Archaeologists reveal likely age of enigmatic Cerne Abbas Giant - and it's not what anyone expected

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It's been a mystery for decades - who carved a picture of a naked man into a Dorset hillside, when did they do it and why? Well we're still not certain about why but thanks to some groundbreaking new archaeological research, we've got a better idea about when.
The Cerne Abbas Giant is Britain’s largest, and possibly most recognisable, chalk hill figure, standing at 180ft (55 metres). Generations have speculated about the age and meaning of the club-brandishing giant. Was he a depiction of the legendary demi-god Hercules, an ancient fertility symbol, or even the soldier and statesman Oliver Cromwell? Another legend holds that the figure was carved around the body of a giant who was slain by local people after he terrorised the countryside.
The National Trust have been looking after him since 1920 and in 2020, Trust archaeologists, in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire, Allen Environmental Archaeology and the Pratt Bequest, used state-of-the art sediment analysis to discover some more of the Giants secrets. You can hear about what they discovered in this video and there's a further update here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...
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@nationaltrustcharity 5 месяцев назад

See how we look after the Cerne giant at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BIe45GDwtP4.html

@alfonsedente9679 5 месяцев назад

Did you guys take selfies with the giant willy?

@aviphysics 6 месяцев назад

It would be hilarious if his member was a different age than the rest.

@Nyctophora 6 месяцев назад

It kind of is - at one point, the top part was once a separate navel.

@bill6843 6 месяцев назад

Lol imagine it was older than the rest.

@alanCalhoun2 5 месяцев назад

They Better send over a couple "experts" to inspect his member.

@ChadBoss-qr4hl 5 месяцев назад

It was added by bored teenagers in the 1300's.

@davidmccann9811 5 месяцев назад

@@ChadBoss-qr4hl They find out the medieval teens carved a massive c**k on the hill to piss off the villagers.

@C_B_Hubbs 6 месяцев назад

The terraglyph appears to depict a member of the species Homo erectus.

@mjade1673 6 месяцев назад

Cool idea, What makes you say that?

@MidMo4020 6 месяцев назад

@@mjade1673gotta be the eyebrows

@pashakdescilly7517 6 месяцев назад

definitely 'erectus', but 'homo'?

@C_B_Hubbs 6 месяцев назад

@@pashakdescilly7517 "Homo erectus" = upright/erect human, is it not? 😏

@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci 6 месяцев назад

Homo Very Erectus.

@warrenbooth2103 6 месяцев назад

I remember being on a school trip we were in a coach in the late 1950s the giant came into view and a great cheer went up!

@george40nelson4 6 месяцев назад

That would be an expected. healthy and natural reaction for a young person ! LOL

@thedeadalgorithmmusicchann1994 6 месяцев назад

One time we were on a school trip as well , and we seen a wolfman, Frankensteins monster & a Mummy having lunch on the lawn. I think Warren Zevon was there as well...

@donjones4719 6 месяцев назад

In the US a fig leaf would have been riveted over the "offending" parts.

@JP-xd6fm 5 месяцев назад

@@donjones4719 Hahah!, I was just thinking that!, in the USA the poor kids can't be traumatized by a genital representation, but they can be traumatized with mass shootings no problem!

@scallopohare9431 6 месяцев назад

"We found deposits that we never thought would be here." My inner teen is snickering uncontrolably

@tedtimmis8135 6 месяцев назад

LOL!

@cymro6537 6 месяцев назад

Giggity !

@T_bone 6 месяцев назад

They had to find the right place to get a sample and hammered into it to get those.

@scallopohare9431 6 месяцев назад

@@T_bone Ribaldry is lost on you?

@T_bone 6 месяцев назад

@@scallopohare9431 Perhaps tis lost upon thee, as my quip lacked sufficient evidence of my own ribaldness. Me thinks a mark of quotation, or perhaps an emoji to make clear for those like yourself afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome.

@cedarwaxwing3509 6 месяцев назад

He seems like a very happy giant.

@elypowell6797 6 месяцев назад

He has a club intended for braining people so what is he really up too?

@davidbcalhoun 5 месяцев назад

He’s a very naughty boy

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 месяцев назад

always happy to see you it's nuts that it's sooo big

@cedarwaxwing3509 5 месяцев назад

@@xXxSkyViperxXx You call that big? 😏

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 месяцев назад

@@cedarwaxwing3509 oh you've seen bigger gigantic ones looking at you?

@thePronto 5 месяцев назад

They can't be sure of the year, but the day and time is very certain. Between 10:30pm and 1am on a Friday and Saturday.

@orchidorio 6 месяцев назад

I've got Mr. Cerne Abbas tattooed on my left ankle.

@fins59 6 месяцев назад

The face looks like it was restored by that 81 yr old woman that did the botched restoration of the painting 'Ecce Homo' in a Spanish church.

@amyfake1406 6 месяцев назад

Damn that's funny! This is that old restoration lady's first work, otherwise known as "Ecce Horno."

@elroythewonderboy 6 месяцев назад

Big find. It’s nuts if you think about it.

@simonlyons5681 6 месяцев назад

That's a National Trust member if I ever saw one.

@rwm4738 6 месяцев назад

What, the giant's nuts?

@frankenjstein9371 6 месяцев назад

Huge find.

@simonlyons5681 6 месяцев назад

@@rwm4738 Well, somebody's nuts.

@boblevine104 5 месяцев назад

I think his name is “Dee”

@cymro6537 6 месяцев назад

What amazes me is the he survived any purges of the puritans or Victorians !

@Earnshawfully 6 месяцев назад

Yes, this is interesting. Since the Victorians did a lot of castrating of Greek statues, etc. and damaging church corbels which did not meet with approval, (churches which were built when there was still some Saxon crossover).

@M.Campbell 6 месяцев назад

I've read that the first printed image of him dated 1763 showed that his famous appendage wasn't as large. Seems that the various people who have maintained the giant over time, have given generous attention to that part.

@julienielsen3746 6 месяцев назад

Maybe it was more grown over at the time, and didn't show up as much.

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff 5 месяцев назад

@@M.CampbellThe more they rub it the more it grows.

@andrewlangley9507 5 месяцев назад

He’s a grower, not a shower. ( Sure hope I don’t get flagged for misgendering him. )

@RomanesEuntDomus. 6 месяцев назад

That was made by some naughty palaeolithic teenagers

@R3dp055um 6 месяцев назад

You mean because it's got a big ol' stiffie?

@mrbaab5932 6 месяцев назад

They said Medieval.

@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci 6 месяцев назад

Well, naughty Medieval teenagers. I was actually thinking it was some kind of student prank; how far is that place from Oxford University? I've heard that even in its earliest days the students there got up to some hijinks, enough that the locals in the city of Oxford rather violently rioted against them on more than one occasion because they were so fed up.

@Dennis-nc3vw 6 месяцев назад

1:50

@baseddoggie 5 месяцев назад

@@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci It's too much effort to be a prank. That's TONS of rock that had to be placed.

@horuslupercal9936 5 месяцев назад

That information is truly arousing....a really, really, really BIG discovery.

@dennisestenson7820 6 месяцев назад

He walks softly and carries a big stick.

@Kyle-sr6jm 5 месяцев назад

Yep, and a club.

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 месяцев назад

keeps some nuts as well, i must say

@dmtc6913 5 месяцев назад

He has a piece of celery as an arm and Patrick Duffy as a leg

@lesleyscott938 6 месяцев назад

How fascinating to think that he was completely forgotten about and then re cut out later.

@fburton8 5 месяцев назад

After watching this fascinating National Trust video, I’m keen to be a member.

@mervyncruddy5948 5 месяцев назад

I'm sure you'll be a fine upstanding one.

@kimadams2995 6 месяцев назад

Something that really impresses me as a gardener is how there's NO WEEDS in the lines. Wish my sidewalk cracks stayed that clear....

@M.Campbell 6 месяцев назад

It's maintained. If my sidewalk had volunteers to regularly clean it up it would look quite nice also. Alas, it probably looks like yours.

@scallopohare9431 6 месяцев назад

@@M.Campbell So, he was centuries ahead of the trend to manscaping?

@MidMo4020 6 месяцев назад

@@scallopohare9431🤣🤣🤣

@artor9175 6 месяцев назад

Try growing your garden on a slab of pure chalk, and get hundreds of volunteers to groom it regularly.

@gregthorne4292 6 месяцев назад

You have to keep the weeds trimmed to make it look bigger.

@A.P.0000 5 месяцев назад

The more i see stuff like this, the more i believe that there is time travelling troll going back in time and doing art pieces like this to mess with us.😂

@jimmybullardful 6 месяцев назад

I can remember that some years ago it was reported that someone had researched all the large figures cut in the landscape that were believed to be ancient and with one exception he found that they dated to the mid seventeenth century. The one exception is the Uffington White Horse which had been dated on stylistic grounds to the iron age. After his scientific analysis this was put back to the bronze age. To say that the other figures were medieval but were then 'lost' and then mysteriously 'found' again seems like wishful thinking and completely unscientific.

@sango_wango851 6 месяцев назад

What's not mentioned in this video is that it was already known based on old drawings and survey's that large parts of the structure has changed and been re-done at points in time - like specifically the giant phallus which used to be much smaller. If you're looking for an explanation as to why there isn't written history around to match the scientific dating it seems like a pretty reasonable guess as to what might explain that.

@benthomason3307 6 месяцев назад

@@sango_wango851 "the dick used to be smaller." you've got to be shitting me. you HAVE to be joking.

@lukeywalsh 5 месяцев назад

Grower, not a show-er? Delayed Puberty? @@sango_wango851

@clemdane 5 месяцев назад

I was just wondering about the Uffington White Horse

@martinharris5017 6 месяцев назад

"Not what anyone expected" except my early 1970's Readers Digest book of Myths and Legends of Britain, which says that it's archaeological consensus that the "Rude Man of Cerne" is a relatively recent creation, probably Medieval.

@betheva5917 6 месяцев назад

Takes enjoyment of science to another whole level.

@stuart6478 6 месяцев назад

What science? Is just stories stacked on stories. SCIENCE is testing to find abnormalities in results. Get your 30th Jab already.

@brianmckeever5280 5 месяцев назад

Insert obligatory joke of a master debate of his date.

@DD-nl3og 3 года назад

Great bit of detective work that. Very enjoyable. Fullest respect to that team.

@RPicard1963 6 месяцев назад

He's pretty excited about something!

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 месяцев назад

he sees everyone that visits him, no wonder

@josephwarren3498 6 месяцев назад

At one point did we decide that we were the first to display a sense of humor? Personally, I expected Armstrong & Miller to walk on to the set.

@TheEudaemonicPlague 11 месяцев назад

I hadn't paid much attention to the giant before, so I'd just assumed it was something prehistoric. Silly me, I never considered the possibility that it could be medieval.

@inyobill 6 месяцев назад

You and pretty much everyone else in the world, as far as I can tell.

@mohamedouali1974 6 месяцев назад

لانك تابع للقطيع

@scallopohare9431 6 месяцев назад

@@inyobill They sold postcards of him in Cheddar in 2009. I have yet to see how the US Postal Service would react.

@MidMo4020 6 месяцев назад

@@mohamedouali1974”the herd”… says the Muslim 🤣🤣

@ladydreadqs639 6 месяцев назад

@@mohamedouali1974all comments have been humourous except yours, why so bitter ?!

@catspaw3815 3 года назад

That's quite the club my man is packing there

@musicloverlondon6070 3 года назад

At 3.00 he looks a bit surprised about it himself!

@bradfordewell1503 7 месяцев назад

Hee hee hee 🤪

@larrybuzbee7344 6 месяцев назад

It's all fun and games until someone gets their eye poked out.

@What1drink 6 месяцев назад

Big wooden stick as well

@MichaelMarko 6 месяцев назад

The icon formerly known as the “Rude Man”! My hero!!!

@user-eo9jr6sp7r 6 месяцев назад

Amazing! I had no idea they would use a crescent wrench for a belt buckle. These brilliant ancient people just keep stunning me with their attention to detail . 😆😆😆

@user-eo9jr6sp7r 5 месяцев назад

And also just out of curiosity , I was wondering if it was customary to run wild , and club things with a full erection ? Must be a show of dominance and masculinity . 🤔🤣

@davidhooper259 6 месяцев назад

I wonder how much time and money was spent on studying basically the oldest and probably funniest medieval banksy.

@judewarner1536 5 месяцев назад

I believe the Cerne Giant has been covered, uncovered, overgrown, refreshed and recut many times over the centuries. I also recall reading somewhere, many moons ago, that there is evidence of a lion-skin cape, no longer visible, around the shoulders of the Giant. Along with the special club, this would appear to be a representation of Hercules of Greek mythology.

@Thenogomogo-zo3un 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, saw that programme. IIRC they took some infra red or something pictures and detected it. Then painted a line with whitewash for the outline of the cape. It looked right.

@rogerscottcathey 6 месяцев назад

See how deep that lime, chalk or whatever it is goes down! Very neatly done.

@scallopohare9431 6 месяцев назад

It is the natural landscape. You can see similar white ground around Stonehenge. It does not hold warmth like regular soil, as I found out on a private access ticket, (shared with 25 others)on a lovely morning. It was cold!

@scm50able 6 месяцев назад

This young adult giant is ready to engage nonstop for at least 10 hours.

@tygrahof9268 6 месяцев назад

Very interesting. SO, no idea when then...

@SNancyhere 6 месяцев назад

2:25 Medieval to 1694

@tygrahof9268 6 месяцев назад

@@SNancyhere Ah...

@steveoh9285 6 месяцев назад

Fun Fact: More women volunteered to work on this site than any other site in Britain.

@HarleyLuna31 5 месяцев назад

You lying

@vacafuega 5 месяцев назад

Men are way more interested in depictions of phalli than women... When was the last time you saw a woman draw one of those things? It's always the boys. Women have a much more pragmatic understanding of those things :)

@runnergo1398 5 месяцев назад

Gotta hand it to ancient people for having a sense of humor.

@kennethfisher7013 6 месяцев назад

Look at the size of that club!

@steveb1739 5 месяцев назад

A giant butt plug no doubt!

@Dennis-nc3vw 6 месяцев назад

This is the greatest graffiti ever. 😆 The fact it was during the medieval times makes it even better

@CHDean 6 месяцев назад

3:44 “Everyone’s happy” Yes, he is.

@michaelbyrnee9584 6 месяцев назад

I'll say he is "brandishing a club"!

@edwardjcurtis85 3 года назад

Fascinating little video! Thanks.

@StephenandClaire Год назад

You might enjoy our video about the Cerne Abbas Giant, as well as a tour of the beautiful Dorset village it's in: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3WtgxcbpRQo.html

@Dennis-nc3vw 6 месяцев назад

He’s giant alright.

@garywait3231 5 месяцев назад

Jacks, this reflection is far and away one of the very best among your typically insightful posts. I' m in my mid eighties, and looking back over my life experiences, I find they reflect your comments, and I have fee regrets. Wishing you the same successful diigue between life alone

@dearthditch 6 месяцев назад

Guys drawing dixks on everything goes back as far as they could hold a rock

@radicalcartoons2766 6 месяцев назад

Funny how no one ever thinks women might have been the artists.🤔

@RobMacKendrick 6 месяцев назад

I think we're reaching the point where we have to consider a massive Saxon prank. (No pun intended.)

@fuzzy3440 6 месяцев назад

Were James, Jeremy and Richard spotted in the area? Seems like their handywork.

@Housefly-sg1zw 5 месяцев назад

A statue should be erected to the builders of this monument, but I suppose that would be redundant...

@philbowflaggon8363 6 месяцев назад

That same picture was in the Jr high bathroom stall when I was a lad. I didn't realize how old it was.

@GRW3 5 месяцев назад

Have they done any topological scans by ground piercing radar to see if there might be other figures nearby? If, as they speculate, this one was redone, there might be others that were not.

@nellylight7025 5 месяцев назад

A proud member of the National Trust.

@lyudmillawasright. 6 месяцев назад

C'mon man, some fraternity did that in the 30's

@borismedved835 5 месяцев назад

Sorority.

@philipb2134 6 месяцев назад

For me, the wonder is that this work of art had been crafted before there were any aerial point of view.

@johnmarks227 6 месяцев назад

And you know this how? Ever hear of hot air balloons. Think they couldn't have built something like that?

@philipb2134 6 месяцев назад

@@johnmarks227hot air balloons have only been around for less than 300 years

@johnmarks227 6 месяцев назад

And you know that how? You really think they could put hot air in animal skins and float up to look at something?@@philipb2134

@johnmarks227 6 месяцев назад

The native Americans were doing it thousands of years ago. How do you think they looked at the Nazca lines@@philipb2134

@peterkilbridge6523 6 месяцев назад

@@philipb2134France, sometime in the 1780s. The Montgolfier Brothers.

@rursus8354 6 месяцев назад

I'm going out finding myself a bride, better take the cudgel!

@CicadaMania 6 месяцев назад

If I saw that character IRL I would run away

@heatherkaye8653 6 месяцев назад

Why can't these things that we find that are ancient Just be art just because. Today there's a lot of art that has no real necessary deeper point, other than to just be art.

@Earnshawfully 6 месяцев назад

It is art. All art has a cultural context, and it is fascinating to find out more about that.

@Zeus-rq5wn 6 месяцев назад

Yeah all you're going to get is opinions anyhow.

@oliverholm3973 6 месяцев назад

@@Zeus-rq5wn And we wouldn't want that now, would we?

@charleslanphier8094 6 месяцев назад

I'll bet he was a very popular giant.

@Breakstuff5050 6 месяцев назад

Some generous proportions there. Almost the length of his foot

@saltedmutton7269 5 месяцев назад

seems normal to me...

@emmsue1053 5 месяцев назад

Normal, an er*ction is always same as foot size, also the span from base of inner thumb to just above tip of index finger... Wrist to middle finger tip is same as foot size. Fascinating eh? All men get off here & go do research.. LOL

@abrahama2643 6 месяцев назад

I don't know the age of enigmatic Cerne Abbas Giant. . . but whoever drew that was a 10 year old.

@alexandersmallart 3 года назад

excellent

@StephenandClaire Год назад

You might enjoy our video about the Cerne Abbas Giant, as well as a tour of the beautiful Dorset village it's in: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3WtgxcbpRQo.html

@andrewhaines3259 6 месяцев назад

I visited this figure some years ago. I walked the path to the bottom corner, where the trees line is along the bottom and couldn't get any nearer. Barbed wire everywhere! I hope it's a little less inhospitable these days! I was most disappointed. The white horse is much more accessible, but these are always better viewed from above!

@TheDaveman75 6 месяцев назад

It's the Long Man of Wilmington near where I live in Sussex, a reference to his height rather than anything else and you can walk right up the hill where it's located in the South Downs if you're feeling particularly enegetic

@thelostone6981 6 месяцев назад

Is he pointing north????

@Divertedflight 6 месяцев назад

There is some similarity of style to Southern English slip wear potter of the 17th century. This employed rough cartoonish depictions of people made with local clays and cheap earth colours, probably for a lower middleclass customer who couldn't afford or possibly even want the foreign blue (often more classical) pottery. Ironically the Giant was likely recut in this new local style just after it wasn't recorded in the local books.

@Divertedflight 6 месяцев назад

This slip wear style has the same bendy arms, eyebrows and large oval eyes. Sometimes, but not always, the nose is shown as an extension of the eyebrows like a capital Y. If not, the nose is most often just a dot. Sex identity details are often not shied from, with large breasts and nipples depicted on female figures. So, if the Giant had a large phallus, they wouldn't be afraid to restore it.

@Anson120 6 месяцев назад

Those researchers are very professional. I wouldn't be able to hold it together. Nope, too many jokes.

@craigthescott5074 6 месяцев назад

I collect ancient weapons I wonder if that club is consistent with the mid evil time line or is that an outline of an earlier weapon style. I’ve never seen an Irish, Scottish, or English club like that.

@mshaw6836 5 месяцев назад

Medieval

@teddy1066 2 месяца назад

In the 1960s, my mother was having a very difficult time conceiving a child (despite visiting a number of fertility clinics). Finally, she resolved to drive to Dorset and spend a night sleeping on the Cerne Abbas Giant’s large phallus. It worked! The following spring I was born and I’m 6’6”.

@richardjohnson5529 3 года назад

very interesting film

@StephenandClaire Год назад

You might enjoy our video about the Cerne Abbas Giant, as well as a tour of the beautiful Dorset village it's in: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3WtgxcbpRQo.html

@Edward2733 5 месяцев назад

The ancients were clever, not fools. The knew the mechanical rules. And they were, as you'll learn, If you're ever in Cerne Enormously proud of their tools!

@rupertmiller9690 6 месяцев назад

Looks like they had a ball poking at the dirty bits and didn't cock anything up while rootling about.

@justinhowe3878 5 месяцев назад

whoever cut this originally was a brilliant artist, the figure is quite remarkable

@thegoodthebadandtheugly579 5 месяцев назад

It’s a proof people used to have a sense of humour and had fun back in the day also..

@seabertotter4325 6 месяцев назад

Biggus Diccus!

@janicemorton7581 6 месяцев назад

The gingerbread man...who would ever guess what was hidden underneath the icing...no damp squib there 🦑

@markrichards6863 6 месяцев назад

He's happy to see someone. Who? That's the real mystery.

@Typinggibbon 6 месяцев назад

The ley line goes straight to the Mona Lisa

@xXxSkyViperxXx 5 месяцев назад

why of course, everyone that comes to meet him

@georgestevens1502 6 месяцев назад

This was the inspiration for The Rolling Stones song, Rocks Off!!

@tommeakin1732 5 месяцев назад

One thought I find a little, well, gripping, is that this could be Thunor. There's not much to go off, but this dating (a time where Germanic beliefs and Christianity were living side by side and edging ahead of the former) alongside there being signs from our broad knowledge about Germanic beliefs that Thunor may have been a kind of fertility god, as well as the club, which I believe is seen in a few depictions of the god instead of the hammer. Though, we know hammers (to be worn at the neck or hip) that are often linked to Thunor were knocking around the in the 600's in Kent, so it might be a little odd if, not that far away, they thought a club was a better fit. It's not a strong case, but it made me think lol. We'll likely never know about things like this.

@ct6852 5 месяцев назад

He appears to be super excited about seeing the helicopter.

@mukhumor 5 месяцев назад

Before puritan morality a phallus may have symbolised verility. In Japan there is still a significant phallus celebration. Some Indian temples are covered with copulating couples. Symbols are not the same to everyone. The same symbol may have a completely different interpretation.

@MidMo4020 6 месяцев назад

Those eyebrows certainly bring out his warrior ferocity.. 🤭

@forestdweller5581 5 месяцев назад

That club he is carrying has a rather particular shape doesn' t it? Maybe some weapons expert can link it to an actual period weapon?

@timking2822 6 месяцев назад

I wonder if people in Florida can view this?

@lordcommander3224 5 месяцев назад

Canadians probably can’t.

@Baribrotzer 5 месяцев назад

That's a good point - it is clearly a portrait of Florida Man, engaged in his favourite Florida Man activities of smashing stuff, getting naked, and generally freaking out on Bath Salts.

@squatch545 5 месяцев назад

@@lordcommander3224 Banned in Alberta.

@sitbone3 5 месяцев назад

Sarah Palin can see it from her house.

@chrisfranklin2104 5 месяцев назад

Yes they can ! There's a giant mountain up near Lakeland, if you climb to the top, on a Clear water day, and look northeast, you can clearly see Sir Nabbas 🤗

@robertgotschall1246 2 года назад

If it were first done in prehistory I suppose it might only have come down to the medieval period as a barely distinct trench like the figures in the Atacama desert. They were not recognized until recently.

@ravenn8600 2 года назад

it can be een from the other side of the valley

@DogWalkerBill 5 месяцев назад

The Cerne Abbas Giant has a giant member, doesn't he!

@user-hz2xl4co9u 6 месяцев назад

The makers didn't spend a lot of time on its face 🤔

@kathleenhillock9366 6 месяцев назад

With a sense of humor I am guessing that the local artists were telling E.T. F you.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@christophercooper6731 5 месяцев назад

It was always referred to as the Bishop's Bollocks by the local flying enthusiasts.

@alfreddaniels3817 6 месяцев назад

Does anyone knows if there were taken soil samples from the area within the contour or only from the contour line itself ? Was there anyone who digged in the area within the contour?

@dont-want-no-wrench 6 месяцев назад

i dont think the figure could be too old, or wouldnt have the wood.

@menshevik1012 6 месяцев назад

With the recent obsessions of the NT, I’m quite surprised they didn’t cut it in there themselves.

@wolfsoul11 5 месяцев назад

The giant is an early advertisement for the National Thrust, er, Trust! National Trust!

@gregwilliams3120 6 месяцев назад

From the valley of the jolly, ho ho ho .....

@frankenjstein9371 6 месяцев назад

This video really aroused my interest.

@sitbone3 5 месяцев назад

Only a giant could swing that club.

@mmaximk 6 месяцев назад

Are there any publicly available lidar scans of the area?

@nationaltrustcharity 6 месяцев назад

You can see some LiDar scans here archaeologynationaltrustsw.wordpress.com/2021/05/09/dating-the-cerne-giant-results/

@mmaximk 6 месяцев назад

@@nationaltrustcharity Thanks very much.

@rimonius 5 месяцев назад

somehow I am checking the date of this video first to see if it is not April first haha

@baraxor 5 месяцев назад

So the hill was the center of rites that included maypole dancing. This would indicate that it was held as a locally sacred site right back to Neolithic times, and even after the Saxons took over in the sixth/seventh centuries it still would have been considered a mystical place. Even if the eighth century inhabitants were nominally Saxon, and officially professed Christianity, the influence of old folk ways of previous cultures were still quite strong, and thus the first version of the Giant was cut into the turf sometime after 700. Over the centuries this figure silted up and became practically forgotten, but was eventually rediscovered and recut to its present form in the Middle Ages.

@JH-ex6mb 5 месяцев назад

Great comments!

@biknjak 6 месяцев назад

Interesting. When it's determined to be hundreds of years old, with lots of people studying it, it's declared "fascinating history". When it's determined to be fairly recent, with lots of people studying it, it's declared "disgusting pornography". I guess it's a matter of perspective....😅

@Sashazur 5 месяцев назад

I think it’s entertaining pornography.

@1258-Eckhart 5 месяцев назад

So what year was it built? I did some research into this a few years ago and reached the same vague conclusion as has been given here ("medieval"). The Cerne monastery is Anglosaxon and the closest I got to credibility was that the Giant was placed on the hill by heathens in some sort of competition with the newly established religious house (around 900 AD).