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scubi63 Sep 30, 2010 16:17:09

Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:

Europe's largest or World's largest? I wish they'd make their minds up. I think David Field wrote a paper for them suggesting it was probably the world's largest. And they sometimes say it is - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/protecting/conservation-projects/silbury-hill/ - but not always it seems. This has been going on for about 7 years and Google is full of both claims. Which is it? Answers on a postcard to EH please.

Maybe we need a list of contenders so we can compare.

:o)

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Sanctuary Sep 30, 2010 17:52:43

Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:

Europe's largest or World's largest? I wish they'd make their minds up. I think David Field wrote a paper for them suggesting it was probably the world's largest. And they sometimes say it is - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/protecting/conservation-projects/silbury-hill/ - but not always it seems. This has been going on for about 7 years and Google is full of both claims. Which is it? Answers on a postcard to EH please.

In braille?

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Sanctuary Sep 30, 2010 18:00:55

Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:

Europe's largest or World's largest? I wish they'd make their minds up. I think David Field wrote a paper for them suggesting it was probably the world's largest. And they sometimes say it is - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/protecting/conservation-projects/silbury-hill/ - but not always it seems. This has been going on for about 7 years and Google is full of both claims. Which is it? Answers on a postcard to EH please.

And the length of build. It seems to flunctuate between 4 million and 18 million man hours which is some fluctuation!!

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