Land Traces

I’ve included him in my collection despite the uncertainty of his age. He’s probably not as old as I assumed him to be as the earliest mention of him is in the 17th century, though it’s quite possible that he was covered up for a long period. William Stukely was the first person to compare his likeness to the Roman depiction of Hercules so it might be that his origins are in the Romano British era. There’s also an Iron Age earthwork on the crest of the hill named ‘The Trendle’, (just visible as a faint dark line on the crest of the hill), which gives that idea some credence.