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UK re-chalks Dorset's famed and feisty Cerne Abbas Giant

Britain's National Trust is working on replacing the chalk outline of the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset. The Saxon-era carving depicts a club-wielding man "still standing tall," as the charity puts it.

Deutsche Welle 13d ago

UK: Cerner Abbas’ iconic chalk giant gets first major makeover

UK conservation teams are restoring the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, one of the country's most recognisable historic landmarks, using 17 tonnes of wet chalk to renew the figure's fading outline.

Euronews 12d ago

British naked chalk giant gets spruced up

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Phys.org 11d ago

The tricky matter of a south coast county's flag

Home to Gold Hill, Thomas Hardy and the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset got its own flag in 2008.

BBC England 11d ago