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Pewsey White Horse

Pewsey Hill, Wiltshire

A horse cut by the local fire brigade for a coronation.

An earlier white horse on Pewsey Hill was cut in 1785 and had become overgrown. In 1937, to celebrate the coronation of George VI, a new horse was designed and cut by the Pewsey fire brigade and local volunteers.

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When
Cut 1937
Where
51.3200, -1.7600
Group
Hill figures & giants

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Visible from the road south of Pewsey.

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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