The Uffington White Horse


	The Uffington White Horse
cakebelly
10-16-2008 3:02 PM
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cakebelly says:
Clipped because this is one of my favourite places in the UK; the second image (layout) would make a great new English Flag.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f502e5f9-dfb7-4a8b-a467-586e2b711bf0/1808A699-3F1E-48B7-86B8-476A0B7F4C20/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><P>The <B>Uffington White Horse</B> is a highly stylised <A class="mw-redirect" title="Prehistoric" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric">prehistoric</A> <A title="Hill figure" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_figure">hill figure</A>, 374 feet (110 m) long, cut into the turf of the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the <A title="England" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England">English</A> <A title="Civil parish" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_parish">civil parish</A> of <A title="Uffington" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington">Uffington</A> (<A title="Oxfordshire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire">Oxon</A>, historically <A title="Berkshire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire">Berks</A>). It is located some five miles south of the town of <A title="Faringdon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faringdon">Faringdon</A> and a similar distance west of the town of <A title="Wantage" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wantage">Wantage</A>. The hill forms a part of the scarp of the <A title="Berkshire Downs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Downs">Berkshire Downs</A> and overlooks to <A title="Vale of White Horse" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_White_Horse">Vale of White Horse</A> to the north. Best views of the horse are obtained from directly across the Vale, particularly around the villages of <A title="Great Coxwell (page does not exist)" class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Coxwell&action=edit&redlink=1">Great Coxwell</A>, <A title="Longcot" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longcot">Longcot</A> and <A title="Fernham (page does not exist)" class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fernham&action=edit&redlink=1">Fernham</A>. The site is owned and managed by the <A title="National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty">National Trust</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/F0004963-B022-4FEF-9A09-C0E650A648C6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/597CB2E9-F8B8-4AD4-8472-FAB3915DA19F" alt="Layout of the Uffington White Horse as seen from above" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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Layout of the Uffington White Horse as seen from above</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/1FA4610C-1CD1-460C-BB25-780E02A60D78" alt="White Horse Hill and Dragon Hill (right)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><DIV class="thumbcaption">
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White Horse Hill and Dragon Hill (right)</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><P>The most significant nearby feature is the <A title="Iron Age" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age">Iron Age</A> <A title="Uffington Castle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffington_Castle">Uffington Castle</A>, located on higher ground atop a knoll above the White Horse<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><A title="" href="#cite_note-2">[3]</A></SUP>. This <A class="mw-redirect" title="Hillfort" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillfort">hillfort</A> comprises an area of approximately 3 <A title="Hectare" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hectare">hectares</A> enclosed by a single, well preseved, bank and ditch.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/10307912-A53E-4312-AD70-A62813B156F7" alt="The Manger, with the White Horse at centre skyline and Dragon Hill (left)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057">The Mange</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uffington_White_Horse&oldid=243382057"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/D4E82B66-3C1C-4BCC-AEEF-936EB85E1673" alt="Uffington White Horse (Oxfordshire)" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1808A699-3F1E-48B7-86B8-476A0B7F4C20/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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