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Most churches are built to a similar design, due to tradition. We know that trading took place in Neolithic /Bronze Age Britain and Ireland, as the evidence prooves. This trading led to similar belief systems throughout Britain and Ireland, which involved stone circles, chambered tombes, barrows, not to mention mounds and standing stones. In other words, similar belief cultures evolved

This would explain sites of similar appearance throughout Britain. Just as churches are similar, but not identical, surely the same would be expected of Neolithic/Bronze Age sites.

Churches might also be built along similar lines due to engineering considerations. Flying butressess and all that. Similarly, artificial mounds may end up the shape they do, because that's the easiest way to make an impressive mound. It's not just floorplan/footprint, else you could say modern roundabouts are similar to henges (well, not really, I exagerate, but you know what I mean).

Another difference, Silbury didn't have chambers in it when it was built, unlike Maes Howe and Newgrange, which have always had chambers.