Cerne Abbas Giant Hill Figure View all content for Cerne Abbas Giant

There was an interesting article in 3rd stone by Jeremy Harte that presents convincing evidence that the figure is not ancient which i think is the only conclusion you can come to by looking at the facts even if that is not what you want to believe. here is a quote from the article: "no 17thcentury deeds or field names referred to the figure, despite his obvious advantages as a landmark. Even Giant Hill appears as Trendle Hill, after an earthwork at its summit, until 1700. Neither the churchwardens nor the estate managers, as we have seen, record the work of recutting the Giant before 1694. He is absent, not only from national surveys by antiquaries like Camden, but from the notes of local scholars such as Gerard who had passed through Cerne in 1625, and from a very detailed survey of the manor in 1617." This is in dramatic contrast to the genuinely ancient hillfigure at uffington where the first record is of a white horse hill in the 1070's and of the actual figure in 1190. you can read the article here: http://www.thirdstone.demon.co.uk/download/cerne_24.pdf

Posted by Itzpapalotl 11th August 2002ce

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