Uffington White Horse
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The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure of a stylized horse, carved into the chalk hillside in Oxfordshire, England, and visible as a large white outline from afar.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uffington White Horse canonical | 11 |
| Uffington White Horse hill figure | 1 |
| Uffington and White Horse Hill complex | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geoglyph
ⓘ
prehistoric hill figure ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| color | white ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
iconic symbol of the Vale of White Horse
ⓘ
important example of chalk hill figure ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation |
early Iron Age
ⓘ
late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| depicts | horse ⓘ |
| faces | north ⓘ |
| function |
landscape marker
ⓘ
possible territorial or cult symbol ⓘ |
| hasArtisticStyle |
abstract representation
ⓘ
linear design ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 51.574°N 1.567°W ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Uffington
ⓘ
surface form:
Uffington, Oxfordshire
|
| heritageDesignation |
National Trust property
ⓘ
Scheduled Monument ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1000–700 BC ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 110 metres
ⓘ
approximately 360 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Oxfordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Uffington ⓘ |
| locatedOn | White Horse Hill ⓘ |
| locatedWithin |
Uffington Castle
ⓘ
surface form:
Uffington Castle environs
|
| madeOf | trenches filled with crushed chalk ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | periodic scouring ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Trust ⓘ |
| materialUsed | chalk ⓘ |
| nearby |
Dragon Hill
ⓘ
Uffington Castle ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the oldest known chalk hill figures in Britain ⓘ |
| overlooks | Vale of White Horse ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Trust ⓘ |
| partOf |
Berkshire Downs
ⓘ
English chalk hill figures tradition ⓘ |
| referencedIn |
antiquarian writings
ⓘ
local folklore ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| style | stylized outline ⓘ |
| surveyedBy | archaeologists using optically stimulated luminescence dating ⓘ |
| topographicContext | chalk downland ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of tentative considerations for cultural landscapes in the region ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | long distance ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Uffington and White Horse Hill complex
this entity surface form:
Uffington White Horse hill figure
subject surface form:
Wantage