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	Cerne Abbas giant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cerne Abbas giant is a hill figure of a giant naked man on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas to the north of Dorchester in Dorset, England.
		The earliest written reference to the Giant was made in 1694 in a record for payment in the Cerne Abbas churchwarden's accounts of 3 shillings towards the re-cutting of the giant.
		A local legend says that a real giant was killed on the hill and that the people from Cerne Abbas drew round the figure and marked him out on the hillside.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cerne_Abbas_giant (420 words)

	Cerne Abbas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cerne Abbas is an old village located in the valley of the River Cerne, between steep chalk downland in the middle of Dorset, England.
		Cerne Abbas is a picturesque tourist village with many attractions, including the river, streets lined with stone houses and the Abbey.
		The giant, owned by the National Trust, is generally thought to be an Iron Age fertility symbol, but with no records before the 17th century this can not be confirmed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cerne_Abbas (212 words)

	Cerne Abbas: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cerne Abbas is an old village (village: A settlement smaller than a town) located in the valley (valley: A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river) of the River Cerne (River Cerne: the river cerne is a ten mile long river in dorset, england, which rises...
		Cerne Abbas is a picturesque tourist (tourist: Someone who travels for pleasure) village with many attractions, including the river, streets lined with stone houses and the Abbey.
		Cerne Abbas features in Thomas Hardy (Thomas Hardy: English novelist and poet (1840-1928)) 's Wessex (Wessex: A Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century) as "Abbots Cernel".
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/cerne_abbas (276 words)

	The Mysterious Sites of Dorset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Cerne Abbas giant is one of two ancient human representations in England.
		The giant, carved in solid lines from the chalk bedrock measures in at 180 feet high, and forms an imposing sight from the surrounding countryside.
		The first obvious written record of the giant was in 1751 in a letter by Dorset historian John Hutchins, another reference to the figure can be found in the Gentleman's magazine of 1764, where the figure is described and depicted with a naval that has long since disappeared.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /england/dorset/dorset4.html (466 words)

	Cerne Abbas Giant Dorset, follies and folly towers at follytowers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Cerne Abbas giant has stood on the side of this hill, overlooking the village, for an indeterminate number of years.
		Although I remember reading somewhere that one school of thought was that this part of the giant was a later addition, and like most of these things there is always lots of speculation as to the real facts.
		The giant is best viewed from the air, as the hillside is not as steep as other sites with hill carvings, you can however see reasonably well from the road, if your plane is being serviced and is not available for use.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /follies/cernetxt.html (466 words)

	hill figure - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about hill figure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Cerne Abbas Giant is some 55 m/180 ft long, on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England.
		One theory identifies the giant with Hercules, who is associated with a fertility cult, or Priapus worship, revived by the Roman emperor Commodus in the later 2nd century
		Nothing is known of the giant's early history, but there has been a mass of mostly fanciful conjecture associating it with Celts, Romans, Saxons, and Druids as well as various mythological characters, astronomers, and the Benedictine monks of the priory of Wilmington, dissolved in 1414.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /hill+figure (646 words)

	Cerne Abbas Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This chalk outline of a giant on the hillside outside Cerne Abbas provides clear evidence of the existence of giants in Medieval England.
		The Cerne Abbas giant is one of several chalk outlines of giants in England, suggesting the pervasiveness of such murders.
		Soil samples show that the Cerne Abbas giant was originally carrying an animal skin, supporting one theory that this figure is of Hercules.
	www.unc.edu /~debest/monster/cerne.htm (176 words)

	The Cerne Abbas Giant
		The Cerne Abbas Giant or the 'Rude Man' is the largest hillfigure in Britain, he (the figure's gender is beyond doubt) is one of two representations of the human form, the other being the Long Man of Wilmington in East Sussex.
		The first written record of the giant appears in 1751 in a letter by Dorset historian John Hutchins, he suggested that the figure was cut in the mid 1600's.
		Just above the giant's head is a small Iron Age earthwork which encloses a roughly square piece of land, this is known as the 'Frying Pan' or the 'Trendle' and it was within this enclosure that the Mayday Maypole was erected during the festival celebrations.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /majorsites/cerne_abbass.html (638 words)

	Corvus '99 - Cerne Abbas Giant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The giant is generally considered to represent the god Helith or Hercules and some theories state that the figure has been cut at the end of the second century AD when the Emperor Commodus (who believed he was a reincarnation of Hercules) revived the worship to this god.
		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.
		Barren women were said to conceive soon after sleeping on the Giant body, while young women wishing to keep their lovers faithful would walk around the figure three times.
	members.aol.com /corvus1999/cag.htm (401 words)

	Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset - a magical fertility site!
		The 'Cerne Giant' just outside the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset is one of many giant hill figures cut into the underlying chalk of southern England.
		The cerne giant is believed to date from the second century AD and is generally considered to represent the God Helith.
		Local legend says that a real giant was killed on the hill and that local people drew around the figure and marked him out on the hillside.
	www.anglik.net /cerne.htm (180 words)

	Stones of England - Cerne Abbas giant
		This huge and impressive giant figure is formed by a trench 0.3m (1ft) wide and the same depth, cut into the underlying chalk.
		The giant is generally considered to represent the god Helith or Hercules, and some theories state that the figure was cut at the end of the second century AD when the Emperor Commodus (who believed he was a reincarnation of Hercules) revived the worship of this god.
		Barren women were said to conceive soon after sleeping on the Giant's body, while young women wishing to keep their lovers faithful would walk around the figure three times.
	www.stonepages.com /england/cerneabbas.html (393 words)

	92: The Cerne Abbas Giant \| The Rude Man \| Fine Stone Miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sometimes referred to as the "Rude Man", the Cerne Abbas Giant is the largest hill figure in the UK standing 180 feet tall.
		It is also thought that the giant once carried an animal fur or cloak over his left arm and this similarity to depictions of the God Hercules might hint at a creation date during the Roman occupation of Britain.
		Folklore suggests that the giant was once a real Danish giant who, whilst invading England, fell asleep on the hillside and was promptly slain by the locals where he lay.
	www.finestoneminiatures.com /catalog/catalog_92.htm (173 words)

	Cerne Abbas Giant
		The origins of this giant is unknown, the earliest possibly record is to a giant Helith, (1637), the first record to the giant itself was in 1694, later the name was linked to the site and the giant itself (1764).
		It was the center of centuries of maypole celebrations the pole being erected in the frying pan (an earthwork next to the giant.) The giant itself being a symbol of fertility.
		The giant was last repaired in 1993 when the erosion to the raised nose was repaired.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/hillfigs/cerne/cerne.htm (339 words)

	The Cerne Giant
		The village of Cerne Abbas lies in the heart of rural Dorset.
		The Cerne Giant is a figure of controversial origin, cut into the hillside to the north of the village of Cerne Abbas.
		The Giant may be found at map reference ST667017, and may be viewed from a layby situated on the A 352, to the north of the village of Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England.
	www.catnip.co.uk /cerne/cerne.html (273 words)

	Cerne Abbas Giant
		It has been speculated that the giant may have carried a cloak over his left arm and gripped a severed head in his left hand.
		His obvious, er, physical endowments have made him the source of fertility practices over the centuries; it is said that if an infertile woman spends the night within the figure, she will then be able to bear a child.
		The similarity of the design of the giant to depictions of Hercules has led to more speculation that the giant was built sometime during the Roman occupation of Britain, probably in the 2nd century AD, when the Roman's resurrected the earlier pagan myth of Hercules.
	www.britainexpress.com /counties/dorset/ancient/cerne-abbas.htm (475 words)

	The Fertility Giant, The Cerne Giant, Cerne Abbas., Folklore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Cerne Giant is one of three ancient figures cut into the English chalk downs, the others being the Long Man of Wilmington in East Sussex and the Uffington White Horse in Berkshire.
		The date of the giant is unknown but, with its great club, 36.5 metres long, it is generally thought to represent the Roman god, Hercules, and thus may date from the second century, a time when the Emperor Commodus revived worship of this god, and posed as his incarnation.
		The giant is protectected as a scheduled ancient monument and was given to the National trust in 1920 to ensure its permanent protection.
	www.monarchguesthouse.co.uk /Weymouth/darkdorset.php?id=20 (500 words)

	Chalking The Giant - Cerne Abbas First School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Cerne Giant, believed to be over 2000 years old, was scheduled as an ancient monument in 1924 and is now in the care of the National Trust.
		In 1754, Bishop Pococke reported that the lines of the Giant were scoured every seven or eight years by order of the lord of the manor.
		Cerne folk who were children during the 1930s remember running about in the Giant's trenches, but in 1977, the iron railings long gone, he was re-fenced.
	www.cerneabbas.dorset.sch.uk /cas_2001.htm (330 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Cerne Abbas giant
		The Cerne Abbas giant is a chalk carving of a giant naked man on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas to the north of Dorchester in Dorset, England.
		In his right hand the giant holds an enormous knobbed club 120 feet (36.5 metres) long.Above and to the right of his head is an earthwork known as the "Trendle" or "Frying Pan".
		Recently, a group of archeologists using special equipment found that part of the carving had been allowed to be obliterated (the free arm should have held a depiction of an animal's skin, giving credence to the theory that the giant was a depiction of a hunter).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_giant (359 words)

	The Cerne Abbas Giant. Celtic Deity or Fake Folly? You decide. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Whatever his identity the Cerne Abbas Giant is truly impressive standing a massive 180 feet (55 metres) high.
		It is possible that the carving of the giant was engineered by the inhabitants of nearby Maiden Castle but there is evidence to suggest that the carving is nowhere near as old as was previously thought.
		In fact the earliest reference to the Giant comes as late as 1742 and in 1751 a writer stated that the carving had only been made in the previous century.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/hillfigs/mirror/cerne.htm (501 words)

	What Planet is This? - Cerne Abbas
		Nestled in the valley of the River Cerne in Dorset is the ancient village of Cerne Abbas.
		The abbey which gave Cerne Abbas the second part of its name was founded by the homilist Ælfric in 987.
		As Ronald Hutton puts it, the theory is that the Giant was a "joke on Cromwell's image as 'the English Hercules'", and indeed the Giant has come to earn the sobriquet of Hercules, along with others such as the "Rude Man".
	inamidst.com /notes/cerne (759 words)

	Cerne Abbas giant under threat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The National Trust is worried that the outline of Cerne Abbas Giant will be worn away by couples trying to cure their infertility on it.
		A quick spot of open-air fertility ritual on the Giant is more dignified and cheaper than conventional fertility treatment, which is fair enough, considering it has no effect at all.
		The hundred-yard outline of the Cerne Abbas Embarrassed Man, frozen forever in a pose suggesting it had never happened to him before, would dent the confidence of even the stoutest pagan.
	www.darwinwars.com /cuts/oddsnsods/fertility.html (422 words)

	National Trust \| Places to visit \| Cerne Abbas Giant
		A mound below the giant’s left hand may be the sculpted remnant of a severed head which he once clutched – a rather grisly if common ancient Celtic religious symbol.
		During world war two, the giant was disguised to prevent the Germans from using him as an aerial landmark.
		The village of Cerne Abbas is eight miles north of Dorchester on the A352 Sherbourne road.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/w-chl/w-countryside_environment/w-archaeology/w-archaeology-places_to_visit/w-archaeology-cerne_abbas_giant.htm (337 words)

	Cerne Abbas Giant - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		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.
		During the 19th century the ditches that make up the giant's penis were filled in with dirt by prudish Victorians.
		The best views of the giant can be had from the A352, just north of the village of Cerne Abbas.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum_gfx_en/AM17902.html (362 words)

	The Cerne Abbas Giant
		The giant is one of a number of presumably ancient hill figures that dot the English countryside, such as the Long Man of Wilmington and the White Horse of Uffington.
		On May 23rd, 1996 a mock trial was held in the town of Cerne Abbas to settle once and for all the question of the giant's age.
		Although the trial was supposed to end the debate over the giant's age, it almost certainly only inflamed the issue by bringing it before an even wider audience.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /cerneabbas.html (559 words)

	About Cerne Abbas First School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cerne Abbas CE VC First School is a Church of England voluntary controlled First School.
		Cerne Abbas is a delightful small village, tucked into the folds of rolling downland in one of the most beautiful parts of rural West Dorset.
		Cerne Abbas First School is situated in Duck Street, just off the main village street and opposite the playing fields.
	www.cerneabbas.dorset.sch.uk /cas_about.htm (487 words)

	Cerne Abbas 2004
		The Cerne Abbas Giant had featured recently in the BBC series Landscape Mysteries and several of the group had joined us through the BBC's website link.
		The day was lead by Jo Thomas and we followed the route set out by Jo for Cerne Abbas in the DGAG book 'Coast and Country'.
		There was some debate and discussion about just when the Giant was created but the Benedictine Abbey close by was dissolved in 1539 and there is no mention of the Giant in the surviving records.
	website.lineone.net /~chrismp/ougswessex/rep2004/cerneabbas.html (814 words)

	The Giant, the abbas giant, cerne abbas giant, Dorset, England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Giant, the abbas giant, cerne abbas giant, Dorset, England
		The Cerne Abbas Giant is cut on giant hill near the village.
		The origins of this giant is unknown, the earliest possibly record is to a giant Helith, later the name was linked to the site and the giant itself.
	www2.active.ch /tschumi/e-giant.htm (103 words)

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