Not a horse but a tall chalk spire, cut into Watlington Hill in 1764 to give a spireless church the look of one.
Save this place
The Watlington mark is a tall triangle rather than a beast, cut into the Chilterns scarp in 1764. A local squire, Edward Horne, had it made and aligned so that, seen from the town below, it appears to rise behind the church of St Leonard’s, which has no spire of its own. The National Trust owns Watlington Hill above, with the Ridgeway passing through.
