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Silbury Hill

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nigelswift N
nigelswift Nov 19, 2003 21:36:11
Replying to olly

No way is it symbolic. It's purely function, a plinth. You only have to look at it....
Now what was on top of it, THAT was symbolic. Buy my amazing book....

H Hob
Hob Nov 19, 2003 22:16:17
Replying to nigelswift

A giant flint holly leaf topped plinth, for symbolically looking at the dome of the sky whilst making a belly pregnant?
Now where have I never read that?

<Now in genuinely curious mode>

What are the top ten theories about Silbury's purpose then?

<Now in not serious at all mode>

Could they be combined into a unified theory of Silbury?

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