These pages are devoted to hillfigures which are known by many names, chalk hillfigures, chalk figures, hillfigures, hill figure, hill figures or sometimes white horses or chalk horses as the majority are horses, they are more generically known as geoglyphs.
I have had to move my webpages so this might not be the page you require, this is the top level index page, use the navbar to the left to find the correct page.
A temporary addition to the Fovant Badges.
A recent construction on the edge of Wales at Shotwick Bridge on the A550/A548 Junction
An excellent exhibition on hillfigures is currently on at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes
Full details Here
Dr Mark Hows (2006) The Hillfigures of Kent 1st edn.
some full colour photographs.
Available from this website £1.50 inc p&p
E-Mail Me for more details
I will happily give evening talks on any aspect of hillfigures, no charge just travel expense
A massive project of over 50 figures proposed at Rainham, Essex on a former landfill tip by the side of the Thames.
Does anyone know anything about the Blue Peter Hillfigures are they real or computer generated?
Thanks to the sender of these photo's
Hillfigures in the news again, this time a mock up using sheets on the side of the M3 near Basingstoke. It was previously used near the M62 in Bradford. Its message is to promote Lamb.
Awaiting permission from the BBC to use these pictures
Recent Controversy about adorning / desecration some of our Hillfigures
Long Man / Woman of Wilmington
Photo with kind permission of Sussex Express Newspapers
More pics here
Homer Meets the Cerne Abbas Giant
waiting for permission to use the photo from the BBC
But he is not the first
Enough trouble so he is on his bike
Thanks to Ian James for the last two pics
Check out more ads on the ads page
Check out the new hillfigure discoveries on the news page
Thanks to Pepijn Schmitz for this photo, of a replica Uffington Horse from an Australian Model Village
the original can be found here
Of the 12 badges which are at Fovant, Sutton Mandeville and Compton Chamberlayne it has been decided that only seven of the badges will be maintained. One further that of the Royal Signal Badge is the responsibility of the 11th Signal Regiment. The YMCA, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 7th Batt. City of London Regiment and the map of Austraila are to be allowed to grass over. This decision has been made by the Fovant Badges Society due to lack of finance to upkeep these badges as they are the most in need of repair, within a few years they will be no more.
Below are Points of Interest (POI) files for use with a Tom Tom GPS system. The ASC file is the text file with the data in converted to Long/Lat, the OV2 file is what has to be downloaded to the GPS and the BMP file is the image that a GPS displays on screen
To download right click on the link and select save target as
Hill Figures.ov2
Many Thanks to Dave Leach for his help in creating these GPS files
Google Earth waypoints for hillfigures and a few related figures. Note not all hillfigures are on the file as they are not yet available on google earth.
Talks
re-imbursement
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An exciting new project to carry out a detailed survey of the Nazca lines.
Hillfigure Discoveries / Latest
New Hillfigure - the biggest yet!
Sidmouth Donkey
Can you help with any information on the following figures
Loss of the Badges
Find out about the author and how you can help the Hillfigure Homepage Here.
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Background
Scattered throughout southern England are currently some 57 hill figures (and maybe more with some unconfirmed figures and sometimes an exciting discovery) cut into the abundant chalk downlands, the most famous of these is the White horse of Uffington on the Berkshire downs. There are also three hill figures in the north, one in Yorkshire and two figures cut into quartz in Aberdeenshire. Unfortunately another 57 hill figures now lost (there may be more) including the most unusual figures the Red horses of Tysoe cut into the red loam soil of Warwickshire. Four of these figures can just about be seen but are in danger of being lost forever.
Hill figures are limited to the UK apart from a few exceptions mainly colonial countries, however similar figures are found all over the world from Africa to the Americas.
The area of greatest interest is Wiltshire, where there are some eight visible horses (another two have long since disappeared), and the more modern military badges at Fovant Down, the Bulford Kiwi and the now almost lost Laverstock Panda. The Inkpen horse (no longer visible) and the Uffington horse are also very close to the Wiltshire county boundary making this region the most important for Hill figures. They range in age the oldest being the 3000 year old Uffington white horse and the youngest being the Folkestone Horse (2003).
Please remember do not walk on the figures, and follow the countryside code, I am happy to offer visit advice
You can buy the entire Hillfigure Homepage on CD Rom for £10 inc P&P (UK) foreign postage at cost E-Mail Me
As a webmaster of a site dealing with megalithic remains in the
British Isles and northern Europe, would be saddened if the coverage
given to megaliths on these pages led to their alteration, damage or
destruction. It is therefore suggested to the readers of these pages the
following guidelines, to be observed when visiting any of these
monuments.
Get permission to visit monuments on private land. Permission is
usually granted if asked for, but repeated trespass could lead to access
being denied to all of us, and prosecution of the trespasser.
Treat the countryside around the monument with care. Irresponsible
behaviour on either public or private land could lead to access
restrictions, or complete denial of access to the monument such as is the case at Stonehenge during
midsummer.
No valuable objects are likely to exist at, in or under the monuments. Do not dig or disturb the site in
any way.
Any discovery made at a monument should be reported to the local museum. Every clue that aids in
the understanding of these places can then be shared by all who wish to know.
Use the monument in whatever way you choose, for
scientific investigation
experiential satisfaction
religious practices
but do not move, mark or alter the monument in any way, even
temporarily. This specifically includes moving or re-arranging stones,
digging in or around the site, use of metal detectors, burning candles
on the stones or daubing stones with paint.
Much damage is done accidentally by people who mean no harm.
Think twice, and don't do anything which would cause degradation to
the monument such as climbing on it or lighting fires nearby.
Through adherence to these simple guidelines we hope that the stones which have survived the
countless centuries to remain to us now, will not fall victim to the generations of the 21st century. We
who are the most knowledgable and capable of people are thereby mandated to be the most responsible.
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