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The Cerne Abbas Giant

Wednesday, 13th June 2007 by

This is the fantastic Cerne Abbas Giant, a 55 metre (180 foot) high chalk figure carved into a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas, England. In his right hand the giant holds a 36.5 metre long club, and of course it’s impossible to miss that the Cerne Abbas Giant is, uh.. giant in every way. Like many chalk figures carved into the English countryside, the Cerne Abbas giant is…

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