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	Uffington White Horse
		It is also the largest of the horses being some 374 feet in length and 110 feet in height, constructed of trenches which are 5 to 10 feet in width and 2 to 3 feet deep and filled with chalk, this is a few feet above the natural chalk of the hill.
		The horse is unique in its features, the horse being a very long sleek disjointed figure and this leads some to believe it represents the mythical dragon that St. George slain on the adjacent Dragon hill or even his horse.
		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 (719 words)

	White Horse - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about White Horse
		The Uffington White Horse below Uffington Castle, a hill fort on the Berkshire Downs, is 110 m/360 ft long and probably a tribal totem of the late Bronze Age.
		There is a stylistic similarity between the Uffington Horse and the horse represented on the gold and silver coins current in southeastern England at the end of the early Iron Age.
		Eleven of the White Horses are in the former kingdom of Wessex (southern and southwestern counties of England).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /white+horse (524 words)

	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.
		The horse is thought to represent a tribal symbol perhaps connected with the builders of Uffington Castle.
		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 (640 words)

	Vale of White Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A smooth, steep gully on the north flank of White Horse Hill is called the Manger, and to the west of it rises a bald mound named Dragons Hill, the traditional scene of St George's victory over the dragon, the blood of which made the ground bare of grass for ever.
		To the west of White Horse Hill lies a long barrow called Wayland's Smithy, said to be the home of a smith who was never seen, but shod the horses of travellers if they were left at the place with payment.
		The White Horse has been carefully cleared of vegetation from time to time, and the process, known as the Scouring of the White Horse, was formerly made the occasion of a festival.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vale_of_White_Horse (960 words)

	Brigantes Nation Uffington
		The horse was dated to between 1400 - 600 BC by the Oxford University Reasearch Unit in 1995 using optical stimulated luminescence dating, it age is probably late Bronze Age.
		Uffington Horse is the largest hill figure in Britain, it is 110m long and 40m high.
		The horse is on the northwestern side of the Ridgeway, close by and is built on a Bronze AGe cultivation terrace.
	www.brigantesnation.com /SiteResearch/HillFigures/Uffington/Uffington.htm (283 words)

	Uffington White Horse, Waylands Smithy & the Ridgeway
		The White Horse at Uffington is one the most famous hill figures in Britain and has recently been dated to at least the Iron Age (around 500 BC) but it could well be much older.
		Perched on White Horse Hill above the chalk figure, this earth enclosure surrounds 9 acres of land with a single bank and ditch and an entrance to the NW.
		A marvellous example of a Bronze Age cemetery to the south of Uffington near the village of Lambourn beside the minor road to Kingston Lisle.
	freespace.virgin.net /ancient.ways/uffingto.htm (983 words)

	Tom Brown's School Museum - Uffington White Horse
		Images similar to the outline of the Horse have been found on coins from that period, and it is thought that the figure represents a horse goddess connected with the local Belgae tribe.
		The festival, including a ‘scouring’ of the Horse (dressing it with fresh chalk) was recreated by the villagers of Uffington in 2000 as part of their Millennium Celebrations.
		Uffington Castle, also on White Horse Hill, is an impressive Iron Age hill fort, once protected by timber walls on top of the surviving banks and ditches.
	www.tombrown.btinternet.co.uk /museum/horse.html (573 words)

	White Horse, Vale of the on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		WHITE HORSE, VALE OF THE [White Horse, Vale of the] district (1991 pop.
		According to tradition, his victory at Ashdown in 871 was commemorated by the White Horse on White Horse Hill, although it is probably of a much earlier date.
		There are other "white horses" of various ages in Wiltshire, Berkshire, Yorkshire, and elsewhere, but the one at Uffington is the most famous.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WhiteH1or.asp (470 words)

	National Trust \| Places to visit \| White Horse Hill
		The stylised form of the White Horse, an icon of the English landscape, has been a subject of discussion since the 17th century.
		Below the horse is the dramatic sweep of a steep sided dry valley, known as the Manger.
		Crowning White Horse Hill is the Iron Age hillfort known as Uffington Castle.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/w-chl/w-countryside_environment/w-archaeology/w-archaeology-places_to_visit/w-archaeology-uffington_white_horse.htm (522 words)

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		The Uffington White Horse is an abstract figure elongated and stylized, only nominally horse shaped, leading to speculation that isn't a horse at all, but a Dragon.
		Tradition points to the horse being cut in the time of Hengist, the Saxon leader, who had a white horse on his standard and whose name means "stallion" or in that of King Alfred to celebrate his victory over the Danes at Ashdown in 871 AD.
		Although difficult to see, the White Horse is on the tip of the ridge in the centre of this picture.
	members.lycos.co.uk /oldalbion/hillfig/uffington.html (871 words)

	Wiltshire White Horses: The Uffington white horse
		The Uffington white horse, one of only four that face to the right, is high on an escarpment of the Berkshire Downs below Whitehorse Hill, a mile and a half south of the village of Uffington, and it looks out over the Vale of the White Horse.
		The horse-goddess Epona was worshipped by the Celts in Gaul, and she had a counterpart in Britain, Rhiannon, so the Uffington white horse may have been cut by adherents of a cult of the horse-goddess.
		The young readers' historical novel "Sun Horse, Moon Horse" by Rosemary Sutcliff, though fiction, is a fascinating speculation on the cutting of the Uffington horse by a member of the Iceni tribe, and paints a vivid picture of what life in the Bronze Age might have been like.
	wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk /uffington.html (652 words)

	The Ridgeway
		Uffington Castle is an earthwork close to the White Horse.
		Uffington White Horse is about three thousand years old, making it by far the oldest of Britain's chalk hill figures as well as the most beautiful and -- since it can only be viewed properly from a helicopter -- mysterious.
		Uffington White Horse: a more academic approach to the White Horse.
	www.hoary.org /snaps/engl/ridg.html (927 words)

	The White Horse of Uffington, and Dragon Hill
		The White Horse of Uffington is one of the most impressive sites close to the ancient Ridgeway path, which traverses the steep chalk downs brooding over the Vale of the White Horse.
		The White Horse of Uffington, with its elegant lines of white chalk bedrock, is thought to be the oldest hill figure in Britain.
		Traditionally the horse is attributed to a number of famous figures, one of these is King Alfred, who is said to have had it constructed to commemorate his victory over the Danes in 871.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /majorsites/uffington.html (713 words)

	Uffington White Horse Show - About the White Horse Show
		Uffington may be a small village, but we pride ourselves on running a highly professional show, which is the envy of many commercial organisations.
		White Horse Kites will be flying their kites and giving children an opportunity to make them.
		The attractive and well prepared showground has White Horse Hill as a backdrop, and there is ample free parking.
	www.whitehorseshow.co.uk (332 words)

	Vale Of White Horse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Vale of White Horse shown within Oxfordshire The Vale of White Horse is a district of...
		The Vale of the White Horse is centred on the ancient hill figure of the White Horse of Uffington.
		WHITE HORSE, VALE OF, the name of the valley of the Ock, a stream which joins the Thames from the west at Abingdon in Berkshire, England.
	www.1st-4-horse.com /vale-of-white-horse.html (338 words)

	White Horse of Uffington carries mystery - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Horses were regarded not only as a powerful weapon but were also seen as an important religious animal.
		The charming village of Uffington, in the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside, is a mere two-hour drive from London.
		Some say the horse marks one of many ley-lines crisscrossing the country, and the eye of the horse is said to mark the point where the earth's force is particularly intense.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/travel/s_64732.html (919 words)

	:White Horse: Directory & Comependium.
		However, horse worship seems to have been established in Britain well before the arrival of the Celts - if this date is correct - as the downland figure in Berkshire called the Uffington White Horse has been dated by Oxford archaeologists to circa 600-1400 BC.
		Andalusian horses were a blend of mainly Arabian and Berber stock with some admixture of English blood.They were used with great success as war horses by the Carthaginians in their campaigns against the Romans who in turn captured and bred then for their own purposes.Its not known what percentage of this original breed were white.
		White horses are immensely popular today not just among the general public but with organisations such as the Queen's Household Cavalry and the US Marine Corps Color Guard where they feature on ceremonial occasions.
	www.freevetadvice.co.uk /whitehorseindex.htm (2329 words)

	Oxford Archaeology - Uffington White Horse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The White Horse carved into the chalk of the hillside at Uffington forms part of a complex of prehistoric and later monuments, including the Uffington 'Castle' hillfort, the Ridgeway track, and a number of burial mounds.
		The nature and date of construction of the White Horse has been the subject of considerable debate, as has its use and possible meaning in past society.
		This study encourages us to look openly at the changing roles of the various monuments associated with the White Horse and their physical setting, particularly during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, but also within the longer-term history of this part of the Berkshire Downs.
	www.oxfordarch.co.uk /pages/whitehorsehill.htm (371 words)

	In Search of The White Horse of Uffington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The White Horse of Uffington is cut into the slopes of a 856 feet high hill.
		The horse could have been cut by the worshippers of the sun god Belinos or Belenus, who was associated with horses.
		Whether the figure is intended to represent a horse, or some other creature instead, has been debated, but we do know that it has been called a horse since at least medieval times.
	www.chuckstraub.com /Letterboxing/whitehorse.htm (987 words)

	Faringdon Tourism & Transport
		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).
		It was the rediscovery of Grimes' papers which revealed that the horse was three dimensional and could be excavated.
		Dragon Hill, Uffington Castle and the Manger are all in the same area
	www.faringdon.org /ttwhitehorse.htm (420 words)

	Uffington White Horse
		About the only thing we do know for certain is that the horse - or figure - is 374 feet from end to end, and that it was tended for many years by the villagers, who carefully eradicated any weeds that might have grown up in the chalk of the horse's outline.
		On the crown of the hill above the horse is the hill fort of Uffington Castle.
		At the base of White Horse hill rises a small conical mound, a sort of mini-hill.
	www.britainexpress.com /counties/oxfordshire/ancient/uffington.htm (566 words)

	Adrian the Ageing Hippy's Photos of Wayland's Smithy and White Horse Hill
		Follow signposts from Wantage for Uffington White Horse, then continue to Wayland's Smithy from the car park off the B4507 at the foot of Whitehorse Hill, (on foot) south along the lane and then west along the Ridgeway.
		A local legend says the barrow is haunted by an invisible flsmith who will shoe a horse for a traveller, provided that a coin is left on a stone and that the traveller absents himself while the work is in progress.
		a flat topped hill next to the White Horse is known as Dragon Hill, and the bare chalky area on its summit is supposed to be where the dragon's blood soaked into the ground, so that no grass will grow there.
	www.adrian.smith.clara.net /waylands.html (536 words)

	Vale of the White Horse
		From ancient ruins to medieval treasures, peaceful villages to mysterious hill figures, the Vale of the White Horse is one of England's undiscoverd delights.
		The White Horse is a mysterious figure carved into the chalk hillside above Uffington.
		The local legend goes that if you leave an unshod horse at the tomb with a few pennies, when you return the horse will be shod, presumably by Wayland the Blacksmith.
	www.britainexpress.com /Where_to_go_in_Britain/Destination_Library/vale-of-the-white-horse.htm (517 words)

	Uffington White Horse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This is a superb example of the art of cutting horses in the shallow top-soil overlying the chalk of the Downs.
		It is a series of unconnected lines, and stands overlooking the Vale of the White Horse to the east of the town of Swindon.
		Close to the Horse is Dragon Hill where St. George is supposed to have slain the Dragon.
	www.berksarch.co.uk /Uffingtonwhitehorse.html (141 words)

	a white horse on a green field (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		There are several "chalk horses" in Wiltshire, but none as old as the White Horse of Uffington.
		Unlike the solid and more or less naturalistic figures of the other horses, it is formed from stylized curving lines some ten feet or less wide, and its length of around 365 feet makes it over twice as long as the longest of the Wiltshire horses.
		Until recently the Uffington horse was thought to date from the Iron Age.
	my.richnet.net /~msallen/msallen/lotr/whitehorse.html (412 words)

	White Horse of Uffington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The White Horse of Uffington is a spectacular site close to the ancient Ridgeway path, which traverses the steep chalk downs brooding over the Vale of the White Horse.
		Similar images have been found depicted on coins from the Bronze period, and it is thought that the figure represents the horse goddess Epona, worshipped throughout the Celtic world.
		The Uffington horse is also said to been cut by Hengist, the leader of the Anglo Saxon horde in the 5th century CE.
	myths.allinfoabout.com /feature44.html (526 words)

	Uffington White Horse: Interesting Thing of the Day
		Of these, about a dozen are pictures of horses, and of the horse carvings, the oldest and best known is the Uffington White Horse.
		The Uffington White Horse has the distinction of being the largest of Britain’s horse carvings (measured from head to tail).
		Although it has been referred to as a “horse” for at least 1,000 years, there are some who believe it was intended to represent a dragon.
	itotd.com /articles/259/uffington-white-horse (856 words)

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