Weird & wonderful · South West England
British chalk hill figures
Eleven figures cut into chalk hillsides, ranging from prehistoric to Victorian curios.
The white horse of Uffington is the oldest chalk hill figure in Britain — possibly 3,000 years old. The Long Man of Wilmington and Cerne Abbas Giant join it; the rest are mostly Georgian and Victorian additions. Together they tell a strange parallel story to the official heritage record.
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