<< Text Pages >> Plymouth Giants - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Plymouth GiantsCountry: 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:
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 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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