Uffington White Horse could be a dog ?

[Ravenbait]

Sirius is where Nommo the Fish God comes from.

Maybe it's a really big cod. Those aren't tongues, they're barbels.

Sam

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Sirius is where Nommo the Fish God comes from.

Maybe it's a really big cod. Those aren't tongues, they're barbels.

Sam

Weight Lifting Evidence...............????????

 

[srw]

I'm not entirely sure there were horses in Britain at that time. The hill figure is dated at 1000 BC, and the Romans brought horses to Britain.

Prehistoric Times
Hoof-prints found on Dartmoor during an archaeological excavation in the 1970s show that domesticated ponies were to be found here around 3,500 years ago.

http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/lab-dartmoorponies

Next!

 

[Archie_tect]

Weight Lifting Evidence...............????????

or fish....

 

[jimboalee]

http://www.dartmoor-...-dartmoorponies

Next!

If it was supposed to represent a Dartmoor Pony, it would be a short stumpy legged thing with a short arse body. It's not, its a galloping sleek creature with slender legs and a long neck.

And what's more... Why would a bunch of forest dwelling mud hutters waste their time and effort to carve the likeness of a Dartmoor pony in the Oxfordshire chalk? What was it about the Dartmoor pony that set itself apart from the Wolf or the Wildcat?
If they really did, they got the proportions TOTALY way out, and gave it two tongues instead of the usual ONE!!

My guesses are that the mud hutters carved the likeness of the most fearsome, terrifying creature ( ?? ) they had ever seen. More fearsome than the aforementioned Wildcat and Wolf....

 

[Noodley]

My guesses are that the mud hutters carved the likeness of the most fearsome, terrifying creature ( ?? ) they had ever seen. More fearsome than the aforementioned Lion and Bear....

From the evidence we have it could be a number of things:
A dog
A fish
A dragon
A horse
A dogfish
A seahorse
A nne Widdicombe

 

[jimboalee]

Sirius is where Nommo the Fish God comes from.

Maybe it's a really big cod. Those aren't tongues, they're barbels.

Sam

You cannot be sirius??

We're only accepting serious theories based on archeological evidence.

Giant lizard from outer space 1, Horse 0.

 

[jimboalee]

Stop press!!!!

IT'S A WOLF. I should have seen it long before now.

Two fangs, hackles on neck. Sleek body and slim legs.

Problem solved, stand easy.

"The Uffington Wolf".

 

[Dayvo]

Stop press!!!!

IT'S A WOLF. I should have seen it long before now.

Two fangs, hackles on neck. Sleek body and slim legs.

Problem solved, stand easy.

"The Uffington Wolf".

Nah, still a horse: http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=e...e&gbv=2&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&oq=uffington&gs_rfai= not one wolf there!

 

[Noodley]

Stop press!!!!

IT'S A WOLF. I should have seen it long before now.

Two fangs, hackles on neck. Sleek body and slim legs.

So, a dog then...

 

[Fab Foodie]

So, a dog then...

Damn, it's gonna cost the council a shed-load in rebranding....

Mind you, it might yet be proven to be a Unicorn, I hope so. 'Vale of the White Unicorn District Council' has a certain something about it.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Unicorn you say? So perhaps it is a narwhal after all.

Ain't no hooves on that bitch...

 

[surfdude]

i like the wolf idea holmes

 

[Jezston]

i like the wolf idea holmes

Am I the only one who read that in a latino accent?

 

[jimboalee]

Dog. wolf, horse... Who gives a?

What remains is the name of the small hillock north of the hill figure.
http://www.google.co...=N&hl=en&tab=wi

It's a pretty damned big clue....

As a matter of fact, there is a public noticeboard at the lower corner of the field below the hill figure showing the various birds and small mammals that can be seen at the site. If you stand at the noticeboard and look across at Dragon Hill, you can see steam rising from Didcot power station, which appears to be coming from the flat on the hill because view of the cooling towers are hidden behind the hill. Spooky sight. The power station, of course, wasn't there in 1000 BC, so what inspired the mud hutters to name the hill ( books say its a natural feature but if you see the flattened area adjacent to it, there is justification it is of human construction ) such.