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Cantiaci Hillfigures Wye Crown
Best seen from the country road heading east from Wye, or - further back - from the Ashford-Canterbury Road. The hillfigure is unique, there are no other Crowns in the country.Associated with - and maintained - by the students of Wye College, the Crown was created in 1902 to mark the imminent coronation of Edward VII.
Its design was ingeniously simple. The outline of an 1887 florin was traced onto a piece of paper, which was attached to the lens of a theodolite. The theodolite was aimed at the hill, and workers with flags marked the outline as seen through the lens.
On the night of August 9th 1902, the day of Edward's coronation, the Crown was illuminated by 1500 fairy lights. This has become a tradition, repeated at every coronation since.
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