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Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, 3.5 miles east of Calne in Wiltshire, England. Dating from the late 18th century, it is the third oldest of several such white horses in Great Britain, with only the Uffington White Horse and the Westbury White Horse being older. [1]
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The White Horse is thought to have been originally carved in 878 AD to commemorate Kind Alfred's victory over the Danish at the Battle of Ethandune Work to turn Wiltshire's iconic White Horse.
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The Westbury White Horse was originally chalk, but was concreted in the 1950s. Work to repaint an iconic monument in Wiltshire is due to be complete in the next week.
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Wiltshire's White Horses Do you know about the White Horses of Wiltshire? See these iconic landmarks carved into our hillsides. Some of the Wiltshire White Horses date back 250 years and eight Wiltshire White Horses still remain on view today including: Westbury (1778) the oldest of the White Horses located on Westbury Hill, Bratton Down.
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Originally, it was thought that there were thirteen White Horses across Wiltshire and eight can still be seen today, with the oldest at Westbury dating from 1778 and the most recent one at Devizes completed in 1999 to mark the millennium. The other White Horses can be found at Alton Barnes, Broad Town, Cherhill, Hackpen, Marlborough and Pewsey.
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An introduction to the white horses. Wiltshire is the county for white horses. There are or were at least twenty-four of these hill figures in Britain, with no less than thirteen being in Wiltshire, and another white horse, the oldest of them all, being just over the border in Oxfordshire. Most of the white horses are chalk hill carvings, and.
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One of Wiltshire's famous white horses. From Broad Town head back through Broad Hinton to the A4361 and turn left towards Wroughton. At the roundabout in Wroughton take the 2 nd exit onto the A4005 southbound. Hackpen Hill is about 4 miles away. The horse is 90 x 90ft and was cut to commemorate the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838.
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Despite being very modernist in design, the Uffington White Horse near the town of Wantage is in fact the oldest chalk-cut hill figure in Britain. Experts suggest it is over 3,000 years old. Make sure you also check out Wayland's Smithy, a neolithic tomb located nearby. 5. Bulford Kiwi, Wiltshire A kiwi in Wiltshire (Creative Common: JonathanJosh)
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The White Horse is visible from afar and is a famous local landscape. Local records suggest that the horse was originally cut in the late 1600s, probably to commemorate the supposed Battle of Ethandun, thought to have taken place at Bratton Camp in AD 878. Read more about the history of Bratton Camp and White Horse. Before You Go
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Work to repaint an iconic monument in Wiltshire is due to be complete in the next week. The White Horse, in Westbury, has been restored after algae turned the structure from white to grey.
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Without doubt the White Horse is an iconic symbol for the county of Wiltshire. There have been at least twenty-four of these hill figures in Britain, with no less than thirteen being in.
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The White Horse Trail takes you on a 90-mile route around the Wiltshire countryside to see all eight of the horses. You can either do it over six or seven days, or as a series of shorter walks. The route takes in part of The Ridgeway, goes past Avebury Stone Circle, the market towns of Devizes and Marlborough in a loop.
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Westbury or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. Located on the edge of Bratton Downs and lying just below an Iron Age hill fort, it is the oldest of several white horses carved in Wiltshire. [1]
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The eight white horses in Wiltshire Some say 13 or 14, some say just seven, but the general consensus is that the county of Wiltshire has eight iconic chalk horses that we can still see.
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Uffington White Horse Coordinates: 51°34′39″N 1°34′00″W The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft) [1] long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk.
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Pewsey White Horse is a hill figure of a white horse near the village of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England. Cut of chalk in 1937, it replaces an earlier horse that had disappeared under the grass and is one of eight remaining white horses in Wiltshire. It measures 66' by 45', making it the smallest of the eight canonical white horses in Wiltshire. [1]