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A 400' aerial view of The Long Man of Wilmington (Wilmington Giant), a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, England. Locally, the figure was once often called the Green Man. The Long Man is 235' tall, holds two "staves", and is designed to look in proportion when viewed from below.
Formerly thought to originate in the Iron Age or even the Neolithic period, a 2003 archaeological investigation showed that the figure may have been cut in the Early Modern era – the 16th or 17th century AD. From afar the figure appears to have been carved from the underlying chalk, but the modern figure is formed from white-painted breeze blocks and lime mortar.
More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Man_of_Wilmington
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