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<< Text Pages >> Plymouth Giants - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in England in Devon

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Multi-periodSite Name: Plymouth Giants
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.196 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Town: Plymouth
Map Ref: SX475539
Latitude: 50.365192N  Longitude: 4.145563W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Hill Figure in Devon

Two hill figures were located on slope of the hill below Royal Citadel in Plymouth. The figures are mentioned in 15th and 16th century sources. Little is known about their appearence, except the information that they had clubs in their hands. Possibly the bigger figure was older than the other one, but their age is incertain. No traces of Plymouth Giants survived till nowdays.

Bibliography:
Newman P. 2009. Lost Gods of Albion: The Chalk Hill-Figures of Britain. Stroud: The History Press.
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