Vale of the Red Horse

The Vale of the Red Horse is a rural area in South Warwickshire, England, below the escarpment of Edgehill. It takes its name from a hill figure of a horse once cut into the red clay. The figure is first recorded in 1607; it may have been Saxon in origin, and possibly connected with the war god Tiw. The figure was re-cut several times over the next two centuries, each new figure being smaller than the last, giving a total of at least five different horse figures. The last was finally covered over around 1910.

External links

• The Red Horse of Tysoe: Mercia's Lost Hill Figure
• The Red Horse of Tysoe