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.

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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.