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See here
http://heritageaction.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/avebury-and-stonehenge-silburys-new-scars/

nigelswift wrote:
After giving a brief description of Silbury Hill on the warning boards it goes on to say:-
'The steep, slippery and irregular surface make it unsafe to allow public access and such access would damage the protected grasslandand archaeology of the monument. Please do not climb the monument'.

That's nowhere near 'threatening' enough in todays world. Not a word about trespassing or it being illegal and of being presecuted. Why not?

That photo speaks volumes...

I can't believe nobody's suggested astroturf! Hard-wearing, looks like grass from a distance - the idiots can climb it all they like then, without ruining it for the rest of us! :D

G x

Thanks for the link Nigel. I note the reference to "hundreds" of people climbing each year. I hadn't appreciated it was so many, I assumed (probably naively) that it was a few dozen. I've never seen anyone up there myself, but I've only ever been there (to Avebury) in the day and not that often. Have I underestimated the scale? Are we talking "mass climbing" in groups, or lots of solitary visits?

[Just curious, rather than going anywhere with this.]