A turf-cut figure on the south-western end of Giant Hill. Previously thought to be Roman, now of less certain, possibly even post-medieval date. The figure represents a nude man striding left , holding a knotted club in his right hand, left arm outstreched. The nipples and ribs are represented, as is the phallus. The figure has been repaired and recut at various periods, a general repair having taken place in 1887. The feature is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Upper Cerne and Piddle Valleys AIM project.
| --- | SDO21044 - Article in serial: Crawford, O G S. 1929. The Giant of Cerne and other Hill Figures. Antiquity iii. 277-282. |
| --- | SDO21045 - Article in serial: Dewar, H S L. 1968. The Giant of Cerne Abbas. West Country Folklore 1. 5-10. |
| --- | SDO21046 - Article in serial: Colley March, H. 1902. The Giant and the Maypole of Cerne. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, xxii. 101-118. |
| --- | SDO21047 - Monograph: Petrie, F. 1926. The Hill Figures of England. |
| --- | SDO21048 - Article in serial: Piggott, S. 1932. The Name of the Giant of Cerne. Antiquity vi. 214-216. |
| --- | SDO21049 - Article in serial: Piggott, S. 1938. The Hercules Myth - Beginnings and Ends. Antiquity xiii. 323-331. |
| <1> | SWX2949 - Monograph: Hutchins, J. 1774. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 1st edition. Vol 1. |
| <2> | SDO15 - Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1902. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1901. 22. 101-118. |
| <3> | SDO18873 - Monograph: Marples, Morris. 1949. White Horses and Other Hill Figures. 159-179. |
| <4> | SDO97 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). |
| <5> | SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1962. |
| <6> | SDO17369 - Unpublished document: Barrett, G. Various. Field Investigators Comments GB. F1 GB 07-JUL-77. |
| <7> | SDO18875 - Article in serial: Grinsell, L V. 1980. The Cerne Abbas Giant: 1764-1980; Antiquity, 54 (210), 29-33. |
| <8> | SDO18876 - Article in serial: Bettey, J H. 1981. The Cerne Abbas Giant: the documentary evidence; Antiquity, 55 (214), 118-119. |
| <9> | SDO16977 - Serial: Royal Archaeological Institute. 1983. Archaeological Journal 140. 140. 29-30. |
| <10> | SDO18874 - Monograph: Newman, Paul. 1987. Gods and graven images: the chalk hill-figures of Britain. |
| <11> | SDO14244 - Unpublished document: Castleden, R. 1995. The Cerne Giant Project, Phase 2: Surveys Undertaken in 1995. |
| <12> | SDO14156 - Monograph: Darvill, T, Barker, K, Bender, B and Hutton, R. 1999. The Cerne Giant. An antiquity on trial. |
| <13> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 881855. |
| <14> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA67/02562. |
| <15> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA67/02563. |
| <16> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA67/02564. |
| <17> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA67/02565. |
| <18> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA77/02931. |
| <19> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AF0887712. |
| <20> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. FL00622. |
| <21> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. P04040. |
| <22> | SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. P04041. |
| <23> | SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 199015. |
| <24> | SDO20736 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2375. |
| <25> | SDO20899 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-OCT-1971. RAF/39/3812 V 51. |
| <26> | SDO19893 - Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 21-AUG-2001. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. |