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Cerne Abbas Giant (The Rude Man)

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This gigantic earthwork, called the Cerne Abbas Giant, or "Rude Man" (in reference to his gigantic genitalia) can be found carved into chalk bedrock on a in Dorset, England hillside. The figure is of indeterminate age, but is believed to date from the Iron age, and is probably a representation of the Celtic God In Dagda.

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