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The Wye Crown

Wye, Kent

A giant crown cut by students for a coronation.

In 1902 students from Wye agricultural college cut a huge crown into the North Downs to celebrate the coronation of Edward VII. It is around 70 metres wide.

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When
Cut 1902
Where
51.1800, 0.9500
Group
Hill figures & giants

Visiting

Best seen from Wye village. The Wye Downs nature reserve is above it.

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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