Cerne Abbas Giant

The Cerne Abbas Giant, or Cerne Giant, is a hill figure near the village of , in , England. It is currently owned by the National Trust, and listed as a scheduled monument of England.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Cerne Giant”, “Old Man”, “Rude Man”, “Rude Man of Cerne”, “The Giant”, and “The Rude Man”
  • Postal code: DT2 7LA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cerne Abbas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School and Cerne Abbas Stores.

School
Photo: BreaksOff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Cerne Abbas Giant.

Convenience store
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a convenience store, which is situated 1,800 feet south of Cerne Abbas Giant.

Pub
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub, which is situated 1,700 feet south of Cerne Abbas Giant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Up Cerne and Nether Cerne.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet lying to the west of the River Cerne, between and in , . It was the birthplace of John Mount Batten.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of . It lies within the Dorset unitary authority administrative area, about 5 miles north of the county town and 12 miles south of . is situated 2 miles south of Cerne Abbas Giant.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in west , England. It is situated at the head of Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome, ten miles north of . The hamlet is in the parish of , about a mile north of the village. is situated 2½ miles west of Cerne Abbas Giant.

Cerne Abbas Giant

Latitude
50.81367° or 50° 48′ 49″ north
Longitude
-2.47472° or 2° 28′ 29″ west
Open location code
9C2VRG7G+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 660725451
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­geoglyph
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1055469
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Satellite Map

Discover Cerne Abbas Giant from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Cerne Abbas Giant” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gegant de Cerne Abbas”
  • Chinese: “塞那阿巴斯巨人像”
  • Czech: “Obr z Cerne Abbas”
  • Dutch: “Cerne Abbas Giant”
  • Esperanto: “Giganto de Cerne Abbas”
  • Finnish: “Cerne Abbasin jättiläinen”
  • French: “Geant de Cerne Abbas”
  • French: “Géant de cerne abbas”
  • French: “Géant de Cerne Abbas”
  • French: “Géant De Cerne Abbas”
  • German: “Cerne Abbas Giant”
  • Greek: “Γίγαντας του Σερν Άμπας”
  • Hungarian: “Cerne Abbas-i óriás”
  • Indonesian: “Cerne Abbas Giant”
  • Italian: “Gigante di Cerne Abbas”
  • Italian: “Il gigante di Cerne Abbas”
  • Japanese: “サーン・アバスの巨人”
  • Korean: “케른아바스의 거인”
  • Persian: “غول سرن اباس”
  • Persian: “غول سرن عباس”
  • Polish: “Gigant z Cerne Abbas”
  • Portuguese: “Gigante de cerne abbas”
  • Portuguese: “Gigante de Cerne Abbas”
  • Romanian: “Gigantul de la Cerne Abbas”
  • Russian: “Великан (геоглиф)”
  • Russian: “Великан”
  • Russian: “Гигант из Церн Аббаса”
  • Russian: “Гигант Серн-Эббаса”
  • Slovenian: “Velikan iz Cerne Abbasa”
  • Spanish: “Gigante Cerne Abbas”
  • Spanish: “Gigante de cerne abbas”
  • Spanish: “Gigante de Cerne Abbas”
  • Turkish: “Cerne Abbas Dev Adamı”
  • Ukrainian: “Велетень (геогліф)”
  • Ukrainian: “Велетень”
  • Welsh: “Cawr Cerne Abbas”

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Highlights include Trendle Earthworks and Abbey Burial Ground.

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