WHITE HORSE HILL

The Uffington White Horse is a graphic prehistoric hill figure, 374 feet long, cut into the turf and filled with chalk on an escarpment of the Berkshire Downs below Whitehorse Hill. The figure is by far the oldest of all the white horses and has been shown to date back to between 1400 and 600 BC. The original purpose of this horse is unknown and there are several suggestions as to why it exists. The design of the Horse was used on the cover of 'English Settlement' by rock group XTC.
 
   
 
 

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