- Due to the similarity of the Uffington White Horse to the stylised depictions of horses on 1st century BCE coins, it had been thought that the creature must also...
- The Uffington White Horse is an ancient hill figure located on the slopes of White Horse Hill in the county of Oxfordshire, England.
- Do the following statements agree with the information given in The White Horse of Uffington Reading Passage 1?
- The meaning of the White Horse of Uffington may be lost in the mists of time but it remains a formidable and awe-inspiring physical presence.
- The White Horse at Uffington is the best known and, by far, the oldest of the white horse hill-figures to be seen around Britain.
- Had to drive to The White Horse pub in Uffington, wasted 20 mins or so.
- The Uffington white horse can be found 1.5 miles due south of Uffington village on the Berkshire downs (although now in Oxfordshire).
- 3 A recent dating of the Uffington White Horse indicates that people were mistaken about its age.
- The Uffington White Horse has the distinction of being the largest of Britain’s horse carvings (measured from head to tail).
- The Guardian stated in 2003 that "for more than 3,000 years, the Uffington White Horse has been jealously guarded as a masterpiece of minimalist art."