Gods and Graven Images: The Chalk Hill-Figures of Britain

An authoritative guide to all the chalk figures cut deep into Britain's landscape.
The flowing outlines of the Uffington White Horse, the blatantly male Cerne Giant, the austere Long Man of Wilmington and many other chalk figures are familiar sights, but their origins are enigmatic. Paul Newman shows how hill-figures reveal Britain's darkest past: Druid massacres, conjectured human sacrifice on the Long Man of Wilmington and strange pagan and phallic rites that in milder form survive even today.
From the Westbury Horse to the lesser-known Chiltern Crosses, Paul Newman discusses the folklore and creative impulse behind these powerful figures. Using information uncovered in recent excavations, he examines the Red Horse of Tysoe, Tom Lethbridge's controversial excavations at Wandlebury, and resistivity tests at Wilmington and Cerne Abbas. Absorbing, exciting and informative, 'Gods and Graven Images' throws new light on many of our most visible mysteries.