalk man may not be as old as you think. As there is no record before 1710.

But above it is a barrow dating back 3500 years. And if you have lunch below the long man, the sun will be directly behind you at midday.


I walk there in the autumn. The composers Benjamin Britton and Frank Bridge did once too.

It sits below the South Downs Way.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
The rather less discreet Cerne Giant faces roughly West, but like this chap on the South Downs, his history is still a puzzle thanks to no known written records until historically relatively recently.
meggie · F
I think there's a horse there too.
Jacko1971 · 51-55, M
meggie · F
@sunriselover so it's not as old
@Jacko1971 That is the Uffington Horse in Oxfordshire. That one is 3000 years old. Like the Long Man at Wilmington it has a barrow next to it.
It can be an eerie place. I once saw hundreds of Canada geese feeding on the stubble below the Long Man. Their noise was petrifying.

 
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