Two further bits of Cerne stuff, from a book called "Gods and Graven Images" by Paul Newman (really?) He includes, I should think, every hill figure in England (including Whipsnade) and some that don't exist. He has a long discussion of the Giant, coming to the conclusion that it was Nodens, the same Celtic god with a healing shrine at Lydney. He also points out that the figure indicates May Day sunrise (don't ask me - figure it out for yourselves!), which would suggest that it wasn't recent. Also Nodens should have a dog, dogs being associated with his cult at Lydney, and, lo and behold, crop marks reveal a sort of Scottie shaped figure, about as big as a Shetland pony, relative to the giant, alongside him. What Newman does not notice is that this pooch is exactly in the right place, relative to the giant, for Canis Major, if the Giant was Orion. Perhaps the Celts saw Nodens in the sky in that constellation. Perhaps people just like scraping chalk hills.

I don't know about cross-referencing threads here, it's happening to me off line as well. I go to the library and find details of the revolt, including an attack on nearby Lesness Abbey, return home and am phoned by a friend about a geological field trip to Lesness Abbey. We start discussing the denns, I mention Rolvenden, and I go to a course to be addressed by a teacher from Rolvenden. This is worrying.