List of hill figures in Wiltshire

The White Horse Flag, an unofficial flag of Wiltshire depicting the Cherhill White Horse.

This is a list of hill figures in Wiltshire (ranked by age).

## White horse figures

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Rank  | Name  | Location  | Created  | Age (years)  | Width  | Height  | Image

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1  | Westbury White Horse | Westbury | 1778[1] | 246  | 170 feet (52 m)  | 180 feet (55 m)  |
2  | Cherhill White Horse | Cherhill | 1780  | 244  | 165 feet (50 m)  | 120 feet (37 m)  |
3  | Marlborough White Horse | Preshute | 1804  | 220  | 62 feet (19 m)  | 47 feet (14 m)  |
4  | Alton Barnes White Horse | Alton Barnes, near Alton | 1812  | 212  | 160 feet (49 m)  | 180 feet (55 m)  |
5  | Hackpen White Horse | Broad Hinton | 1838  | 186  | 90 feet (27 m)  | 90 feet (27 m)  |
6  | Broad Town White Horse | Broad Town | 1864  | 160  | 80 feet (24 m)  | 60 feet (18 m)  |
7  | Pewsey White Horse | Pewsey | 1937  | 87  | 66 feet (20 m)  | 45 feet (14 m)  |
8  | Devizes White Horse | Roundway | 1999  | 25  | 150 feet (46 m)  | 148 feet (45 m)  |

## Military figures

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1  | Fovant Badges | Fovant | 1916  | 108  |  |  |
2  | Royal Warwickshire Badge | Sutton Mandeville | 1916  | 108  |  |  |
3  | Shiny 7th Badge | Sutton Mandeville  | 1916  | 108  |  |  |
4  | Lamb Down Military Badge | Codford | 1916–17  | 107  | 175 feet (53 m)  | 150 feet (46 m)  |
5  | Map of Australia | Compton Down, near Compton Chamberlayne | 1917  | 107  | 150 feet (46 m)  | About 125 feet (38 m)  |
6  | Bulford Kiwi | Bulford | 1919  | 105  | About 460 feet (140 m)  | 420 feet (128 m)  |

## Others

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Rank  | Name  | Location  | Created  | Age (years)  | Width  | Height  | Image

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1  | Tame Buzzard Line[2] | New Art Centre, Salisbury[2] | 2001[3] | 23  | 2.3 feet (0.7 m)[4] | 115 feet (35.1 m)[4] |
2  | Pterry the Pterodactyl[5] | Upavon Golf Club  | 21st century |  | About 45 feet (14 m)  | About 38 feet (12 m)  |
3  | Devizes White Horse replica[6] | Nursteed School, Devizes[6] | 2012[6] | 12  | About 15 feet (5 m)  | About 14.8 feet (5 m)  |

## Former figures

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Rank  | Name  | Location  | Created  | Lost  | Width  | Height  | Image

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1  | Former Westbury White Horse | Westbury | Unknown (no later than 1742)  | 1778  | 96 feet (29 m)  | 32 feet (10 m)  |
2  | Former Pewsey White Horse | Pewsey | 1785  | 1937  | 43 feet (13 m)  | Unknown
3  | Former Devizes White Horse | Devizes | 1845  | Around 1922  | Unknown  | Unknown  |
4  | Ham Hill or Inkpen White Horse  | Ham Hill near Inkpen, Berkshire | 1860s  | Unknown  | Unknown  | Unknown  |
5  | Finsbury Rifles Hurdcott Badge[7] | Barford St Martin[7] | 1910s  | Unknown  |  |  |
6  | Rockley White Horse  | Rockley | Discovered 1948  | 20th century  | 126 feet (38 m)  | 66 feet (20 m)  |
7  | Laverstock Panda[8] | Laverstock[8][9] | 1969[8] | 1980s  | 55 feet (17 m)  | 55 feet (17 m)  |
8  | Marlborough Arrow[10] | Marlborough[10] | 1969[10] | 1969[10] |  |  |
9  | Tan Hill Donkey | Tan Hill | Unknown  | 1970s  | 75 feet (23 m)  | Unknown  |
10  | Mock white horse on Battlesbury Hill[11] | Warminster[11] | 2006[11] | 2006[11] |  |  |

## See also

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* Bloemfontein, a city in South Africa where Wiltshire troops are believed to have cut the Bloemontein White Horse around 1900,[12] resulting in "the only Wiltshire white horse, that is not in Wiltshire"[13]
* Liddington, a village near Swindon once considered for a white horse.[14]
* List of public art in Wiltshire

## References

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1. ^ "WILTSHIRE'S WHITE HORSES". Visit Wiltshire. 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
2. ^ a b "Gallery: The Sculpture Park". BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
3. ^ "Super Nature: Tame Buzzard Line". The Roche Court Educational Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
4. ^ a b "Tame Buzzard Line". Art UK. 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
5. ^ "Visitor Information". Upavon. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
6. ^ a b c Cowen, Lewis (11 October 2012). "Devizes school unveils white horse to mark 10th birthday". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
7. ^ a b Hows, Mark. "Hurdcott Badge (Finsbury Rifles)". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
8. ^ a b c "The Great Laverstock Panda mystery". BBC. 23 September 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
9. ^ "A new face on the Wiltshire Downs". The Times: 12. 27 January 1969.
10. ^ a b c d Hows, Mark. "Marlborough Scout Logo". The Hillfigure Homepage. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
11. ^ a b c d Hinman, Niki (6 April 2006). "April Fool as second white horse appears on hillside". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
12. ^ "Bloemfontein White Horse". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
13. ^ "White Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein". South African History Online. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
14. ^ "Designs that Were Never Made". The Hillfigure Homepage. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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