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Alternatively.... ;)

The object may be to set the grout by a process of air drying rather than having to add much water - through carbonation.

There are some dos and don'ts it appears...
http://www.ihbc.org.uk/context_archive/53/Limemortar_dir/Limemortar_s.htm

PS, I'm wondering if the lime is to be used only in the tunnels and voids above them, not in the central shaft, since a previous Update said

"The filling of the voids above the tunnels (not in Silbury 1) and the outer section of the tunnel will be filled using a pumpable chalk paste material".....

whereas the hill top void will be filled with [i]"a pumpable slurry chalk mix" - which sounds rather wetter to me.

I could be entirely wrong, but in a situation where such vital details are deliberately kept under wraps, speculation based upon crumbs is all the public is left with.