Vale of the Red Horse

Vale of the Red Horse

The Vale of the Red Horse is a rural area in South Warwickshire, England, below the escarpment of Edgehill. It takes its name from a figure of a horse once cut into the red clay of the side of the hill. The figure is first recorded in 1607; it may have been Saxon in origin, and possibly connected with the war god Tiw. The figure was re-cut several times over the next two centuries, each new figure being smaller than the last, and was finally covered over around 1910.

External links

* [http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/redhorse.htm The Red Horse of Tysoe: Mercia's Lost Hill Figure]
* [http://www.hows.org.uk/personal/hillfigs/lost/tysoe/tysoe.htm The Red Horse of Tysoe]


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