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Hard times for the Cerne Giant: 20th-century attitudes to an ancient monument

1988; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 62; Issue: 236 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0003598x00074640

1745-1744

Temple Willcox,

Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation

The Cerne Abbas Giant, most graphic of English hill-figures, is of uncertain date - arguably Roman or pre-Roman, but absent from all documentary records of its Dorset region before the mid 18th century. Previous ANTIQUITY contributors (Grinsell 1980: Bettey 1981) have set out its known early history anti lack of history. Here the story is told ofthe survival through this century of the Giant's remarkable genitals.