Long Man of Wilmington

The Long Man of Wilmington is a hill figure on a hillside south of the village of Wilmington in the South Downs, between the towns of Brighton and Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex in England. The hill figure represents the outline of a man

Description

The figure is about 70 meters high. The man shown holding in each hand a rod which is slightly larger than himself The man resembles representations of equipped with spear and helmet warriors on fibulae and helmets of the Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons. This is associated with the appearance of a god of war. The age of the figure is unknown. Originally, the character was a Geoglyph, which was created by the exposure of the subsoil of chalk.

The first documentation of the hill figure is a sketch of 1710. It differs from the current form and shows a different position of the foot, a face, and a different head shape, which could constitute a hat .. 1874 The Long Man was exposed after he overgrown largely had. This Roman sherds were, as well as in 1969, discovered. To make the figure more visible, the contours were covered with bright stones. In 1969, the stones were replaced by white concrete blocks.

Many legends have grown around the Long Man. A giant died on the hill. He was killed by a shepherd boy from a fall, or by stone's throw of another giant. They had then drawn lines around the body. Also, it means that a treasure was buried near the Long Man.