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- The Cerne Abbas Giant is a hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas, in Dorset, England. It is currently owned by the National Trust...
- New research indicates the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset was originally carved as an image of Hercules to mark a muster station for West Saxon armies.
- Have known of the Cerne Abbas Giant for many years and, as we were holidaying in the area, we swung by. I’ve been looking forward to a visit for a long time.
- Cerne Abbas Giant: Has the mystery of the chalk hill figure been solved? ... Cerne Abbas giant is Hercules and was army meeting point, say historians.
- The first reference to this figure dates back to 1694: a payment in the Cerne Abbas churchwarden's accounts of 3 shillings towards the re-cutting of the giant.
- The striking giant of Cerne Abbas is a 180 foot high figure of a man bearing a 121 foot long club, incised into the chalk of the hillside.
- There are many theories about the identity of the Cerne Abbas Giant. One common interpretation is that he is a prehistoric or Celtic fertility god or symbol.
- The Cerne Abbas Giant chalk hill figure and The Trendle enclosure earthwork on Giant Hill, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, 2015. Artist Historic England.
- The Cerne Abbas Giant has long stood as a sentinel over the English countryside, its cultural resonance echoing through the ages.
- It has been suggested that the person who ordered the Cerne Abbas Giant to be cut, did so in order to make a mockery of his political adversary Cromwell.
