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Cherhill White Horse

Near Calne, Wiltshire

Cut by a 'mad doctor' who shouted instructions through a megaphone.

The Cherhill horse was cut in 1780 by Dr Christopher Alsop, known locally as the 'mad doctor'. He is said to have stood on the main road below and shouted instructions to his workmen through a speaking trumpet.

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When
Cut 1780
Where
51.4307, -1.9497
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

Best seen from the A4. A footpath climbs to the monument.

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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