Britain s oldest chalk figure. leaping across the head of the ridgeway slope, it s thought to date back to the late bronze age, around 3,000 years old. and it s thanks to the annual work of volunteers on the ground that means we can still see this ancient animal marking. yes, a bitjust over there. using around 15 tonnes of chalk extracted from a local quarry, volunteers have travelled from near and far to help with the weeding and re chalking. my wife grew up in a village just down there and i grew up on the other side of the world, but i remember reading books about the white horse and it s amazing to be able to add something to it. i m researching a book on british art and this is 3,000 years old. so i thought what better way to get hands on with british art than to come and do a bit of weeding, as it turns out. and i saw you pounding away.
Distance. seen from miles away, the uffington white horse in oxfordshire is considered britain s oldest chalk figure. leaping across the head of the ridgeway slope, it s thought to date back to the late bronze age, around 3,000 years old. and it s thanks to the annual work of volunteers on the ground that means we can still see this ancient animal marking. yes, a bitjust over there. using around 15 tonnes of chalk extracted from a local quarry, volunteers have travelled from near and far to help with the weeding and re chalking. my wife grew up in a village just down there and i grew up on the other side of the world, but i remember reading books about the white horse and it s amazing to be able to add something to it. i m researching a book on british art and this is 3,000 years old. so i thought what better way to get