Geoglyphs Geoglyphs The Alfred Watkins ley is a ley line that stretches for 6.4 km (4 miles) across southwest Herefordshire and the Welsh border. It is named for Alfred Watkins. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alfred Watkins ley"
The Cerne Abbas giant is a chalk carving of a giant naked man on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas to the north of Dorchester in Dorset, England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cerne Abbas giant"
Numerous chalk figures have been carved into hillsides in the United Kingdom. Although they are frequently considered to be ancient monuments few can trace their origins further back than a couple of hundred years. The significant exception to this is the Uffington White Horse which seems to date from sometime in the iron age. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chalk figures in the United Kingdom"
Dodmen are the human-shaped geoglyphs of Britain, designed in the likeness of their creators. These creators were the surveyors and astronomers of the pre- druidic British Isles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dodmen"
Ley lines are alignments of a number of places of geographical interest, such as ancient megaliths. Their existence was first suggested in 1921 by the amateur archaeologist Alfred Watkins, whose book The Old Straight Track first brought the phenomenon to the attention of the wider public. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ley line"
The Marree Man, or Stuart's Giant, as it was named in anonymous press releases (after John McDouall Stuart), is a geoglyph discovered by air on 26 June 1998. The geoglyph appears to depict an indigenous Australian man, most likely of the Pitjantjatjara tribe, hunting birds or wallabies with a throwing stick. It lies on a plateau at Finnis Springs 60km west of the township of Marree in central Australia. The figure is 4.2km high with a circumference of 15-28km. It is the largest known geoglyph in the world and is estimated to have taken between four and eight weeks to create, but despite this its origins are extremely mysterious, with not a single witness to any part of the massive operation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marree Man"
The Nazca Lines are geoglyphs (drawings on the ground) located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the pampa (a large flat area of southern Peru). The drawings include a hummingbird, monkey, spider and lizard, to name only a few of the over 300 drawings. They were created during the Nazca culture in the area, between 200 BC and 600 AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nazca Lines" It's my www.shortopedia.com!
The Old Straight Track is a book by Alfred Watkins and is the first book to describe ley lines in the United Kingdom. ...more on Wikipedia about "The Old Straight Track"
:For other meanings of the term Uffington Horse, see Uffington Horse. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uffington White Horse"
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