Giant Stone Throwers

There’s only one thing that giants like more than throwing stones, and that’s a stone-throwing contest. One time on Henning Hill near Cheselbourne two giants threw larger and larger boulders, heaving them further and further, until, with the mightiest of throws, one of the giants threw a boulder so far that it flew right over Weymouth and landed in the sea. It’s still there today. We know it as the Isle of Portland. But the other giant was so disappointed that he dropped dead on the spot. The winning giant and their friends silently picked up a whole bevy of rocks and gently placed them over his body. The mound is still there, too – the Giant’s Grave.