Westbury White Horse

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The Westbury White Horse or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England. It is the oldest of eight white horses in Wiltshire, dating at least from the 18th century. It has been restored several times, and the work may have obliterated other white horse figures on the same slope. A small early 19th-century engraving shows a horse facing in the opposite direction. There is, however, no evidence for the existence of a chalk horse at Westbury before 1742, and it was reported then to have been created within living memory. The horse is stated by the Wiltshire Victoria County History to be 163 ft (50 m) tall and 166 ft (51 m) long. It has been adopted as a symbol for the town of Westbury, appearing on welcome signs, and is also considered a symbol for Wiltshire as a whole.

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