Comments on: Bulford Kiwi Given Protection Status

By: nicky

nicky — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 19:20:00 +0000

Yes, I was prone to this wishful thinking too. However, i’ve resigned myself to accept the truth: only the Uffington ‘animal’ is pre-historic.
Re Cerne Abbas, apparently there used to be a kind of cloak on his left arm, closely resembling Heracles/Hercules carrying the lion skin on his left arm and a club in his right hand. Hence we can conclude that it is not older than Roman times at best, which would still be pretty old, much older than 400 years. The window between about 100 and 1600 CE. is quite wide (but definitely not pre-historic).

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 15:08:39 +0000

In reply to nicky. I think that currently the Cerne Abbas giant is thought to be about 400 years old because that's the earliest it's mentioned in extant texts. No one really knows of course, because such things are so hard to date. I'd personally like to think it's much older.

By: nicky

nicky — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 09:19:10 +0000

I gather that only the Uffington white ‘horse’ is known to be prehistoric- probably bronze age-, and possibly -but much less certainly-, the Cerne Abbas ‘erection’ giant , the latter is thought to be a depiction of Heracles.
I’m kinda disappointed most are much more recent. No Stonehenge age figures.
But It is great that The Bulford Kiwi enjoys protected status, good for the Brits and good for the Kiwis!