Chalking it up: The Uffington White Horse

A recent initiative has been working to restore the profile of the Uffington White Horse, a Bronze Age hill-figure in the care of the National Trust. When a drone survey (fundraised by David Miles and Simon Palmer, and undertaken by Oxford Archaeology) was compared to images from previous surveys in 2022, the Oxfordshire landmark was found to have gradually narrowed as a result of grass creeping into the outlines and slippage of the topsoil. Ground-testing confirmed this last year, and it was therefore decided that the 3,000-year-old figure was in need of some deserved TLC; David and Simon again raised the necessary funds, and the recent work was carried out with the agreement of the Nationa