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1978. At the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset. Edinburgh Arts 1978.

10-14 August 1978. Edinburgh Arts participants lying down on the phallus of the Cerne Abbas Giant (or 'The Rude Man'), a 180-foot high figure of uncertain antiquity cut into the chalk hillside above Cerne Abbas village, near Dorchester, Dorset. According to local tradition, young women wanting to conceive would spend a night within the giant's phallus. Edinburgh Arts 1978.

Date

Thu Aug 10th, 1978

Medium

35mm Slide

Reference Codes

EA.78.088

Original Reference

A.8A.112

people

Richard Demarco

collections

Edinburgh Arts 1978
Cerne Abbas
England

tags

Edinburgh Arts, Edinburgh Arts 1978, N/A, Places, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, Country, England