ID: 700008420 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008420	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Uffington white horse (geoglyph; unknown ; between 1200 and 800 BCE)

Note: Located high on an escarpment of the Berkshire Downs below Whitehorse Hill, a mile and a half south of the village of Uffington, Uffington White Horse is the oldest of the horse hill figures that exist in Wiltshire and one of only four that faces right. It was previosly believed to have been from the Iron Age, but recently improved techniques in dating soil, date it from the Bronze Age. The exact meaning of the horse is unknown, but it may have been the symbol of a local tribe. It has also been suggested that the figure may be a fertility symbol honoring the British horse-goddess Rhiannon.

Titles:

Uffington white horse (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

geoglyph [300265414] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by location or context>, <single built works by location: topographical>, earthworks (engineering works))

Classifications:

prehistoric art (preferred)

Creation Date: between 1200 and 800 BCE

Creator Display:

unknown [preferred,VP]

unknown prehistoric (prehistoric cultural designation) [500329594]

Locations:

Whitehorse Hill [1108284] Oxfordshire (county), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: chalk

	chalk [300011727]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: 365 feet

Cultures:

English (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Bronze Age [300019275] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by general era>, three-age system)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	horses (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	fertility [300379149]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Uffington white horse	........ [VP]
	........ Wiltshire White Horses [online] (2001-2013) "Uffington," accessed 13 May 2013
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Uffington White Horse," accessed 13 May 2013

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Wiltshire White Horses [online] (2001-2013) accessed 13 May 2014

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Wiltshire White Horses [online] (2001-2013) "Uffington," accessed 13 May 2013