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Rhyddings Park, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle

in the county of Lancashire

Pictures of Cerne Abbas Giant

a National Trust Attraction in the town of Cerne Abbas, in the county of Dorset

About Cerne Abbas Giant

This magnificent figure cut into the turf of a chalk hillside is best viewed from the north of the village. He is known as "The Cerne Giant" or sometimes as "The Rude Man" and is believed to have been cut during the Roman occupation or even earlier.

The largest hillfigure in Britain, he measures a splendid 180 ft tall and has long been associated with Pagan fertility rights. It is further believed that there were strange happenings in this area during the 16th-century and that the giant may be a legacy of this time.

Whatever his origins, he remains a superb landmark amidst the lovely rural Dorset countryside and it is well worth finding the lay-by along the A352 to get a good look at him.

The site is cared for by the National trust and there is no direct access.

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Cerne Abbas

Cerne Abbas (68 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset

(0.6 miles, 1.0 km)

Famous for its huge chalk 'rude' giant, Cerne Abbas is a lovely ancient village in Dorset...

Minterne House and Gardens

Minterne Magna (22 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset

(1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction NW)

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The Syling Valley, Dorset.

Sydling St Nicholas (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset

(2.8 miles, 4.4 km, direction SW)

This is a particularly scenic village lying deep in a chalk-stream valley between open downs. Every approach to it is beautiful, whether crossing the hills from Cerne Abbas or Maiden Newton, or coming up the waters of the River Cerne between meadows flooded with spring lambs and ponies...

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Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset

(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction NW)

A long, winding lane, flanked by grassy banks covered in fern and wild flowers, leads to the picture postcard village of Melbury Osmond..

Thomas Hardy's cottage

Dorchester (86 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction S)

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset and is the heart of Thomas Hardy's Wessex. On the outskirts of the town you will find Hardy’s birthplace and family home in Higher.....

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Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage (4 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.0 km, direction SE)

Home of poet and novelist Thomas Hardy until the age of 34. Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were.....

The Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset

Roman Town House (1 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction S)

The Roman Town House was a discovery of the 1930's. From excavations beneath the ground came a rich feast of Roman history that.....

The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester. Dorset

The Keep Military Museum (15 Pictures)

(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction S)

This exciting keep is the home of the Military Museum of Devon and Dorset. Here visitors with a keen interest in all things.....

Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House (10 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction SE)

Athelhampton House is a fine example of a 15th Century house nestling in deepest Dorset...

Maiden Castle, Dorset

Maiden Castle (10 Pictures)

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction S)

The finest Iron Age hillfort in Europe, Maiden Castle is the size of 50 football pitches and was first built in 600BC over the.....


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