Archaeological Evidence
Evidence for the earlier horses was uncovered in the 1960s by local historians K. A. Carrdus and G. W. Miller using a combination of aerial and other photographs, historical research, fieldwork and soil resistivity surveys; some of their findings were published as The Red Horse of Tysoe in 1965. In particular, they located the site of the first and largest Red Horse (along with the second and third) on a hillside called "the Hangings" - referred to as "Red Horse Hill" on an enclosure map - using aerial photographs to confirm the original figure to have been a galloping horse around 285 feet (87 m) long and 95 feet (29 m) high. Further excavations in 1968 confirmed the figure's outline and the presence of a red clay infill.
The site of the Red Horse was planted with trees in the late 1960s.
Read more about this topic: Vale Of The Red Horse
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