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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Few monuments are more interesting to the general observer than the hill-figures carved on the chalk downs of Southern England. The publication of Sir Flinders Petrie's monograph has led us to revisit one of those he describes; and the resulting observations are here set down for what they are worth.
page 277 note * The Hill-figures of England, by SirPetrie, Flinders, F.R.s., F.B.A. Published by the Royal Anthropological Institute [Occasional Papers, no. 7]. Pp. 16 and 9 plates of plans. London, 1926.(Price not stated, but ascertained to be 5s.).Google Scholar
page 278 note * See Air Survey and Archaeology, 2nd edition, 1928, p.6.Google Scholar
page 280 note * The six-sided frame surrounding the Giant is of quite modern date. The Giant is now the property of the National Trust.
