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| Out at Avebury on May Day with Pete and Nigel chattering about HA business when Pete asked whether we had seen the large mound at W Kennet, a mini Silbury. "Whaaaat!" we said!" Come and have a look" When you know where it is it is so bleeding obvious it's amazing that it is not better known. Imagine walking down from W Ken barrow with Silbury on your left, cast your eyes the same angle to the right and there it is, nestling against the slope of Waden Hill. The first thing you notice is that the profile is very similar to Silbury with a dead flat top and the same angled sides. Closer to, a beautiful spring issues from the left side, encircles the hill closely and joins a larger pond to the right (Excavated?). It is obvious at this distance that it cannot just be a truncated spur of Waden Hill as the steepness of the sides don't match anything else nearby. Streetmap below gives the location..just to the right of the "S" of the MS mark. Try lining up a straight edge from Silbury to the new mound and you might be quite surprised where you end up! Hopefully some pics from Pete and Nigel soon although Nigel was so gobsmacked he wants to have its babies.... http://www.streetmap.co.uk/new[...]archp=newsearch.srf&dn=748 Reply | with quote |  2nd May 2004ce 10:19 8 replies: Name that mound! (Pete G) Re: Major discovery by Pete G? (Tim Bucktoo) Re: Major discovery by Pete G? (wideford) Re: Major discovery by Pete G? (nigelswift) Re: Major discovery by Pete G? (wideford) Re: Major discovery by Pete G? (goffik) Archaeo listing. (Pete G) Finders Keepers (Vybik Jon) |
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