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But what starts as a wonderful day at the fair…ends in tragedy. It was the last normal day for all of them. The terrible day at the fair showed Eddie just how fast life can change. Marshall, Michael (12 May 2021). "Cerne Abbas Giant may have been carved into hill over 1000 years ago". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021 . Retrieved 18 May 2021.

The earliest known written reference to the Cerne Giant appears in a 1694 warden's account from St. Mary's Church in Cerne Abbas, recording the cost of three shillings to repair "ye Giant." There are also references to the figure in a 1734 letter by the then-Bishop of Bristol and a 1738 letter by antiquarian Francis Wise. The first survey to mention the giant was published in 1763 and included measurements and a drawing. After that, mention of the giant becomes far more common in the historical record.To mark the centenary of the transfer of the Cerne Abbas Giant to the management of the National Trust, authorities decided to date the figure. In March 2020 a series of tests were carried out to determine ‘‘a ‘date-range’ for when the landmark was created’’ reports the BBC. Similar tests on another famous gigantic chalk figure, known as the Uffington White Horse, in Oxfordshire, revealed it to be 3000 years old.

Temple Willcox, "Hard times for the Cerne Giant: 20th-century attitudes to an ancient monument", Antiquity, Vol. 62 No. 236, September 1988, pp.524–26. The team looked for grains of quartz in the chalk and in the soil next to the trenches. A method called optically stimulated luminescence dating could then be used to determine when the quartz was last exposed to sunlight. a b c d Historic England, "Hill figure called The Giant (1003202)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 14 October 2012

The earliest known mentions of the Cerne Abbas Giant are from just 300 years ago, leading researchers to believe it was probably about that old. But according to Allen, “Everyone was wrong and that makes these results even more exciting.” C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter.