Horse thingy in Sussex...what is it?

[South-east boy]

There must be a few of them then as Nigel said his was in Sussex, Penny's is in York and I thought that there was one in Kent?

[pennybarry]

There must be a few of them then as Nigel said his was in Sussex, Penny's is in York and I thought that there was one in Kent?

There's also a horse in Westbury called Bratton White Horse, another one in Wiltshire, England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherhill_White_Horse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbury_White_Horse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilburn_White_Horse

Nigel can figure out which is which?

[Steve.r]

Most of us think that these are ancient monuments or stone age creations, but I believe that most of these horses and other things carved into the lime stone hills are just 'follies' By this I mean they are pieces of art produced specially to provoke the reaction that they get. Most were made less than 200 years ago.
One of the most famous and potographed is the Cerne Giant. It is only a few miles from where I live. It is supposed to be thousands of years old and an ancient fertility symbol, but it turns out that again, it was made only a couple of hundred years ago. There are no records of the giant in a monestary which had been on the site for hundreds of years.

photo below, (what a naughty giant!!)

[nigel]

Thanks Penny and South East Boy!

Thanks to your links I have found it out...

It is in some place called 'Old Litlington'

Here's a copy and paste from a website:

Litlington White Horse

This horse was cut around 1838, high on a good steep slope on Hindover or High and Over Hill overlooking the Cuckmere valley, perhaps to mark the coronation of Queen Victoria. It was lost around the time the new Litlington horse was cut about a hundred yards to the south east; presumably it had already disappeared and the new horse was a replacement for it.

A sturdy horse in a standing position, not unlike the Westbury horse, it was cut around 1924 or 1925, and is about a hundred yards from the site of the earlier Litlington horse. In 1983 its design was altered slightly by raising one foreleg to give better definition to the legs. This horse was last scoured in 1993.



I was driving past it on my way to some place...I may have attracted it cause had thought about it a month or so before... Anyway I stopped and photo'd it not really knowing what it is!

[Pete67]

Thanks Penny and South East Boy!

Thanks to your links I have found it out...

It is in some place called 'Old Litlington'

Here's a copy and paste from a website:

Litlington White Horse

This horse was cut around 1838, high on a good steep slope on Hindover or High and Over Hill overlooking the Cuckmere valley, perhaps to mark the coronation of Queen Victoria. It was lost around the time the new Litlington horse was cut about a hundred yards to the south east; presumably it had already disappeared and the new horse was a replacement for it.

A sturdy horse in a standing position, not unlike the Westbury horse, it was cut around 1924 or 1925, and is about a hundred yards from the site of the earlier Litlington horse. In 1983 its design was altered slightly by raising one foreleg to give better definition to the legs. This horse was last scoured in 1993.



I was driving past it on my way to some place...I may have attracted it cause had thought about it a month or so before... Anyway I stopped and photo'd it not really knowing what it is!

Hey Nigel, if you ever had some time to spare around BN15 it would be great to catch up with you... all the best m8