Britain at its best: The beautiful ivy-clad Dorset village that has giant appeal Cerne Abbas is a village in Dorset known for the Cerne Giant, an ancient chalk figure carved into a hillside The figure measures 180ft from head to toe and his age and origins have long been argued about The Daily Mail’s Martin … Read more
Britain at its best: The beautiful ivy-clad Dorset village that has giant appeal Cerne Abbas is a village in Dorset known for the Cerne Giant, an ancient chalk figure carved into hillside The figure measures 180ft from head to toe and his age and origins have long been argued about The Daily Mail’s Martin Symington … Read more
At least HE’S got PPE! Ancient Cerne Abbas chalk giant is given face mask by lockdown vandals Kevin Knight, 43, spotted the unauthorised alteration on Saturday morning The Dorset hillside carving was defaced on Friday night during the lockdown ‘We don’t encourage the defacing of the Giant’ says the National Trust Here’s how to help … Read more
A Giant conundrum: Scientists try for the first time to work out the age of naked Cerne Abbas chalk man carved into the side of Dorset hill The carving has never been dated and its origins remain a mystery to historians The giant was restored for the first time last year, but scientists now want to … Read more