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.
On October 10th October 2012 a new Hillfigure was unveiled, a reduced size copy of the Devizes horse on the site of Nursteed School in Devizes. The horse is their symbol and was unveiled on the 10th Anniversary of the Opening of the school. I took a sneak preview the weekend before.
A tribute to the olympians at the Trafford Shopping Centre on the outskirts of Manchester..
A modification of the Uffington White Horse to advertise Paddy Power ahead of the Cheltenham Festival.
A CGI hillfigure to advertise Plusnet Broadband.
A CGI hillfigure to advertise Pukka Pies
A recent construction on the edge of Wales at Shotwick Bridge on the A550/A548 Junction
Dr Mark Hows (2006) The Hillfigures of Kent 1st edn.
some full colour photographs.
Available from this website £1.50 inc p&p
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I will happily give evening talks on any aspect of hillfigures, no charge just travel expense
A massive project of figures proposed at Rainham, Essex on a former landfill tip by the side of the Thames.
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.
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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!
Can you help with any information on the following figures
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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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