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Osmington White Horse

Near Weymouth, Dorset

The only hill figure of a horse with a rider: King George III.

George III loved holidaying at Weymouth, and in 1808 the townspeople cut this figure of the king riding his horse into the hillside at Osmington. Legend says the king was offended because he is shown riding away from the town, and never came back, though historians doubt it.

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When
Cut 1808
Where
50.6475, -2.4100
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

Best seen from the A353 or the Osmington viewpoint.

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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