EH are about to put sheep on Silbury to increase and strengthen the sward which will both protect the surface.
Obviously a light breed of sheep is required such as a Welsh Mountain and enough but not too many so as not to damage the archaeology, however, EH being EH you are here invited to suggest animals that might end up on the monument giving a brief explanation of why. There is no prize but there is the opportunity for lots of sheep jokes:
Wooly Mammoth: so large that it is bound to damage the surface, so much so it might even cause the voids to migrate and a major collapse, but being extinct and therefore out of date it portrays EH's outlook and standing perfectly. Its large flank will be used to carry advertisements (like those seen on the grass at football matches), and strung between its tusks will be an EH notice stating that these animals are not to be fed. This EH notice will as is custom be ignored by the public but taken literally by EH underlings so the poor creature will starve other than being given the wrong snacks by tourists and it will die out again in a mountain of poo that someone will mistake for a Neolithic feature.
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