• Regardless of its age, the Cerne Abbas Giant has become an important part of local culture and folklore, which often associates it with fertility.
  • The Cerne Abbas Giant is an ancient Anglo-Saxon naked figure sculpted into the hillside about the village of Cerne Abbas and has been 'maintained' by The...
  • The colossal figure of the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset County, England, is thought to be Hercules, serving as a rallying point for forces combating the Vikings...
  • In the case of the Cerne Abbas Giant, the underlying rock is chalk, which causes the giant to stand out vividly against the green hill he is carved into.
  • The Cerne Abbas Giant is also known as the “Rude Man”, for obvious reasons. It is the largest hill drawing in Britain and one of only two human representations.
  • The earliest known mentions of the Cerne Abbas Giant are from just 300 years ago, leading researchers to believe it was probably about that old.
  • The Cerne Abbas Giant. I’d never seen this very excited chap, ever, in my 47 years of Britishness, so we made the pilgrimage today.
  • The Cerne Abbas Giant or the ‘Rude Man’ is one of the largest hillfigures in Britain, he (the figure’s gender is beyond doubt) is one of two representations of the...
  • The Cerne Abbas Giant has intrigued people for at least a century as its... ... The Cerne Abbas Giant is an enigmatic figure in the rolling hills of Dorset.
  • The Cerne Abbas Giant was formed by cutting trenches two feet deep into the steep hillside and then filling them with crushed chalk.