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Broad Town White Horse

Near Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire

A Victorian horse cut by a farmer.

The Broad Town horse was cut in 1864 by a local farmer, William Simmonds, on a steep slope of the downs. Like many white horses, it became overgrown and had to be restored, and it is now cared for by local volunteers.

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When
Cut 1864
Where
51.5130, -1.8800
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

Visible from the lanes around Broad Town and Broad Hinton.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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