List of hill figures in Wiltshire
This is a list of hill figures in Wiltshire (ranked by age).
White horse figures
[edit]| Rank | Name | Location | Created | Age (years) | Width | Height | Image |
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| 1 | Westbury White Horse | Westbury | 1778[1] | 246 | 170 feet (52 m) | 180 feet (55 m) | 
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| 2 | Cherhill White Horse | Cherhill | 1780 | 244 | 165 feet (50 m) | 120 feet (37 m) | 
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| 3 | Marlborough White Horse | Preshute | 1804 | 220 | 62 feet (19 m) | 47 feet (14 m) | 
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| 4 | Alton Barnes White Horse | Alton Barnes, near Alton | 1812 | 212 | 160 feet (49 m) | 180 feet (55 m) | 
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| 5 | Hackpen White Horse | Broad Hinton | 1838 | 186 | 90 feet (27 m) | 90 feet (27 m) | 
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| 6 | Broad Town White Horse | Broad Town | 1864 | 160 | 80 feet (24 m) | 60 feet (18 m) | 
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| 7 | Pewsey White Horse | Pewsey | 1937 | 87 | 66 feet (20 m) | 45 feet (14 m) | 
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| 8 | Devizes White Horse | Roundway | 1999 | 25 | 150 feet (46 m) | 148 feet (45 m) | .jpg)
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Military figures
[edit]| Rank | Name | Location | Created | Age (years) | Width | Height | Image |
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| 1 | Fovant Badges | Fovant | 1916 | 108 | 
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| 2 | Royal Warwickshire Badge | Sutton Mandeville | 1916 | 108 | 
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| 3 | Shiny 7th Badge | Sutton Mandeville | 1916 | 108 | |||
| 4 | Lamb Down Military Badge | Codford | 1916–17 | 107 | 175 feet (53 m) | 150 feet (46 m) | 
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| 5 | Map of Australia | Compton Down, near Compton Chamberlayne | 1917 | 107 | 150 feet (46 m) | About 125 feet (38 m) | 
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| 6 | Bulford Kiwi | Bulford | 1919 | 105 | About 460 feet (140 m) | 420 feet (128 m) | 
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Others
[edit]| Rank | Name | Location | Created | Age (years) | Width | Height | Image |
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| 1 | Tame Buzzard Line[2] | New Art Centre, Salisbury[2] | 2001[3] | 23 | 2.3 feet (0.7 m)[4] | 115 feet (35.1 m)[4] | |
| 2 | Pterry the Pterodactyl[5] | Upavon Golf Club | 21st century | About 45 feet (14 m) | About 38 feet (12 m) | .jpg)
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| 3 | Devizes White Horse replica[6] | Nursteed School, Devizes[6] | 2012[6] | 12 | About 15 feet (5 m) | About 14.8 feet (5 m) |
Former figures
[edit]| Rank | Name | Location | Created | Lost | Width | Height | Image |
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| 1 | Former Westbury White Horse | Westbury | Unknown (no later than 1742) | 1778 | 96 feet (29 m) | 32 feet (10 m) | 
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| 2 | Former Pewsey White Horse | Pewsey | 1785 | 1937 | 43 feet (13 m) | Unknown | |
| 3 | Former Devizes White Horse | Devizes | 1845 | Around 1922 | Unknown | Unknown | 
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| 4 | Ham Hill or Inkpen White Horse | Ham Hill near Inkpen, Berkshire | 1860s | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 
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| 5 | Finsbury Rifles Hurdcott Badge[7] | Barford St Martin[7] | 1910s | Unknown | |||
| 6 | Rockley White Horse | Rockley | Discovered 1948 | 20th century | 126 feet (38 m) | 66 feet (20 m) | |
| 7 | Laverstock Panda[8] | Laverstock[8][9] | 1969[8] | 1980s | 55 feet (17 m) | 55 feet (17 m) | 
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| 8 | Marlborough Arrow[10] | Marlborough[10] | 1969[10] | 1969[10] | |||
| 9 | Tan Hill Donkey | Tan Hill | Unknown | 1970s | 75 feet (23 m) | Unknown | |
| 10 | Mock white horse on Battlesbury Hill[11] | Warminster[11] | 2006[11] | 2006[11] |
See also
[edit]- Bloemfontein, a city in South Africa where Wiltshire troops are believed to have cut the Bloemontein White Horse around 1900,[12] resulting in "the only Wiltshire white horse, that is not in Wiltshire"[13]
- Liddington, a village near Swindon once considered for a white horse.[14]
- List of public art in Wiltshire
References
[edit]- ^ "WILTSHIRE'S WHITE HORSES". Visit Wiltshire. 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Gallery: The Sculpture Park". BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Super Nature: Tame Buzzard Line". The Roche Court Educational Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Tame Buzzard Line". Art UK. 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Visitor Information". Upavon. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Cowen, Lewis (11 October 2012). "Devizes school unveils white horse to mark 10th birthday". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ a b Hows, Mark. "Hurdcott Badge (Finsbury Rifles)". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "The Great Laverstock Panda mystery". BBC. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "A new face on the Wiltshire Downs". The Times: 12. 27 January 1969.
- ^ a b c d Hows, Mark. "Marlborough Scout Logo". The Hillfigure Homepage. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d Hinman, Niki (6 April 2006). "April Fool as second white horse appears on hillside". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Bloemfontein White Horse". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "White Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein". South African History Online. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Designs that Were Never Made". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 14 November 2021.