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2 unusual facts about Long Man of Wilmington


Long Man of Wilmington

The current outline of the Long Man is largely the result of a 'restoration' of 1873-4, when a group led by the vicar of Glynde, Reverend William de St Croix, marked out the outline with yellow bricks cemented together, though it has been claimed that the restoration process distorted the position of the feet.

Recent archaeological work done by Professor Martin Bell of the University of Reading, in association with Aubrey Manning's Open University programme Landscape Mysteries, has strongly suggested that the figure dates from the Early Modern period – the 16th or 17th century AD.



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