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	Uffington White Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised hillfigure, 374 feet (110m) long, cut out of the turf on the upper slopes of Uffington Castle, an Iron Age hill fort near The Ridgeway, in southern England.
		For centuries, however, local people have maintained that it is a portrait of the dragon slain by Saint George on the nearby Dragon Hill.
		The design of the Uffington Horse was used as the album cover of the 1982 album English Settlement by English rock group XTC, who come from the nearby town of Swindon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uffington_White_Horse (530 words)

	Dragon Hill, Uffington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dragon Hill is located very near the Uffington White Horse.
		Dragon Hill is an artificial mound with a flat-top, to which clings the legend that it was on its summit that Saint George slew the dragon.
		A bare patch of chalk upon which no grass will grow, is purported to be where the dragon's blood spilled.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dragon_Hill,_Uffington (105 words)

	Dragon Dice - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Dragon Dice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Dragon Dice is a collectible dice game originally made by TSR, Inc. It is one of only a handful of collectible dice games produced in the early 1990's.
		Dragons and dragon-related dice (Dragonkin), are all composed of a single element each.
		Dragons must be summoned to a terrain through the use of magic.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Dragon-Dice.html (1673 words)

	The White Horse of Uffington, and Dragon Hill
		The White Horse of Uffington, with its elegant lines of white chalk bedrock, is thought to be the oldest hill figure in Britain.
		Dragon Hill is a low flat-topped mound situated in the valley below the White Horse.
		The castle is an impressive Iron Age hill fort, once protected by timber walls on top of the surviving banks and ditches, and faced with sarcen stones.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /majorsites/uffington.html (713 words)

	EARTH MYSTERIES: Dragons and Dragon-killers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The dragon is a familiar image in China, and also figures prominently in one form or another in the legends of many cultures around the world.
		Frequently, these legends tell of the killing of the dragon, which is a vital part of a cycle of birth and death and the re-animation and fertilization of the earth.
		Dragon Hill, near Uffington, is one example where St. George, the patron saint of England, is believed to have killed the dragon, its spilled blood falling where grass has never since grown.
	witcombe.sbc.edu /earthmysteries/EMDragons.html (300 words)

	The Legend of St. George
		The Liberation of the Holy Lands was a priority to the Realm in the days of the Crusades and England's spin-doctors adopted the icon of Saint George, Dragon Slayer, Liberator of the Oppressed and gave him a National Flag, that is, the Red Cross and a song, Onward Christian Soldiers.
		George was born in Cappadocia of noble, Christian parents and on the death of his father, accompanied his mother to Palestine, her country of origin, where she had land and George was to run the estate.
		According to legend, a pagan town in Libya was being terrorised by a dragon.
	www.shcsc.k12.in.us /arthur/stgeorg.htm (724 words)

	The Serene Dragon : Religious - St. George and the Dragon / Egorii / Iurii / Georgii
		The dragon is a general nuisance to the town, although he does not realize it and he had only decided to stay since the townspeople were being so nice to him.
		The knight attacks the dragon with his lance and then proceeds to tied it up with the damsel's corset (or chastity belt - which brings up the question why was she undressing on the battlefield?).
		There is a "dragon hill" near Uffington in England that may have been the sight of this battle.
	www.theserenedragon.net /Tales/religious-stgeorge.html (1567 words)

	The Dragons of Mount Pilatus - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He screeched and howled that the community was not diverse enough and we all the dragons of the world must pull together to avoid being destroyed by the brown flying lizzards.
		Dragons are everywhere in human history as a "spirit" or "creature" of some kind.
		The nearby 'white horse' of Uffington is also thought by some to be the representation of the Dragon......
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=129061 (741 words)

	Faringdon Tourism & Transport
		is a natural hill, flattened by man, that may once have been connected to White Horse Hill.
		The large population before the fl death, in the 1340s, meant that all suitable land was cultivated, but farming the thin soil of the upper slopes was restricted by poor ploughs.
		is one of a chain of hill forts along this section of the Ridgeway, - Segsbury, Rams' Hill, Uffington, Liddington, and Barbary.
	www.faringdon.org /ttdragon.htm (434 words)

	EARTHSONGS: The Journal of the Society of Celtic Shamans, Volume 7, Issue 3, Lughnasadh 2003, Copyright (c) 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Stukeley saw serpents, and dragons (a variant form of the same creature, as are also "worms"), all over countryside and linked the image with the many local legends of dragons and dragon-killers found throughout the Britain.
		Flat-topped hills, such as Dragon Hill near Uffington, are pointed out as the place where a dragon was slain.
		Dragon Paths is a team of dedicated amateurs with a deep love and fascination of the sacred landscape; its folklore, legend and history.
	www.faeryshaman.org /es73/es73art2.htm (508 words)

	Uffington White Horse
		The Uffington white horse is undoubtedly Britain’s oldest and most famous hill figure, which has recently been dated at 3000 years old by the Oxford Archeological Unit.
		This the oldest hill figure and inspired the creation of many of the other white horses although and particularly its closeness to Uffington castle may have inspired the creation of the first Westbury horse by Bratton camp, which also faced right.
		The earliest record of the white horse is from Abingdon Abbey in the late 12th century, although white horse hill was mentioned a century earlier.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/hillfigs/uff/uffing.htm (707 words)

	dragon currents, the ley of the land.. : morningmystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These lines of magnetic force, known in China as the "dragon current", or lung-mei, existed in two forms: the yin, or negative, current represented by the white tiger, and the yang, or positive, current, represented by the blue dragon.
		Dragons and Dragon-killers The power or energy of the lung-mei, or dragon current, has been represented visually by the image of the dragon.
		At the outset, a geomancer must locate the course of the major lines of the dragon current in his or her area.
	www.morningmystery.com /viewpost_110435.asp (1005 words)

	The Light In Britain Feature by Grace Cooke
		Dragon Hill itself looks like a vast grail cup from which a beautiful gentle light is now rising.
		Again I see the brethren perambulating the hill, and at certain periods they turn inwards and raise their arms towards the light and towards this great symbolic figure.
		‘The dragon is a symbol of the struggle between the forces of light and darkness.
	www.cygnus-books.co.uk /features/light_britain_grace_cooke.htm (963 words)

	Dragon Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		According to local legend, St. George killed the dragon on Dragon Hill, near Uffington.
		Some believe that the figure carved into the hillside is actually a white horse, carved into the hillside in order to commemorate King Alfred's victory over the Danes.
		Dragon hill's proximity to Wantage, Alfred's birthplace, supports this theory.
	www.unc.edu /~debest/monster/draghill.htm (83 words)

	Dragon Hill (Artificial Mound) \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Dragon Hill (Artificial Mound)
		Dragon Hill is the podium in the open air nightclub of Uffington - Imagine the horse/dragon under the moon-strobes
		Dragon Hill, the flat hillock below the white horse, is where St George (or King Jarge, as he might be known locally) uncharitably killed the Dragon.
		Dragon Hill, Uffington Castle and The White Horse
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/304 (1401 words)

	Faringdon Tourism & Transport
		is the 2nd largest hill figure after the Whipsnade lion and one of seven in the local area.
		he myths surrounding the horse include such notions that it leaves the hillside to feed in the Manger; it is gradually climbing up the hill; it goes to Wayland's Smithy to be shod; turning three times on the horse's eye grants your wish - (though this practice is not allowed as causes damage).
		Dragon Hill, Uffington Castle and the Manger are all in the same area
	www.faringdon.org /ttwhitehorse.htm (420 words)

	Ascension Network New Age Metaphysical Spiritual Resources
		The Hill of Tara, Temair, which was the sacred dwelling place of the Tuatha Dé Danann, an entrance into the otherworld; and, the ancient seat of power for Irish kings, is the Focal Point of Archangel Chamael and the Seventh Ray.
		Dragon Hill & White Horse, which are located near each other at Uffington, are the combined Focal Point for Archangel Kassiel and the Seventh Ray.
		Dragon Hill, a man-made mound similar to Silbury Hill, is a sacred place linked with the powerful dragon ley line, lung mei, energy and the repetitive, regenerative cycle of birth, transition, and renewal.
	www.ascension.net /libraryarticles.asp?article=219 (6563 words)

	Tom Brown's School Museum - Uffington White Horse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The photograph of White Horse Hill is taken from the Ashbury-Wantage road and shows how the White Horse (in the middle) cannot be readily seen from the ground.
		On the summit of White Horse Hill is the Iron Age hillfort known - confusingly - as Uffington Castle, an enclosure with a single bank and ditch and an impressive entrance gap.
		Painted in whitewash on a mountainside north west of the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez by local architect Hector García Acosta and his son Carlos, is a huge reproduction of the Uffington horse, but facing left not right as the original does.
	www.geocities.com /Paris/Rue/1896/horse.html (287 words)

	THE BELINUS LINE - England and Scotland, UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		If you compare St. Michael's Mount on the Michael line with St. Catherine's Hill on the Belinus line it is apparent that both are the same distance from where each of the lines enter England, and both are major connecting places of earth energy.
		Eventually I was led to Dragon hill, a large flat topped mound below the White Horse where legend says St. George slayed the Dragon.
		Leading from the mound Belinus was heading up the hill across the head of the White Horse, over a long barrow to the entrance of Uffington Castle.
	www.gcircle.co.uk /geomancy/belinus/belinus.html (1458 words)

	The Uffington White Horse (Hill Figure) \| The Modern Antiquarian \| The Uffington White Horse (Hill Figure)
		When you're sitting on Dragon Hill you have an excellent view of the Manger, and the siting of the horse seems to make sense in terms of this weird valley - it's on its back wall (not the flatter, steeper side wall which you'd think would make more sense was the Manger not there).
		And I got to go down to Dragon Hill, which is as amazingly flat topped and as out of place as I'd always envisaged it.
		After 25 miles cycle ride (ok so we walked up the hill to Uffington) and still 15 miles from Avebury, what a great place to get a puncture and discover your wheel nuts are rusted solid, rendering puncture repair kit and spare tube useless.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/303 (3409 words)

	Oxon
		A little way down the hill is a spring with pond in front, the water passing through a unique highly-decorated Victorian stone monument.
		This is west of Wantage along the B 4507 and very close to Dragon Hill and Uffington White Horse (see next).
		Suggestions were made that the hill is an artificial earthwork as at Silbury, partly because of the wide berm all around it except for the ramp on the south-east side.
	www.stonehenge-avebury.net /tours/MegSocWALK.08.OXON.htm (1573 words)

	Arthur's Knights: Chapter II - The Secret Of Merlin / Arthur's Knights: The Hidden King of Britain Walkthrough - Just ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Head for Red Dragon Hill, which is located at the left center of your map.
		She will explain the curse of your family and tell you that her brother, the dragon that left his mark on Red Dragon Hill, has eaten her sister Rhiannon.
		Return to Red Dragon Hill and place your two horns in the eye of the dragon.
	justadventure.com /Walkthroughs/ArthursKnights2/ArthursKnights2.shtm (15326 words)

	Legacy
		Fact has it St George rescued a virgin and killed a flame- sprouting dragon on Dragon Hill in Uffington.
		The slab showed brave Sitanius being spirited away by a winged dragon thing and on the ground the stricken matchstick men.
		It was then the alien dragon beings landed on Earth to explore their new home.
	www.anotherealm.com /flash/2004/may/legacy.shtml (890 words)

	Uffington Horse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As we climbed about this particular hill Mykl voiced what each of us were thinking- that the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's shire was all around us...a truly amazing place, the English countryside...but i digress.
		It is located near an Iron Age hillfort (called the Uffington Castle) and a curious landscape feature at the feet of the horse called Dragon Hill.
		Passing along the crest of the Horse's hill is the Ridgeway, which is a major pre-historic highway.
	www.dancingpig.com /uffingtonhorse.html (746 words)

	(GC8964) Uffington White Horse (Oxfordshire) by The Wombles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Located on the Ridgeway footpath close to Uffington White Horse Hill, this is a relatively easy cache which is close to many locations of interest and superb views.
		This is the home of the oldest White Horse in Britain, Uffington, which was thought to be Iron age (500BC) but has recently been dated to Bronze age (1000BC).
		There are many places of interest here including the Uffington Hill Fort, a large hill fort with good banks and defences, Dragon's Hill where George reputedly slew the dragon and the Ridgeway path.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=35172 (581 words)

	Weyland's_Smithy
		The Smithy is overlooked by a hill fort, Uffington Castle, which also overlooks the White Horse chalk figure, and Dragon Hill.
		Unfortunately, the day I was there it rained pretty hard when I was up the hill at Uffington, so I only got pictures of the Smithy.
		I can't wait to go back and get pics from inside the hill fort, and of Dragon Hill, and the White Horse.
	www.geocities.com /sigbert_a/wayland.html (369 words)

	StGeorgeOrthodoxChurchNagpur
		Saint George is our Patron Saint, a Dragon Slayer and man who's life deeds were deemed to be such, that a higher force, only God Himself could have ordained...
		His lore of valor against adversity, and protection of the Christians in a determined stand against tyranny and repression sat well with the ideal of the Crusades, Jihad and Holy Wars that would come to pass...
		He was to become the Patron Saint of all the world Although it is in English folklore that Saint George slew the mighty dragon in England to which end, two places are named, that of Dragon Hill near Uffington, Oxfordshire, and Lower Stanks, a field outside Hereford...
	groups.msn.com /StGeorgeOrthodoxChurchNagpur (471 words)

	Temple of the Old Religions
		Time permitting there is a trip either to one of the most magnificent castle of Europe, of the Plantagenent era: Raglan and or to one of the mystic sites of the Arthurian cycle the Roman fortress town and amphitheatre of Caerleon on Usk.
		Your adventure today will be across Berkshire, over the Chiltern Hills and into the heart of the county of Oxfordshire to visit what we term The Wayland Cycle of monuments: one of the most interesting regional centres of prehistoric and ancient culture to be found anywhere in Europe.
		And from here you will have a spectacular view of the Vale of the White Horse, to the north into what would have been the Danelaw (Viking England) and put your steps on the prehistoric cross-country trackway called Ridgeway, crossing England like a serpent and linking up several prehistoric sites (including Aveburyhenge and Stonehenge).
	groups.msn.com /TempleoftheOldReligions/excursions.msnw (1373 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Uffington White Horse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Uffington White Horse; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse (656 words)

	OTHER TOURS
		White Horses, Silbury Hill, West Kennett Longbarrow, the Sanctuary, Avebury Stone Circles.
		Time permitting, on to Uffington White Horse, possibly 3,000 plus years old, and Dragon Hill and Uffington Castle Hillfort.
		Chalice Well Gardens, the Abbey, Wearyall Hill (the Joseph of Arimathea legend), Pomparles Bridge and site of Bride's Mound if possible, Holy Thorns.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~astours/page4.html (195 words)

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