The Archaeology of a Monumental Mound

Silbury Hill 180

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Littlestone Jan 24, 2010 20:25:12

A synopsis of the lecture given by Jim Leary, the English Heritage archaeologist responsible for the recent survey on Silbury Hill, held yesterday at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum, is now available here - http://www.eternalidol.com/?p=6179

Much of interest, but perhaps also recognition of what many of us have thought for some time - that the sarsen 'chunks' found alongside pieces of antler represent dead ancestors.

tjj Jan 24, 2010 23:26:13

Replying to Littlestone

It was a great lecture.
Jim Leary and David Field have a book coming out in October entitled The Story of Silbury Hill with the Foreword by David Attenborough. The monograph will be published in 2011.

tjj

Littlestone Feb 1, 2010 11:16:54

Replying to Littlestone

The Wiltshire Heritage Museum has announced an exciting new find of, "...letters written in 1776 about excavations at Silbury Hill and published for the first time in the new volume of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine."

More here - http://wiltshireheritagemuseum.blogspot.com/2010/02/silbury-hill-new-find-in-archive.html

Branwen Feb 3, 2010 16:07:07

Replying to Littlestone

If I was going to build my own stone circle, I'd stick a pole in the ground and tie a bit of string to it to mark out my circle. Then I'd observe whatever observations I wanted to mark, and stick another pole where that alignment was to replace with a stone later. Idiots Guide to Building Stone Circles...