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I am still trying to work out where 500 people are going to stand with their ropes and stuff on all that slippery chalk!! Wally, on the Stones Mailing List, had an excellent 3D model of the spiral path that may have once existed on Silbury; have just checked but the page has been taken down. Wally does supply some dimension though which may be of interest - "For those that are interested, I've had a go at modelling a 'processional path' around Silbury Hill. The following 3D model shows what I've drawn, and can be wiggled about with mouse or keyboard... JPG jockeys will not be able to rotate the thing in 3D space, of course. Anyway, the model is based on the following dimensions... Hill... Diameter of base: 160m Height: 36m Diameter of top 45m Slope of hillside: 32 degrees Pathway... Number of times round the hill: 6 Slope of 'vertical' inner walls of path: 60 degrees Width of path: 6m Height difference from one 'tier' to the next: 6m Which yields the following particulars... Angle of pathway: 0.78587523 degrees Length of pathway at outer edge: 1931m So, a very gentle slope to climb, but about 2km of walking to get there. How fast is 'procession speed'? :-) Wally" Reply | with quote |  4th January 2007ce 13:14 In reply to: Re: Stonehenge-on-Silbury (slumpystones) |
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