(Atlas of Mysterious Places – Marshall Editions Ltd - 1987)

THE LONG MAN OF WILMINGTON:

Cut into the northern slope of Windover Hill, at the eastern end of the South Downs near Wilmington in Sussex, is a giant man, 70m (230ft) tall and carrying a long staff in each hand.

His age is uncertain although his present form dates back to 1874 when he was restored. The Long Man of Wilmington has been identified variously as a local giant, St Paul, a Roman soldier, a Saxon haymaker or as a prehistoric surveyor, or ‘dodman’, who used his two staffs as sighting poles. Whoever he was, he most likely dates back 2,000 to 2,500 years.