<< Text Pages >> Red Horse of Tysoe - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in England in Warwickshire
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Multi-periodSite Name: Red Horse of TysoeCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 6.598 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Warwickshire Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Village: Lower Tysoe
Map Ref: SP3539844833
Latitude: 52.100707N Longitude: 1.484641W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Hill Figure in Warwickshire
The hill figure of a horse located near Lower Tysoe was mentioned in 1656 and 1798. K.A. Carduss and W.G. Miller figured the location of the Red Horse on slope of the hill over Old Lodge Farm, in a place currently covered with a forest. The trenches opened near the head of the hill figure in 1969 have confirmed differencs in subsoil, while the geophysical survey in 1980 provided further evidence for existence of the Red Horse. The origin of the figure is unknown, possibly it was an Anglo-Saxon ritual feature. Possibly it was accompanied by another, smaller hill figure.
Currently remains of the Red Horse of Tysoe are buried under the forest.
Bibliography:
Newman P. 2009 Lost Gods of Albion: The Chalk Hill-Figures of Britain. Stroud: The History Press.
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