Have returned from a few days away in the South West, visiting Longleat with friends... I made everyone go for a walk at the Westbury White Horse ... ostensibly to get some fresh air, in reality so I could whip out my camera. The Westbury White Horse is the oldest in the area and is said to have been carved in memory of one of King Arthur's white horses... and the view from the horse is extraordinary.. I don't know how these ridges are formed, but they made me want to hum 'Jerusalem' for quite some time (and as I only know a couple of lines I think this was a bit irritatting to the rest of my party!)
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
More than 100 people are taking part in the re-chalking of the Uffington White Horse.
Layers of history (1) The hillside figures of the chalk downs are some of England’s most memorable sights and testimony of the human need to make marks on the landscape on a large scale. This need has clearly existed for hundreds of years – though quite how many centuries no one really knows, as the origins of these figures are undocumented. There is a persistent story that this one near Westbury in Wiltshire was first cut to commemorate the Battle of Ethandun, the occasion when King Arthur defeated the Vikings in 878. The battle was probably fought near here at Edington, though the exact location is not certain. The chalk beast may originally have been a more stylized horse, like the wonderful one on the downs near Uffington. But the first written mentions of the Westbury horse are as recent as the 18th century – the creature is mentioned in 1742 and was recut in 1778 by George Gee, steward of Lord Abingdon. The Westbury horse is in a dramatic hillside position and makes a stunning sight as one drives eastwards along the B3098 out of Westbury, the view I have tried to capture in my photograph by risking life and limb and standing in the middle of the road. This hillside is interesting for another reason – it forms the edge of an iron-age hill fort, the earthwork-bound Bratton Camp, which was occupied in the 250 years before the Romans invaded England. And this is a still more ancient site, because the hill also houses a Neolithic barrow some 2,000 years older than the hill fort. So the horse at Westbury is an example of the tendency, common in England, to place structures or images of significance on or near ancient sites. This is hardly surprising when the ancients picked such good locations for their barrows and hill forts, of course. But it is interesting how often this historical layering of structures marks a continuity of occupation and significance going back over millennia. Perhaps it only goes to emphasize the importance of the figure and its positioning that in he 1950s someone thought it right to replace the bare chalk with a layer of white concrete, eliminating the need for the figure to be constantly recut. Much as I’d like it to remain a true chalk figure, I’m also glad that, in its modified form, it is still there, reminding us of the past generations who lived on the hill and gave the area is enduring symbol.
Designer Darren Henault crafts a glorious getaway for his family on the sprawling grounds of a former Christmas-tree farm
Wiltshire White Horse. The Westbury white horse is the oldest of the Wiltshire horses.
From honoring King George to artistic expression here's everything you need to know about Britain's incredible white chalk horses and walkers or warriors.
From a deal with the devil to the lady of the lake and an ancient oak, these are some of the myths and legends ingrained in Welsh heritage
Bratton Camp Castle (also known as 'Bratton Castle ') is an Iron Age hillfort located 1.5 mi east of Westbury in England. It has two ditches and banks which together enclose an area of 9.3 hectares....
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Camilla and I were very lucky to be taken for a flight in a friends light aircraft :) The white horse hill is one of my favorite places and to be taken over it was a real treat. It was quite bumpy and misty though so this photo (and the other aerial ones in my stream) needed quite a lot of pp to get them to look 'normal'
White Horse - Tibet , a Limited Edition Photograph by Lisa Kristine. The Nomads of Tibet are called ‘Drokpas’ and travel in groups of several families. Each family lives in a small yak skin tent passed down from generation to generation with sections replaced as needed.
From Luskentyre Beach to Lossiemouth, from the white horses of Torridon and the waterfalls at Assynt, here are a few of our favourite shots...
Ely Cathedral, Ely, East Anglia, England
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The White Horse, 1819, John Constable Medium: oil,canvas
