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Breakthrough on the origin of the Cerne Abbas Giant

New research by Dr Tom Morcom and Dr Helen Gittos, from Oxford University, indicates that the chalk figure was originally carved as a muster station for West Saxon armies, who were battling against the Vikings in the ninth century.

Our reporter Steve Humphrey has been finding out more, and 麻豆社 Radio Solent's Steve Harris has been speaking to both academics.

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