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| Re: Uffington White Horse (Score: 0) by Anonymous on Friday, 30 January 2004 |
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| Bank holiday grooming for Oxfordshire's White Horse (Score: 1) by coldrum on Thursday, 18 June 2009 (User Info | Send a Message) |
| Bank holiday grooming for Oxfordshire's White Horse The age-old tradition of "scouring" or re-chalking one of Britain's most mysterious ancient monuments – and having a knees- up at the same time – is being revived this bank holiday weekend. For centuries locals used to clamber up White Horse hill, freshen up the prancing creature carved into the chalky Oxfordshire slopes and enjoy folk music, games and one or two glasses of something refreshing. The event, which included horse racing and chasing a round of cheese down the steep slopes, was halted in 1857 after about 30,000 people who turned up became just a little bit too rowdy. But the National Trust, which has managed the hill for the last 30 years, has decided the time is right to revive the tradition. Several hundred people are expected to make sure the horse – now a little faded around the edges, thanks to the close attention of sheep and rain – is returned to its former glory. Caroline Searle, White Horse hill warden, said: "Local people feel very fond of the horse. They want to feel they are involved in its care. So we thought a good way would be to invite them up here and get them to help to rechalk the figure." She shudders at the term "scouring". In times gone by, the "scouring" involved stripping a layer of chalk away to make the figure gleam. Now they simply replace a layer of chalk, quarried locally. The horse was created in the late bronze age, about 3,000 years ago. Exactly how it was constructed is largely a matter of guesswork but it is thought an outline was made in the turf, then deep trenches were dug and filled and packed with chalk. The reason for its construction is unknown. Intriguingly, the whole of the figure can be seen clearly only from the air; there is an incomplete view of it from nearby villages and the London-to-Bristol rail line. Some think it is a religious figure, others that it functioned as a tribal boundary. Helping prepare for the weekend's fun yesterday were Genevieve MacIndoe and her children, Natasha, 12, and Rob, 10, from the nearby village of Uffington. "We're very proud of the horse," said Ms MacIndoe. "It's a magical figure and a magical kind of place." Rob was delighted to be told that an acoustic trick means that someone standing in the valley – or the manger as it is known – can be heard on the White Horse hillside. "We love coming up here and seeing the horse," Natasha said. "It's nice to help preserve it." http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/22/oxfordshire-white-horse-bank-holiday |
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| Re: Uffington White Horse (Score: 1) by HughWhiting on Wednesday, 25 July 2007 (User Info | Send a Message) |
| Hi. I'm on a mission to find some debate of or interest in the observation that the White Horse of Uffington is a megalithic map of Great Britain. With the eye on the Isle of Wight and the front leg aligned with the Western peninsula, the match is near-perfect. I have submitted my ideas to other forums (fora?), but forums (fora?) like this are a tangled mess of pixellated words and jumbled obsessions. Not a bad thing inherently, but we're left with a cyber wilderness of cryings out. Imagine people from all over meeting up there and standing next to their neighbours, wherever they come form. It is a congregational parliamentary site. Also, find the point on the map itself which represents the location of the map on this island. I noticed the match when contemplating that era's medical/anatomical science, and the possibility they used an awareness of integrative function, much as Alexander Technique, Rolfing etc. do today. A beautiful piece of work, it is. Would somebody let me know the most appropriate avenue of discussing this topic? |
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| Re: Uffington White Horse (Score: 1) by HughWhiting on Saturday, 04 August 2007 (User Info | Send a Message) |
| hi i done a web thing with a few pictures. the pictures are the main thing. distorted a bit, but you can get the picture. the words are free-form waffle, in the main. http://uffington.map.googlepages.com/ |
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| Re: Uffington White Horse (Score: 0) by Anonymous on Sunday, 19 August 2007 |
| I didn't realise there's one here as well. |
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| Re: Uffington White Horse (Score: 1) by h_fenton on Sunday, 07 October 2007 (User Info | Send a Message) |
| bearing in mind that the uffington white horse is on reasonably unique shaped hill, and i know its there, on a very clear day recently i could see with my eyes (only just) the back of the horse, from 18miles roughly north (according to google earth), i wonder where the furthest location on the ground is that you can get a reasonable view of the horse --> i mean like see the different features - legs, head, et cetera |
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| Uffington White Horse (Score: 1) by coldrum on Friday, 16 May 2008 (User Info | Send a Message) |
| National Trust website: nationaltrust Tania Kovats Museum of the White Horse: museumofthewhitehorse |
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