Uffington Castle and White Horse - Neolithic

[scdronemedia]

Got up at stupid o’clock this morning and drove 40 miles with my trusted hound to get these. This Iron Age fort is on the same site as a huge neolithic chalk carving - the only neolithic chalk carving in the UK - so there was probably a settlement here before the Iron Age. The thing that amazes me is that there is nowhere on the ground that you can see this horse in it’s entirety, only small portions of it. It makes you wonder how they managed to create it.

Pano of the Horse, Castle and Manger. None of these images give a true sense of scale.



The Castle from the north


The Castle from the south


The Uffington White Horse


The Castle and the White Horse


I hope you enjoy. I did.

 

[old man mavic]

Got up at stupid o’clock this morning and drove 40 miles with my trusted hound to get these. This Iron Age fort is on the same site as a huge neolithic chalk carving - the only neolithic chalk carving in the UK - so there was probably a settlement here before the Iron Age. The thing that amazes me is that there is nowhere on the ground that you can see this horse in it’s entirety, only small portions of it. It makes you wonder how they managed to create it.

Pano of the Horse, Castle and Manger. None of these images give a true sense of scale.

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The Castle from the north
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The Castle from the south
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The Uffington White Horse
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The Castle and the White Horse
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I hope you enjoy. I did.

great shots, my plans for flying today were curtailed by the weather, low cloud and drizzle, but supposed to brighten up around 1800 hours fingers crossed

 

[scdronemedia]

Thanks OMM, your comments are appreciated. The weather has gone downhill here now, so I'm glad I got up at 4.30 (I think lol). Hope you manage to get out today.

 

[Motorcycle Rider]

Awesomeness!!!

 

[scdronemedia]

If anyone is interested, I have now posted one of the videos I captured on this trip. It can be found here; Uffington Castle and White Horse - Neolithic & Iron Age

 

[Michel Alain]

Just great! Thanks

 

[Geofff]

Got up at stupid o’clock this morning and drove 40 miles with my trusted hound to get these. This Iron Age fort is on the same site as a huge neolithic chalk carving - the only neolithic chalk carving in the UK - so there was probably a settlement here before the Iron Age. The thing that amazes me is that there is nowhere on the ground that you can see this horse in it’s entirety, only small portions of it. It makes you wonder how they managed to create it.

Pano of the Horse, Castle and Manger. None of these images give a true sense of scale.

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The Castle from the north
View attachment 104682

The Castle from the south
View attachment 104683

The Uffington White Horse
View attachment 104684

The Castle and the White Horse
View attachment 104685

I hope you enjoy. I did.

Beautiful. The "pain" of stupid o'clock was definitely worth it. ?