“The Cerne Giant” – a talk by Mike Allen at the Coronation Hall, Alton Barnes

Playing with Giant: completely revising our understanding of the Cerne Giant

The Cerne Giant is an iconic hill figure overlooking the Dorset Downs, which is just one of two extant hill figures of the human form.

Both have been considered to be any date from prehistoric to post medieval. In 2020 the National Trust undertook a project to date  the Cerne Giant once and for all … and that excavation led to many more discoveries.

Who was he, why was he there? What was his purpose? Why have many famous scholars and antiquarians traveled the road between Dorchester and Sherborne never commented on him?  All of these and more will be addressed.

Tockets – £8 each, or £6 if booked in advance for this and the other two talks in the series (of three).

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