In 1949, Morris Marple suggested a Bronze Age date, comparing the design to others throughout Europe and North Africa. Comparative analysis of the design with numismatic and archeological finds was conducted by Stuart Piggott in 1931 and Ann Ross in 1967, with Piggott suggesting circa 100 BCE as a possible date of origin. Īlthough the notion of it being a post-Roman creation remained popular, many antiquarians and scholars had noted the designs similarity to the Celtic art found on the coins of the local tribes (the Dobunni and Atrebates). Francis Wise would state that the image was created by Alfred the Great to celebrate his victory at the Battle of Edington. However, Aubrey also ascribed its origins to the British Celts, noting the similarity of the image to those found on native Iron Age coins. In the 17th century, John Aubrey attributed the figure to Hengist and Horsa. The figure is one of a number in the area that was long thought to have ancient origins. Nothing grows upon it." Some scholars have compared the figure to the Celtic goddess Epona, or the later Rhiannon of the Mabinogi. The Llyfr Coch Hergest ( Red Book of Hergest, 1375–1425) states that "Near to the town of Abinton there is a mountain with a figure of a stallion upon it, and it is white. The earliest reference to the site is found in Medieval Welsh literature. Uffington White Horse, sketched by William Plenderleath in The White Horses of the West of England (1892) The Guardian stated in 2003 that "for more than 3,000 years, the Uffington White Horse has been jealously guarded as a masterpiece of minimalist art." The Uffington Horse is by far the oldest of the white horse figures in Britain the others inspired by it have an entirely different design. The site is owned and managed by the National Trust and is a scheduled monument. The Uffington White Horse was created some time between 1380 and 550 BC, during the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age. The best views of the figure are obtained from the air, or from directly across the Vale, particularly around the villages of Great Coxwell, Longcot, and Fernham. The hill forms a part of the scarp of the Berkshire Downs and overlooks the Vale of White Horse to the north. The figure is situated on the upper slopes of Whitehorse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington (in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and historic county of Berkshire), some 16 km (10 mi) east of Swindon, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of the town of Faringdon and a similar distance west of the town of Wantage or 2.5 km (1.6 mi) south of Uffington. The Uffington White Horse is a prehistoric hill figure, 110 m (360 ft) long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk.
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