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Cherhill White Horse
The Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, 3.5 miles east of Calne in Wiltshire, England. Dating from the late 18th century, it is the third oldest of several such white horses in Great Britain, with only the Uffington White Horse and the Westbury White Horse being older.〔Marples, Morris, White Horses & Other Hill Figures (London: Country Life Ltd, 1949; New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949)〕 The figure is also sometimes called the Oldbury White Horse.
==Location==
Facing towards the north-east, the Cherhill White Horse lies on a steep slope of Cherhill down, a little below the earthwork known as Oldbury Castle, and can be seen from the A4 road and the nearby village of Cherhill.〔(The Cherhill or Oldbury white horse ) at wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk, accessed 18 July 2008〕 A good viewpoint is a lay-by alongside the westbound carriageway of the A4 where it passes below the horse. From near here, a footpath climbs the hill towards the horse.〔(Cherhill White Horse ) at hows.org.uk, accessed 18 July 2008〕
Near the horse is an obelisk called the Lansdowne Monument, visible in some photographs of the White Horse.〔 This is a 38-metre stone structure, erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne to commemorate his ancestor Sir William Petty.〔(The Lansdowne Monument near to Cherhill, Wiltshire, Great Britain ) at geograph.org.uk, accessed 18 July 2008〕
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