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Description: | A chalk hill figure on White Horse Hill known as the `White Horse' situated 170 metres north-north-east of Uffington Castle. The figure appears as the side view of a stylised horse with its head to the right, measuring 111 metres in length from tail to ear and 40 metres high. In the past scouring of the figure took place over two days every seven years, but this custom came to an end in 1857. The figure was cleaned and re-cut in 1884 and in 1892, it is now maintained by the National Trust. The horse was consolidated as it now appears in 1936. It is generally believed to be Iron Age in date, making it contemporary with the hillfort to the south, however In 1995 Optical Stimulated Luminescence dating was used to date the figure to the Late Bronze Age. | Subjects: | Hill Figure Religious Ritual And Funerary | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | National Monuments Record | Identifier: | http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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