White horses, Giants and other Hill Figures in the UK

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About White horses, Giants and other Hill Figures in the UK

A group dedicated to images of Hill figures in the UK and their surroundings - these include white horses and giants carved into the hillside along with more modern crests and symbols which have been placed using the same methods as in pre-history.

Often the context is just as important, and as beautiful, as the hill figures themselves... the area around the White Horse at Uffington is both breathtaking and historic with an iron age fort, ancient path (the Ridgeway) and burial site (Wayland's Smithy) all nearby.

A list of the main hill figures is given below - this is by no means complete and updates/corrections are welcome, together with pictures of the locations. Same goes for lost figures which are a subject of some debate.

If you submit a picture, do try to geotag it so that people know where the site is located.

England

* Alton Barnes white horse, Wiltshire (1812)
* Broad Town white horse, Wiltshire (1864)
* Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent (1993)
* Cerne Abbas giant, Dorset (popularly believed to be ancient, but recently dated to c. 17th century)
* Cleadon Hills white horse, Cleadon, Tyne and Wear (before 1887)
* Old Devizes white horse, or the Snobs' horse (1845)
* New Devizes white horse (1999)
* Cherhill or Oldbury white horse, Wiltshire (1780)
* Folkestone white horse, Kent (2003)
* Hackpen or Broad Hinton or Winterbourne Bassett white horse, Wiltshire (1838?)
* Hindhead white horse, Surrey (before 1913, lost)
* Ham Hill or Inkpen white horse, Wiltshire (1865-1877)
* Kilburn White Horse, Yorkshire (1857)
* Lenham Memorial Cross, Kent (1922)
* Old Litlington white horse, Sussex (c.1838)
* New Litlington white horse, Sussex (1925)
* Marlborough or Preshute white horse, Wiltshire (1804)
* Osmington White Horse, Dorset (c.1808)
* old Pewsey white horse, Wiltshire (1785)
* new Pewsey white horse, Wiltshire (1937)
* Rockley white horse, Wiltshire (discovered 1948, now lost)
* Tan Hill white horse, Wiltshire (lost)
* Uffington White Horse (Bronze Age, 1400 BC to 600 BC)
* Westbury White Horse (in the parish of Bratton), Wiltshire (before 1742)
* Wye Crown, Kent
* Long Man of Wilmington, Sussex (c. 16th century)
* Whipsnade Zoo white lion, on the Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire (1931)
* The Whitehawk hawk, in Sheepcote Valley on the South Downs, east of Brighton, Sussex (2001)

Scotland

* Mormond Horse, on the south-west flank of Mormond Hill, about 10 miles (16 Km) from Fraserburgh, Aberdeen.
* Mormond White Stag, on the other side of the hill from the Mormond Horse. about 10 miles (16 Km) from Fraserburgh, Aberdeen.