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Gog and Magog

Guildhall, City of London

The giant guardians of the City of London.

Legend says Brutus of Troy founded London after defeating the giants of Britain, and chained two of them, Gog and Magog, at his palace gate. Giant figures of them have guarded the Guildhall for centuries.

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When
Legend, statues 1953
Where
51.5160, -0.0920
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

The statues are in the Guildhall's Great Hall, open on many days.

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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