However wacky, it does address the organic/inorganic layering though. Are there any other theories that rely on the layers of chalk and soil?(I typed leyers there, but spotted it just in time) Come to that, are there any that even mention them?
might it not just help to get rainwater through the mound and stop the whole thing falling apart?
(caveat: this theory is based on no factual evidence or informed knowledge whatsoever)