Highlight • Monument
Cerne Abbas Giant
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Katherine Moore
June 18, 2020
Road cycling
Ride down Acreman Street for a marvellous view of the Cerne Abbas Giant.
Measuring at 55 metres (180 ft) high, the origin of the figure of a man wielding a club on Trendle Hill is unknown.
The chalk figure is often thought to be ancient, yet there is no evidence for its existence prior to drawings found from the early 1700s.
It is made from a series of narrow, small trenches filled with chalk rubble, and is maintained by the National Trust.
Measuring at 55 metres (180 ft) high, the origin of the figure of a man wielding a club on Trendle Hill is unknown.
The chalk figure is often thought to be ancient, yet there is no evidence for its existence prior to drawings found from the early 1700s.
It is made from a series of narrow, small trenches filled with chalk rubble, and is maintained by the National Trust.
Paul
June 8, 2018
Road cycling
Icon of Dorset. Good views of the Giant.
nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/cerne-giant
You can get up close if and when the NT ask for volunteers to maintain.
nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/dorset/cerne-giant
You can get up close if and when the NT ask for volunteers to maintain.
Kit P
October 20, 2021
Hiking
Peru has the Nazca Lines and England has the Cerne Abbas Giant, a naked man on a hillside wielding a club. One of Dorset's most iconic features, this extraordinary hill …
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Location: Cerne Abbas, West Dorset, Dorset, South West England, England, United Kingdom