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The Plymouth Hoe Giants

Plymouth Hoe, Devon

Lost giant figures of Gogmagog, cut into the Hoe.

Records from 1486 onwards mention payments for cleaning 'the Gogmagog', a giant figure cut into the turf on Plymouth Hoe. Legend says the Trojan hero Corineus wrestled the giant Gogmagog here and threw him into the sea.

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When
Recorded 1486
Where
50.3640, -4.1420
Group
Hill figures & giants

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Plymouth Hoe has the citadel, Smeaton's Tower and sea views.

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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