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Silbury Hill

Silbury Mundi

ocifant O
ocifant Nov 1, 2007 17:33:58
Replying to Littlestone

Indeed they must. A bit 'light' though, isn't it?

More detail about the group visits would have been nice. Who went in, how many and what for, what qualified someone for an invite, that kind of thing.

All those footfalls...

L Littlestone
Littlestone Nov 1, 2007 18:24:55
Replying to ocifant

A bit 'light' though, isn't it?
Very, and why no mention of recent theories - the top being lopped off during the medieval period, the resting place for souls? Then again... taking a group photo under the 1968 concrete lintel (shame on you Attenborough - there in the 60's, back to see how it's going forty years on?) sort of speaks for itself.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Nov 3, 2007 09:56:48
Replying to ocifant

All those footfalls...
"Over the centuries, various lunatics have riddled the ancient chalk construction with tunnels, mostly in an attempt to find treasure. The latest was in 1968 and was at, quite extraordinarily, the behest of the BBC. They hacked into this unique national treasure with impunity to make a series of gimmicky history programmes. They even built a recording studio in there... a huge series of corridors and chambers were excavated as part of that BBC project, in what can only be described as an act of archaeological vandalism."*

* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=491447&in_page_id=1770

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