Ah but the golf balls are no longer there..... leastways, we couldn't see them when we went past in March....

To give our Cerne Abbas Giant a freind, someone once planned to cut a silhouette of Marilyn Munroe on the opposite hillside. Needless to say, permission was denied.

Oh, and he's strongly reckoned to be a representation of Hercules, there's evidence that there was something resembling a cloth or animal skin over his outstretched arm, and the Victorians let the grass grow over the obvious feature. When it was recut, it's possible that his belly button was .... incorporated', thus making it the size it is today. There are no clear records before the early 1700's I believe, so there is no accurate way of dating him. The statuette of Hercules in exact same pose found nearby dates from early Roman, when they occupied the site now under the abbey ruins. The earth work on the top is called the trendle or frying pan, and was used for Mayday rituals/morris dancing. It was also used as a pen for stray animals.

I used to work in one of the 3 pubs in the village, so saw quite a lot of him. Apparently the local RAF used him as a navigation point....... loved to have seen the description of it!

LTS