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Pilgrim P
Pilgrim May 11, 2007 02:41:56

"Engineers are to re-open a tunnel that goes deep inside the ancient monument of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.

After prising open the tunnel's sealed door on Friday, engineers are expected to spend four months, filling the tunnels with hundreds of cubic tonnes of chalk to stabilise the structure."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/6645367.stm


hmmmmm....................

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Pilgrim

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L Littlestone
Littlestone May 11, 2007 07:06:00
Replying to Pilgrim

Yes, the photo shows two English Heritage workers rolling the place into a state of stability with modern conservation equipment ;-)

M Merrick
Merrick May 11, 2007 08:28:55
Replying to Pilgrim

"modern science can solve the mystery of why the hill was built in the first place."

"It says the site may have been a sacred place of pilgrimage."

No way! Who'd have thunk it?

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo May 11, 2007 08:59:21
Replying to Pilgrim

Interesting times.
It's good to see that after all the jaw-jaw we get a bit of bore-bore.
Coat - door - gone
(-:

P Pete G
Pete G May 11, 2007 12:15:29
Replying to Pilgrim

http://www.users.myisp.co.uk/~gtour/Silbury2007.html
digging started days ago.

B Bunnymen
Bunnymen May 15, 2007 18:42:28
Replying to Pilgrim

made me laugh..

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1392379.0.work_starts_at_silbury_hill.php#comments

P Pilgrim
Pilgrim May 16, 2007 10:37:21
Replying to Pilgrim

Weekly Updates
As the conservation project at Silbury Hill progresses, weekly updates will be available to download here. Each Friday, starting with the 18th of May, a new PDF will be made available which will show how far we have got into the tunnel, with images from inside Silbury Hill and an update on the key progress and findings from that week of the project.


http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.17511

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