Re: Is he feck! | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

Pete G Oct 8, 2001 20:00:26

Replying to RiotGibbon

Local historian Brian Edwards found an eyewitness account of the Drax 1776/7 dig which mentions there was wood from top to bottom in the center of Silbury.
This was most likely planks to shore up the sides to stop the delicate layering falling in not a bloody gurt pole sticking out of the top.
If there was a pole then it would not be very effective as the landscape around silbury is not flat, which would be necessary for a shadow casting gnomen.
Is the article you mention on line RG?
Back to Bert bashing ;-)
Pete G

FourWinds Oct 8, 2001 21:18:25

Replying to Pete G

I'm all for a bit of Bert bashing Pete ....

Back from sunny London, loads of new faces in my life and nearly recovered from the alcohol and late nights (I'm getting on a bit, so no cries of "wimp" please).

Ready to join the fray once more.

RiotGibbon Oct 9, 2001 09:46:20

Replying to Pete G

http://www.stonepages.com/england/silburyhill.html

Moses B.Cotworth, not Cosworth

he was into it being a sundial - not the same thing at all, but still interesting idea about a girt big lump of wood sticking out of it

maybe I'll write the article up for you, it's in an "obscure journal" I've had kicking around for ages ...

I've got this other one Edward Nye, and it reckons that Noah ran a huge communications network from the top of Silbury, so don't go trusting *my* library ...

I've the attention span of a gnat ...

Bert is innocent?