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baza Apr 24, 2004 17:51:28

Replying to Littlestone

>Go out as far as you can and see if you can still see Silbury - at dusk and dawn,
>through summer mists and winter rain. Then come back and tell me whether its
>size matters!

Well, Littlestone, I've done what you say and I'm coming back to say:

Of course it's size matters! Anything different and it's setting within the landscape will be totally different.

baz

Littlestone Apr 24, 2004 22:43:53

Replying to baza

Nah... still don't buy the size matters argument Baz. Sure it's relevant but not as relevant as, say, it's location or shape. If the Silbury builders really wanted to make a BIG statement they could have built it up on Waden Hill where it would have been visible from a lot further away - instead they chose to build it on one of the lowest points in the Avebury landscape - why? Who knows, but it would seem to indicate that water was probably more important in the overal scheme of things than size.