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[[File:Cerne-abbas-2.jpg|thumb|left|420px|A local professor at the tip of the monument.]] | |||
A chalk design of great antiquity, cut into the steep, grassy hillside in the centre of Grigg Heights. | |||
==History== | |||
The Heneage Monument is so ancient its origins are no longer known. However, [[Grigg Heights|local legend]] has it that it marks the place where Grigg the Giant fell dead: more specifically, it's thought to be the exact point crushed by his ruptured hernia. Waggish local historians have impishly suggested that it marks the point where his crotch lay, a theory no doubt prompted by the somewhat eyebrow-raising shape of the monument. | |||
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[[Category:Monuments|Heneage Monument, The]] | [[Category:Monuments|Heneage Monument, The]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:37, 28 December 2012
the Heneage Monument
Grigg Heights [5, 56]
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Description
A chalk design of great antiquity, cut into the steep, grassy hillside in the centre of Grigg Heights.
History
The Heneage Monument is so ancient its origins are no longer known. However, local legend has it that it marks the place where Grigg the Giant fell dead: more specifically, it's thought to be the exact point crushed by his ruptured hernia. Waggish local historians have impishly suggested that it marks the point where his crotch lay, a theory no doubt prompted by the somewhat eyebrow-raising shape of the monument.