But a new archaeological study by the U.K. National Trust has dated the so-called Cerne Abbas Giant to medieval times, or the the late Saxon period, possibly during the 10th century.

The Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180 feet-high chalk figure, is situated on a hill near the village of Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Recently, it has been vandalised - its penis had been painted purple.

New evidence suggests that the Cerne Abbas giant is much older than previously thought — and that its creation might have been 'a big two fingers' aimed at the Benedictine monks who had recently ...

Archaeologists traced the origins of the infamous Cerne Abbas Giant — an NSFW chalk carving of a naked man in the UK dubbed "giant penis man" — all the way back to the 10th century.

The Cerne Abbas Giant, the U.K.'s largest chalk hill figure, was likely an Anglo Saxon creation —and he may have originally worn pants.

The figure sketched on a hill in the village of Cerne Abbas, in Dorset, England, eponymously known as the Cerne Abbas Giant, has long been a point of fascination.

The iconic Cerne Abbas Giant was thought to have been made by the late Saxons. (Image: Getty) Tower of the St Mary's Church in Cerne Abbas (Image: Getty) It also boasts a number of historic pubs.

The report builds on research from 2021, when geological testing dated the Cerne Abbas Giant to between 700 and 1100 C.E.; previously, some historians had assumed it dated to prehistoric times.

Excavations into the giant’s feet and elbows dated the oldest chalk to between AD650 and 1310 and the soil to AD700 to 1100, but archaeological consultant Alison Sheridan believes the founding of a ...