A picture tour of the Giant Fertility Hill Figure The Cerne Giant and around the Village of Cerne Abbas
Posts Tagged ‘Cerne Abbas’
Cerne Giant & Cerne Abbas
Posted in Dorset, Video, tagged Cerne Abbas on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Up Cerne
Posted in Dorset, tagged Cerne Abbas, Up Cerne on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Up Cerne (up the valley from Cerne Abbas) is a small but ancient hamlet. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Obcerne.
The Bells of Cerne Abbas
Posted in Audio, Dorset, tagged Cerne Abbas on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The mainly 15th century parish church of St. Mary, with a much older chancel, was restored in the 1960’s, and the rotting pews replaced with chairs. The bells did not ring for over 70 years because the hangers were unsafe, but in 1974 the bells were recast and a sixth added to the peal.
E weren’t all bad
Posted in Dorset, Video, tagged Cerne Abbas, Yetties on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A sketch performed by The Yetties at Cerne Abbas extracted from a DVD produced by Classic Media entitled “All Over Dorset” in 1996. Copyright Bonny Sartin 1982.
Pillory
Posted in Dorset, tagged Cerne Abbas on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is a very long time since any of the villagers of Cerne Abbas were placed in the stocks but they are still on display outside of the parish church.
Cerne Abbas Tithe Barn
Posted in Dorset, tagged Cerne Abbas on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Like many of Dorset’s barns, the 14th Century Tithe Barn at Cerne Abbas is now a private dwelling. A Scheduled Ancient Monument it was partially converted to a private house at the south end in the late 18th Century, restored during the 19th Century and totally reconstructed in the 20th Century.
Cerne Abbas Giant
Posted in Dorset, tagged Cerne Abbas on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Cerne Abbas giant, also referred to as the Rude Man or the Rude Giant, is a hill figure of a giant naked man on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas. Like several other chalk figures carved into the English countryside, it is often thought of as an ancient creation. However, its history cannot [...]
The Giant Inn, Cerne Abbas
Posted in Dorset, tagged Cerne Abbas, The Giant Inn on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Giant Inn, formerly known as The Red Lion, was rebuilt a century ago after a fire in 1898 but the stone fireplace in the bar dates back to the 16th Century.
The New Inn, Cerne Abbas
Posted in Dorset, tagged Cerne Abbas, The New Inn on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The original building of The New Inn is 13th century and was a single storey dormitory for monks & pilgrims visiting the old abbey. It became a coaching inn in the 16th century with 3-4 coaches a day passing through Cerne Abbas, looking after passengers & horses until the last coach in 1855.
Tudor Cottages, Cerne Abbas
Posted in Dorset, tagged Cerne Abbas on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cerne Abbas is an old village located in the valley of the River Cerne, between steep chalk downland in the middle of Dorset