Cerne Abbas Giant and Maiden Castle ground plan
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting the Cerne Abbas Giant (Figure 2) and ground plan of Maiden Castle (Figure 3). The Cerne Abbas Giant is a hill figure outlined by shallow trenches cut in the turf and backfilled with chalk rubble located near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. Maiden Castle, also located in Dorset, is one of the largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts in Europe, mostly built in the 1st century BC.
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Camden, William. “Cerne Abbas Giant and Maiden Castle Ground Plan.” In Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1. London, England: John Stockdale, 1806. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/yjow3ky.
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