Archaeologists reveal likely age of enigmatic Cerne Abbas Giant

Archaeologists reveal likely age of enigmatic Cerne Abbas Giant - and it's not what anyone expected

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3 жыл бұрын

It's been a mystery for decades - who carved a picture of a naked man into a Dorset hillside, when did they do it and why? Well we're still not certain about why but thanks to some groundbreaking new archaeological research, we've got a better idea about when.
The Cerne Abbas Giant is Britain’s largest, and possibly most recognisable, chalk hill figure, standing at 180ft (55 metres). Generations have speculated about the age and meaning of the club-brandishing giant. Was he a depiction of the legendary demi-god Hercules, an ancient fertility symbol, or even the soldier and statesman Oliver Cromwell? Another legend holds that the figure was carved around the body of a giant who was slain by local people after he terrorised the countryside.
The National Trust have been looking after him since 1920 and in 2020, Trust archaeologists, in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire, Allen Environmental Archaeology and the Pratt Bequest, used state-of-the art sediment analysis to discover some more of the Giants secrets. You can hear about what they discovered in this video and there's a further update here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...
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@nationaltrustcharity 5 ай бұрын

See how we look after the Cerne giant at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eK-VZ5h4qd3YgGg.html

@alfonsedente9679 5 ай бұрын

Did you guys take selfies with the giant willy?

@C_B_Hubbs 6 ай бұрын

The terraglyph appears to depict a member of the species Homo erectus.

@mjade1673 6 ай бұрын

Cool idea, What makes you say that?

@MidMo4020 6 ай бұрын

@@mjade1673gotta be the eyebrows

@pashakdescilly7517 6 ай бұрын

definitely 'erectus', but 'homo'?

@C_B_Hubbs 6 ай бұрын

@@pashakdescilly7517 "Homo erectus" = upright/erect human, is it not? 😏

@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci 6 ай бұрын

Homo Very Erectus.

@aviphysics 6 ай бұрын

It would be hilarious if his member was a different age than the rest.

@Nyctophora 6 ай бұрын

It kind of is - at one point, the top part was once a separate navel.

@bill6843 6 ай бұрын

Lol imagine it was older than the rest.

@alanCalhoun2 5 ай бұрын

They Better send over a couple "experts" to inspect his member.

@ChadBoss-qr4hl 5 ай бұрын

It was added by bored teenagers in the 1300's.

@davidmccann9811 5 ай бұрын

@@ChadBoss-qr4hl They find out the medieval teens carved a massive c**k on the hill to piss off the villagers.

@warrenbooth2103 6 ай бұрын

I remember being on a school trip we were in a coach in the late 1950s the giant came into view and a great cheer went up!

@george40nelson4 6 ай бұрын

That would be an expected. healthy and natural reaction for a young person ! LOL

@thedeadalgorithmmusicchann1994 6 ай бұрын

One time we were on a school trip as well , and we seen a wolfman, Frankensteins monster & a Mummy having lunch on the lawn. I think Warren Zevon was there as well...

@donjones4719 6 ай бұрын

In the US a fig leaf would have been riveted over the "offending" parts.

@JP-xd6fm 5 ай бұрын

@@donjones4719 Hahah!, I was just thinking that!, in the USA the poor kids can't be traumatized by a genital representation, but they can be traumatized with mass shootings no problem!

@thePronto 5 ай бұрын

They can't be sure of the year, but the day and time is very certain. Between 10:30pm and 1am on a Friday and Saturday.

@elroythewonderboy 6 ай бұрын

Big find. It’s nuts if you think about it.

@simonlyons5681 6 ай бұрын

That's a National Trust member if I ever saw one.

@rwm4738 5 ай бұрын

What, the giant's nuts?

@frankenjstein9371 5 ай бұрын

Huge find.

@simonlyons5681 5 ай бұрын

@@rwm4738 Well, somebody's nuts.

@boblevine104 5 ай бұрын

I think his name is “Dee”

@cedarwaxwing3509 6 ай бұрын

He seems like a very happy giant.

@elypowell6797 6 ай бұрын

He has a club intended for braining people so what is he really up too?

@davidbcalhoun 5 ай бұрын

He’s a very naughty boy

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 ай бұрын

always happy to see you it's nuts that it's sooo big

@cedarwaxwing3509 5 ай бұрын

@@xXxSkyViperxXx You call that big? 😏

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 ай бұрын

@@cedarwaxwing3509 oh you've seen bigger gigantic ones looking at you?

@fins59 6 ай бұрын

The face looks like it was restored by that 81 yr old woman that did the botched restoration of the painting 'Ecce Homo' in a Spanish church.

@amyfake1406 6 ай бұрын

Damn that's funny! This is that old restoration lady's first work, otherwise known as "Ecce Horno."

@scallopohare9431 6 ай бұрын

"We found deposits that we never thought would be here." My inner teen is snickering uncontrolably

@tedtimmis8135 6 ай бұрын

LOL!

@cymro6537 6 ай бұрын

Giggity !

@T_bone 6 ай бұрын

They had to find the right place to get a sample and hammered into it to get those.

@scallopohare9431 6 ай бұрын

@@T_bone Ribaldry is lost on you?

@T_bone 6 ай бұрын

@@scallopohare9431 Perhaps tis lost upon thee, as my quip lacked sufficient evidence of my own ribaldness. Me thinks a mark of quotation, or perhaps an emoji to make clear for those like yourself afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome.

@cymro6537 6 ай бұрын

What amazes me is the he survived any purges of the puritans or Victorians !

@Earnshawfully 6 ай бұрын

Yes, this is interesting. Since the Victorians did a lot of castrating of Greek statues, etc. and damaging church corbels which did not meet with approval, (churches which were built when there was still some Saxon crossover).

@M.Campbell 6 ай бұрын

I've read that the first printed image of him dated 1763 showed that his famous appendage wasn't as large. Seems that the various people who have maintained the giant over time, have given generous attention to that part.

@julienielsen3746 6 ай бұрын

Maybe it was more grown over at the time, and didn't show up as much.

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff 5 ай бұрын

@@M.CampbellThe more they rub it the more it grows.

@andrewlangley9507 5 ай бұрын

He’s a grower, not a shower. ( Sure hope I don’t get flagged for misgendering him. )

@horuslupercal9936 5 ай бұрын

That information is truly arousing....a really, really, really BIG discovery.

@dennisestenson7820 5 ай бұрын

He walks softly and carries a big stick.

@Kyle-sr6jm 5 ай бұрын

Yep, and a club.

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 ай бұрын

keeps some nuts as well, i must say

@dmtc6913 5 ай бұрын

He has a piece of celery as an arm and Patrick Duffy as a leg

@RomanesEuntDomus. 6 ай бұрын

That was made by some naughty palaeolithic teenagers

@R3dp055um 6 ай бұрын

You mean because it's got a big ol' stiffie?

@mrbaab5932 6 ай бұрын

They said Medieval.

@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci 6 ай бұрын

Well, naughty Medieval teenagers. I was actually thinking it was some kind of student prank; how far is that place from Oxford University? I've heard that even in its earliest days the students there got up to some hijinks, enough that the locals in the city of Oxford rather violently rioted against them on more than one occasion because they were so fed up.

@Dennis-nc3vw 6 ай бұрын

1:50

@baseddoggie 5 ай бұрын

@@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci It's too much effort to be a prank. That's TONS of rock that had to be placed.

@orchidorio 6 ай бұрын

I've got Mr. Cerne Abbas tattooed on my left ankle.

@lesleyscott938 6 ай бұрын

How fascinating to think that he was completely forgotten about and then re cut out later.

@fburton8 5 ай бұрын

After watching this fascinating National Trust video, I’m keen to be a member.

@mervyncruddy5948 5 ай бұрын

I'm sure you'll be a fine upstanding one.

@jimmybullardful 6 ай бұрын

I can remember that some years ago it was reported that someone had researched all the large figures cut in the landscape that were believed to be ancient and with one exception he found that they dated to the mid seventeenth century. The one exception is the Uffington White Horse which had been dated on stylistic grounds to the iron age. After his scientific analysis this was put back to the bronze age. To say that the other figures were medieval but were then 'lost' and then mysteriously 'found' again seems like wishful thinking and completely unscientific.

@sango_wango851 6 ай бұрын

What's not mentioned in this video is that it was already known based on old drawings and survey's that large parts of the structure has changed and been re-done at points in time - like specifically the giant phallus which used to be much smaller. If you're looking for an explanation as to why there isn't written history around to match the scientific dating it seems like a pretty reasonable guess as to what might explain that.

@benthomason3307 6 ай бұрын

@@sango_wango851 "the dick used to be smaller." you've got to be shitting me. you HAVE to be joking.

@lukeywalsh 5 ай бұрын

Grower, not a show-er? Delayed Puberty? @@sango_wango851

@clemdane 5 ай бұрын

I was just wondering about the Uffington White Horse

@kimadams2995 6 ай бұрын

Something that really impresses me as a gardener is how there's NO WEEDS in the lines. Wish my sidewalk cracks stayed that clear....

@M.Campbell 6 ай бұрын

It's maintained. If my sidewalk had volunteers to regularly clean it up it would look quite nice also. Alas, it probably looks like yours.

@scallopohare9431 6 ай бұрын

@@M.Campbell So, he was centuries ahead of the trend to manscaping?

@MidMo4020 6 ай бұрын

@@scallopohare9431🤣🤣🤣

@artor9175 6 ай бұрын

Try growing your garden on a slab of pure chalk, and get hundreds of volunteers to groom it regularly.

@gregthorne4292 5 ай бұрын

You have to keep the weeds trimmed to make it look bigger.

@RPicard1963 6 ай бұрын

He's pretty excited about something!

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 ай бұрын

he sees everyone that visits him, no wonder

@DD-nl3og 3 жыл бұрын

Great bit of detective work that. Very enjoyable. Fullest respect to that team.

@martinharris5017 5 ай бұрын

"Not what anyone expected" except my early 1970's Readers Digest book of Myths and Legends of Britain, which says that it's archaeological consensus that the "Rude Man of Cerne" is a relatively recent creation, probably Medieval.

@A.P.0000 5 ай бұрын

The more i see stuff like this, the more i believe that there is time travelling troll going back in time and doing art pieces like this to mess with us.😂

@betheva5917 6 ай бұрын

Takes enjoyment of science to another whole level.

@stuart6478 6 ай бұрын

What science? Is just stories stacked on stories. SCIENCE is testing to find abnormalities in results. Get your 30th Jab already.

@TheEudaemonicPlague 11 ай бұрын

I hadn't paid much attention to the giant before, so I'd just assumed it was something prehistoric. Silly me, I never considered the possibility that it could be medieval.

@inyobill 6 ай бұрын

You and pretty much everyone else in the world, as far as I can tell.

@mohamedouali1974 6 ай бұрын

لانك تابع للقطيع

@scallopohare9431 6 ай бұрын

@@inyobill They sold postcards of him in Cheddar in 2009. I have yet to see how the US Postal Service would react.

@MidMo4020 6 ай бұрын

@@mohamedouali1974”the herd”… says the Muslim 🤣🤣

@ladydreadqs639 6 ай бұрын

@@mohamedouali1974all comments have been humourous except yours, why so bitter ?!

@catspaw3815 3 жыл бұрын

That's quite the club my man is packing there

@musicloverlondon6070 3 жыл бұрын

At 3.00 he looks a bit surprised about it himself!

@bradfordewell1503 7 ай бұрын

Hee hee hee 🤪

@larrybuzbee7344 6 ай бұрын

It's all fun and games until someone gets their eye poked out.

@What1drink 6 ай бұрын

Big wooden stick as well

@MichaelMarko 6 ай бұрын

The icon formerly known as the “Rude Man”! My hero!!!

@brianmckeever5280 5 ай бұрын

Insert obligatory joke of a master debate of his date.

@judewarner1536 5 ай бұрын

I believe the Cerne Giant has been covered, uncovered, overgrown, refreshed and recut many times over the centuries. I also recall reading somewhere, many moons ago, that there is evidence of a lion-skin cape, no longer visible, around the shoulders of the Giant. Along with the special club, this would appear to be a representation of Hercules of Greek mythology.

@Thenogomogo-zo3un 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, saw that programme. IIRC they took some infra red or something pictures and detected it. Then painted a line with whitewash for the outline of the cape. It looked right.

@user-eo9jr6sp7r 6 ай бұрын

Amazing! I had no idea they would use a crescent wrench for a belt buckle. These brilliant ancient people just keep stunning me with their attention to detail . 😆😆😆

@user-eo9jr6sp7r 5 ай бұрын

And also just out of curiosity , I was wondering if it was customary to run wild , and club things with a full erection ? Must be a show of dominance and masculinity . 🤔🤣

@kennethfisher7013 6 ай бұрын

Look at the size of that club!

@steveb1739 5 ай бұрын

A giant butt plug no doubt!

@davidhooper259 6 ай бұрын

I wonder how much time and money was spent on studying basically the oldest and probably funniest medieval banksy.

@tygrahof9268 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting. SO, no idea when then...

@SNancyhere 6 ай бұрын

2:25 Medieval to 1694

@tygrahof9268 6 ай бұрын

@@SNancyhere Ah...

@CHDean 6 ай бұрын

3:44 “Everyone’s happy” Yes, he is.

@steveoh9285 6 ай бұрын

Fun Fact: More women volunteered to work on this site than any other site in Britain.

@HarleyLuna31 5 ай бұрын

You lying

@vacafuega 5 ай бұрын

Men are way more interested in depictions of phalli than women... When was the last time you saw a woman draw one of those things? It's always the boys. Women have a much more pragmatic understanding of those things :)

@rogerscottcathey 6 ай бұрын

See how deep that lime, chalk or whatever it is goes down! Very neatly done.

@scallopohare9431 6 ай бұрын

It is the natural landscape. You can see similar white ground around Stonehenge. It does not hold warmth like regular soil, as I found out on a private access ticket, (shared with 25 others)on a lovely morning. It was cold!

@edwardjcurtis85 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating little video! Thanks.

@StephenandClaire Жыл бұрын

You might enjoy our video about the Cerne Abbas Giant, as well as a tour of the beautiful Dorset village it's in: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab2kmtuUx9a2gaM.html

@fuzzy3440 6 ай бұрын

Were James, Jeremy and Richard spotted in the area? Seems like their handywork.

@josephwarren3498 6 ай бұрын

At one point did we decide that we were the first to display a sense of humor? Personally, I expected Armstrong & Miller to walk on to the set.

@michaelbyrnee9584 6 ай бұрын

I'll say he is "brandishing a club"!

@Dennis-nc3vw 6 ай бұрын

He’s giant alright.

@scm50able 6 ай бұрын

This young adult giant is ready to engage nonstop for at least 10 hours.

@GRW3 5 ай бұрын

Have they done any topological scans by ground piercing radar to see if there might be other figures nearby? If, as they speculate, this one was redone, there might be others that were not.

@Dennis-nc3vw 6 ай бұрын

This is the greatest graffiti ever. 😆 The fact it was during the medieval times makes it even better

@garywait3231 5 ай бұрын

Jacks, this reflection is far and away one of the very best among your typically insightful posts. I' m in my mid eighties, and looking back over my life experiences, I find they reflect your comments, and I have fee regrets. Wishing you the same successful diigue between life alone

@Housefly-sg1zw 5 ай бұрын

A statue should be erected to the builders of this monument, but I suppose that would be redundant...

@philbowflaggon8363 6 ай бұрын

That same picture was in the Jr high bathroom stall when I was a lad. I didn't realize how old it was.

@runnergo1398 5 ай бұрын

Gotta hand it to ancient people for having a sense of humor.

@heatherkaye8653 6 ай бұрын

Why can't these things that we find that are ancient Just be art just because. Today there's a lot of art that has no real necessary deeper point, other than to just be art.

@Earnshawfully 6 ай бұрын

It is art. All art has a cultural context, and it is fascinating to find out more about that.

@Zeus-rq5wn 6 ай бұрын

Yeah all you're going to get is opinions anyhow.

@oliverholm3973 6 ай бұрын

@@Zeus-rq5wn And we wouldn't want that now, would we?

@dearthditch 6 ай бұрын

Guys drawing dixks on everything goes back as far as they could hold a rock

@radicalcartoons2766 6 ай бұрын

Funny how no one ever thinks women might have been the artists.🤔

@thelostone6981 6 ай бұрын

Is he pointing north????

@RobMacKendrick 5 ай бұрын

I think we're reaching the point where we have to consider a massive Saxon prank. (No pun intended.)

@lyudmillawasright. 6 ай бұрын

C'mon man, some fraternity did that in the 30's

@borismedved835 5 ай бұрын

Sorority.

@Breakstuff5050 6 ай бұрын

Some generous proportions there. Almost the length of his foot

@saltedmutton7269 5 ай бұрын

seems normal to me...

@emmsue1053 5 ай бұрын

Normal, an er*ction is always same as foot size, also the span from base of inner thumb to just above tip of index finger... Wrist to middle finger tip is same as foot size. Fascinating eh? All men get off here & go do research.. LOL

@andrewhaines3259 6 ай бұрын

I visited this figure some years ago. I walked the path to the bottom corner, where the trees line is along the bottom and couldn't get any nearer. Barbed wire everywhere! I hope it's a little less inhospitable these days! I was most disappointed. The white horse is much more accessible, but these are always better viewed from above!

@TheDaveman75 6 ай бұрын

It's the Long Man of Wilmington near where I live in Sussex, a reference to his height rather than anything else and you can walk right up the hill where it's located in the South Downs if you're feeling particularly enegetic

@rursus8354 6 ай бұрын

I'm going out finding myself a bride, better take the cudgel!

@nellylight7025 5 ай бұрын

A proud member of the National Trust.

@philipb2134 6 ай бұрын

For me, the wonder is that this work of art had been crafted before there were any aerial point of view.

@johnmarks227 6 ай бұрын

And you know this how? Ever hear of hot air balloons. Think they couldn't have built something like that?

@philipb2134 6 ай бұрын

@@johnmarks227hot air balloons have only been around for less than 300 years

@johnmarks227 6 ай бұрын

And you know that how? You really think they could put hot air in animal skins and float up to look at something?@@philipb2134

@johnmarks227 6 ай бұрын

The native Americans were doing it thousands of years ago. How do you think they looked at the Nazca lines@@philipb2134

@peterkilbridge6523 6 ай бұрын

@@philipb2134France, sometime in the 1780s. The Montgolfier Brothers.

@craigthescott5074 6 ай бұрын

I collect ancient weapons I wonder if that club is consistent with the mid evil time line or is that an outline of an earlier weapon style. I’ve never seen an Irish, Scottish, or English club like that.

@mshaw6836 5 ай бұрын

Medieval

@tommeakin1732 5 ай бұрын

One thought I find a little, well, gripping, is that this could be Thunor. There's not much to go off, but this dating (a time where Germanic beliefs and Christianity were living side by side and edging ahead of the former) alongside there being signs from our broad knowledge about Germanic beliefs that Thunor may have been a kind of fertility god, as well as the club, which I believe is seen in a few depictions of the god instead of the hammer. Though, we know hammers (to be worn at the neck or hip) that are often linked to Thunor were knocking around the in the 600's in Kent, so it might be a little odd if, not that far away, they thought a club was a better fit. It's not a strong case, but it made me think lol. We'll likely never know about things like this.

@alexandersmallart 3 жыл бұрын

excellent

@StephenandClaire Жыл бұрын

You might enjoy our video about the Cerne Abbas Giant, as well as a tour of the beautiful Dorset village it's in: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab2kmtuUx9a2gaM.html

@charleslanphier8094 6 ай бұрын

I'll bet he was a very popular giant.

@forestdweller5581 5 ай бұрын

That club he is carrying has a rather particular shape doesn' t it? Maybe some weapons expert can link it to an actual period weapon?

@Edward2733 5 ай бұрын

The ancients were clever, not fools. The knew the mechanical rules. And they were, as you'll learn, If you're ever in Cerne Enormously proud of their tools!

@abrahama2643 6 ай бұрын

I don't know the age of enigmatic Cerne Abbas Giant. . . but whoever drew that was a 10 year old.

@Anson120 5 ай бұрын

Those researchers are very professional. I wouldn't be able to hold it together. Nope, too many jokes.

@Divertedflight 6 ай бұрын

There is some similarity of style to Southern English slip wear potter of the 17th century. This employed rough cartoonish depictions of people made with local clays and cheap earth colours, probably for a lower middleclass customer who couldn't afford or possibly even want the foreign blue (often more classical) pottery. Ironically the Giant was likely recut in this new local style just after it wasn't recorded in the local books.

@Divertedflight 6 ай бұрын

This slip wear style has the same bendy arms, eyebrows and large oval eyes. Sometimes, but not always, the nose is shown as an extension of the eyebrows like a capital Y. If not, the nose is most often just a dot. Sex identity details are often not shied from, with large breasts and nipples depicted on female figures. So, if the Giant had a large phallus, they wouldn't be afraid to restore it.

@rupertmiller9690 6 ай бұрын

Looks like they had a ball poking at the dirty bits and didn't cock anything up while rootling about.

@timking2822 6 ай бұрын

I wonder if people in Florida can view this?

@lordcommander3224 5 ай бұрын

Canadians probably can’t.

@Baribrotzer 5 ай бұрын

That's a good point - it is clearly a portrait of Florida Man, engaged in his favourite Florida Man activities of smashing stuff, getting naked, and generally freaking out on Bath Salts.

@squatch545 5 ай бұрын

@@lordcommander3224 Banned in Alberta.

@sitbone3 5 ай бұрын

Sarah Palin can see it from her house.

@chrisfranklin2104 5 ай бұрын

Yes they can ! There's a giant mountain up near Lakeland, if you climb to the top, on a Clear water day, and look northeast, you can clearly see Sir Nabbas 🤗

@teddy1066 2 ай бұрын

In the 1960s, my mother was having a very difficult time conceiving a child (despite visiting a number of fertility clinics). Finally, she resolved to drive to Dorset and spend a night sleeping on the Cerne Abbas Giant’s large phallus. It worked! The following spring I was born and I’m 6’6”.

@CicadaMania 6 ай бұрын

If I saw that character IRL I would run away

@richardjohnson5529 3 жыл бұрын

very interesting film

@StephenandClaire Жыл бұрын

You might enjoy our video about the Cerne Abbas Giant, as well as a tour of the beautiful Dorset village it's in: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab2kmtuUx9a2gaM.html

@thegoodthebadandtheugly579 5 ай бұрын

It’s a proof people used to have a sense of humour and had fun back in the day also..

@1258-Eckhart 5 ай бұрын

So what year was it built? I did some research into this a few years ago and reached the same vague conclusion as has been given here ("medieval"). The Cerne monastery is Anglosaxon and the closest I got to credibility was that the Giant was placed on the hill by heathens in some sort of competition with the newly established religious house (around 900 AD).

@frankenjstein9371 5 ай бұрын

This video really aroused my interest.

@robertgotschall1246 2 жыл бұрын

If it were first done in prehistory I suppose it might only have come down to the medieval period as a barely distinct trench like the figures in the Atacama desert. They were not recognized until recently.

@ravenn8600 2 жыл бұрын

it can be een from the other side of the valley

@markrichards6863 6 ай бұрын

He's happy to see someone. Who? That's the real mystery.

@Typinggibbon 6 ай бұрын

The ley line goes straight to the Mona Lisa

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 ай бұрын

why of course, everyone that comes to meet him

@user-hz2xl4co9u 6 ай бұрын

The makers didn't spend a lot of time on its face 🤔

@alfreddaniels3817 6 ай бұрын

Does anyone knows if there were taken soil samples from the area within the contour or only from the contour line itself ? Was there anyone who digged in the area within the contour?

@ct6852 5 ай бұрын

He appears to be super excited about seeing the helicopter.

@sitbone3 5 ай бұрын

Only a giant could swing that club.

@mmaximk 6 ай бұрын

Are there any publicly available lidar scans of the area?

@nationaltrustcharity 6 ай бұрын

You can see some LiDar scans here archaeologynationaltrustsw.wordpress.com/2021/05/09/dating-the-cerne-giant-results/

@mmaximk 6 ай бұрын

@@nationaltrustcharity Thanks very much.

@dont-want-no-wrench 6 ай бұрын

i dont think the figure could be too old, or wouldnt have the wood.

@mukhumor 5 ай бұрын

Before puritan morality a phallus may have symbolised verility. In Japan there is still a significant phallus celebration. Some Indian temples are covered with copulating couples. Symbols are not the same to everyone. The same symbol may have a completely different interpretation.

@seabertotter4325 6 ай бұрын

Biggus Diccus!

@terberusp7030 5 ай бұрын

It looks bigger with grass trimmed

@MidMo4020 6 ай бұрын

Those eyebrows certainly bring out his warrior ferocity.. 🤭

@DogWalkerBill 5 ай бұрын

The Cerne Abbas Giant has a giant member, doesn't he!

@georgestevens1502 6 ай бұрын

This was the inspiration for The Rolling Stones song, Rocks Off!!

@janicemorton7581 6 ай бұрын

The gingerbread man...who would ever guess what was hidden underneath the icing...no damp squib there 🦑

@RasikRajguru 5 ай бұрын

Some odd points that stand out to me. 1. The head is comparatively small to the rest of the body. Shaped like an inverted teardrop. Lacking ears and nose. But eyes are round and eyebrows clearly distinguished. Most people have almond shaped eyes. 2. The club shape/design is unusual. Could it be a sword/club/fraternity symbol, designed for a purpose unknown to us from the Crusades / Knights Templar or other for example? 3. The hand holding the club/sword. Focus on the Right thumb compared to the Left hand very small. Is there any significance of that? Can anyone shed light on any of the above?

@johngaller278 5 ай бұрын

How are 19th century digs in North America nearly 8" below the surface and yet this form is still floating on the hillside for centuries..????

@gilesleonard6876 5 ай бұрын

I can't believe they haven't covered him in concrete to match Westbury white horse

@wolfsoul11 5 ай бұрын

The giant is an early advertisement for the National Thrust, er, Trust! National Trust!

@keithfowler2013 6 ай бұрын

You're definitely dealing with a huge something, ! Im just not sure its 'Time ??'

@InHisImage1161 6 ай бұрын

Don't know how old it is but it was drawn by a 5'th grader.

@christophercooper6731 5 ай бұрын

It was always referred to as the Bishop's Bollocks by the local flying enthusiasts.

@kathleenhillock9366 6 ай бұрын

With a sense of humor I am guessing that the local artists were telling E.T. F you.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@menshevik1012 6 ай бұрын

With the recent obsessions of the NT, I’m quite surprised they didn’t cut it in there themselves.

@conditionallyunconditional5691 6 ай бұрын

He's carrying two weapons, how ever old he is.

@SimoonTempest 5 ай бұрын

It could be much later than anyone is thinking . . the crude awkwardness of the figure reminds me of the piratical convict sailors folk art and the skull and bones with its similar naive style.