Hill figures & giants

51 places across Britain and Ireland

• Alton Barnes White HorseMilk Hill, Wiltshire · A horse cut by a painter who ran off with the money.
• Bendigeidfran, the Giant KingHarlech, Gwynedd · A giant who waded across the Irish Sea to rescue his sister.
• Bledlow CrossBledlow, Buckinghamshire · A mysterious chalk cross, sister to Whiteleaf.
• Bowerman's NoseNear Manaton, Dartmoor · A hunter turned to stone by witches.
• Broad Town White HorseNear Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire · A Victorian horse cut by a farmer.
• Calliagh Berra's HouseSlieve Gullion, County Armagh · A tomb on a mountaintop, home of a witch who made Finn old.
• Carreg Coetan ArthurNewport, Pembrokeshire · A stone tomb whose capstone King Arthur threw like a quoit.
• Cherhill White HorseNear Calne, Wiltshire · Cut by a 'mad doctor' who shouted instructions through a megaphone.
• Devil's DykeNear Brighton, West Sussex · A valley the Devil dug to drown the churches of the Weald.
• Devizes Millennium White HorseRoundway Hill, Devizes, Wiltshire · Wiltshire's newest white horse, cut by 200 volunteers for the millennium.
• Finn McCool's FingersShantemon, County Cavan · Five standing stones said to be a giant's hand.
• Folkestone White HorseCheriton Hill, Folkestone, Kent · A modern white horse looking down on the Channel Tunnel.
• Giant BolsterSt Agnes, Cornwall · A giant who bled to death for love, tricked by a saint.
• Gog and MagogGuildhall, City of London · The giant guardians of the City of London.
• Hackpen White HorseHackpen Hill, Wiltshire · A horse cut for Queen Victoria's coronation.
• Holiburn, the Giant of Carn GalverCarn Galver, near Morvah, Cornwall · A kind giant who killed his best friend by accident.
• Jack o' LegsWeston, Hertfordshire · Two stones far apart mark the grave of a giant robber.
• Kilburn White HorseNear Thirsk, North Yorkshire · Britain's most northerly white horse, cut by a schoolmaster and his pupils.
• KnockmanyNear Augher, County Tyrone · Where Finn's clever wife tricked a rival giant.
• Litlington White HorseNear Alfriston, East Sussex · A white horse above the Cuckmere valley, cut overnight, legend says.
• Llech IdrisNear Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd · A standing stone thrown by the giant Idris.
• Maen HuailSt Peter's Square, Ruthin, Denbighshire · The stone on which King Arthur beheaded a rival.
• Marlborough White HorsePreshute, Marlborough, Wiltshire · A small horse cut by schoolboys.
• Mormond Hill White HorseNear Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire · Scotland's only white horse, made of white quartz stones.
• Osmington White HorseNear Weymouth, Dorset · The only hill figure of a horse with a rider: King George III.
• Ossian's StoneThe Sma' Glen, Perthshire · The giant boulder over the grave of a legendary poet.
• Pewsey White HorsePewsey Hill, Wiltshire · A horse cut by the local fire brigade for a coronation.
• Shoreham CrossShoreham, Kent · A chalk cross remembering the village's First World War dead.
• The Bulford KiwiBeacon Hill, Bulford, Wiltshire · A giant kiwi carved by New Zealand soldiers waiting to go home.
• The Fovant BadgesFovant, Wiltshire · Regimental badges carved into a hillside by soldiers heading for the trenches.
• The Giant of GrabbistGrabbist Hill, Dunster, Somerset · A gentle giant who helped Exmoor's fishermen.
• The Giant's HedgeBetween Lerryn and Looe, Cornwall · 'One day when the Devil had nothing to do, he built the Giant's Hedge from Lerryn to Looe.'
• The Hag's Chair, LoughcrewLoughcrew, County Meath · A stone throne beside a tomb lit by the equinox sunrise.
• The Lamb Down BadgeCodford, Wiltshire · An Australian army badge carved by homesick soldiers.
• The Lenham CrossLenham, Kent · A giant chalk cross cut to remember the village's war dead.
• The Logan RockTreen, near Porthcurno, Cornwall · A rocking stone a naval officer pushed over, and had to put back.
• The Long Man of WilmingtonWilmington, East Sussex · A giant figure holding two staffs, once thought to be prehistoric.
• The Lost Giants of WandleburyGog Magog Hills, Cambridgeshire · Giant figures recorded by old writers, and an archaeologist who said he found them.
• The Mormond StagMormond Hill, Aberdeenshire · A giant white stag on the other side of Scotland's white horse hill.
• The Plymouth Hoe GiantsPlymouth Hoe, Devon · Lost giant figures of Gogmagog, cut into the Hoe.
• The Red Horse of TysoeTysoe, Warwickshire · A lost hill figure cut into red earth, and the search for where it lay.
• The Watlington White MarkWatlington, Oxfordshire · A chalk spike carved so a church would look as if it had a spire.
• The Whipsnade LionDunstable Downs, Bedfordshire · A giant chalk lion advertising Whipsnade Zoo.
• The WrekinNear Telford, Shropshire · A hill dropped by a giant who wanted to flood Shrewsbury.
• The Wye CrownWye, Kent · A giant crown cut by students for a coronation.
• Tigh nam BodachGlen Cailliche, Glen Lyon, Perthshire · A tiny shrine where stone giants are put out every summer.
• Tom Hickathrift's GraveTilney All Saints, Norfolk · The fenland giant who beat a monster with a cartwheel.
• Trencrom HillNear Lelant, Cornwall · A giants' hill where boulders were thrown across Cornwall.
• Wade's StoneEast Barnby, near Whitby, North Yorkshire · A standing stone marking a giant's grave.
• Westbury White HorseBratton Downs, Wiltshire · Wiltshire's oldest white horse, said to mark an ancient victory of King Alfred.
• Whiteleaf CrossNear Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire · A giant chalk cross whose origin nobody knows.