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nigelswift Aug 16, 2005 23:07:43
Replying to nigelswift

Just realised, the transcript says largest. I meant greatest, but not sure which I actually said. Still, terminological inexactitude from some old git in Worcestershire in rant mode is forgivable, whereas the same thing, about stability, carefully crafted by a quango and repeated for five years ain't.

F FourWinds
FourWinds Aug 17, 2005 00:57:57
Replying to nigelswift

Wasn't about to disprove it at all. I reckon it's certainly both the tallest and the greatest!

I asked because I was reading of a mound the other day and thought, "feck me that's big!" and would like to compare volumes etc. with Silbury.

One thing I would say is - is it a 'mound'? As it's made up of lumps of chalk (i.e. lumps of rock) it's a huge cairn in my book, but that's just being picky I s'pose.