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| In order to have survived the figure would have had to have been scoured and remade many times. The current naturalistic figure couldn't be anything older than Roman. What they haven't explained is the aligment of barrows from two seperate pre-historic cultures on the space the Long Man occupies: See http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3945 http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3946 and http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/14504 They are obviously right that major work took place on the hillside in the 16th century. I find it very difficult to believe that there was nothing there prior to that, as medieval people weren't renowned for aligning anything on barrows that hadn't even been recognised as such at the time, as is the case with the Long Mound. Slightly more compelling is the evidence that the hillside was wooded in the Neolithic, when the Long Mound was constructed. Reply | with quote |  11th October 2003ce 02:01 In reply to: Re: Lying Long Man! (Brother Johnno) |
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