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White Horse Hill
the white horse

GPSograph_3d GPS Shockwave Viewer -Edited

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Location: Uffington, Oxfordshire, UK.
Date: 18/09/01
Full Track Length: 13.7 km (approx.)
Method: Foot
Credits: Jeremy Wood & Hugh Pryor
The stylised horse is the oldest of all the British chalk figures.
Archaeological surveys have suggested that it dates back 3000 years to the late Bronze or Early Iron Ages.
See the GPS Model
See the 1:1000 scale model

aerial image with overlay

the fort, the horse, and the mound at the bottom
We mapped the site of what once was Uffigton Castle, a hillfort defended by a bank and ditch, with the entrance on the west.
At the bottom of the hill is a burial mound which we clambered over as if slicing a large cake.

scale of the horse

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