A Little Run Out

[poliphilo]

 We took the car up and over the hill to the Birling Gap, where a lone fisherman was tending his lines and a trickle of tourists came down the ladder to the beach then went up again. The sea was very calm. As I was climbing the ladder myself a woman rushed out into the water and shreiked a lot while her male partner- bundled up in heavy coat- sat on the beach and watched 



Birling Gap belongs to the National Trust. There's a very good cafe, with very good coffee and cakes. 

After taking refreshment we circled back home through the hills, by way of Friston, Litlington and Wilmington- pausing to take a look at The Long Man, East Sussex's  genuinely ancient and utterly mysterious hill figure.



Sheep were wandering over him- which is something I've not seen before.

Who carved Him? No idea,

When did they carve Him? No idea

Why did they carve Him? No idea.

Is he holding two staves, or opening a door into the hill?

No idea.

Comments

[tagryn]

Lovely photos, thanks for sharing.

[poliphilo]

You're very welcome

[basefinder]

Do the UFOlogists investigate that area for signs of a portal? I watch enough of those shows that portal was the first thing that came to mind when I saw your image.

[poliphilo]

I'm sure they do, but I've never seen any evidence for it.

Another thing that would be interesting would be to remote view its creation.

[paserbyp]

The Long Man is one of two major extant human hill figures in England; the other is the Cerne Abbas Giant, north of Dorchester. Both are Scheduled Monuments. Two other hill figures that include humans are the Osmington White Horse and the Fovant regimental badges.

The Long Man is also one of two hill figures in East Sussex; the other is the Litlington White Horse, 3 miles south-west of the Long Man.

[poliphilo]

We drove by the Litlington White Horse yesterday.

Most of the British hill figures are relatively modern- and we know when they were cut. The Long Man is one of the three that are older and of unknown origin.

[paserbyp]

Good to know!

Do you know what means that both are Scheduled Monuments?