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Silbaby 17

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Silbaby -a plea.

Hob Nov 23, 2004 21:38:24

Replying to ocifant

>Could this lend weight to any arguments for the site being of importance?

It couldn't do any harm I guess, though it might re-open the dread arguments about how many points are needed to define an alignment.

A quick shufti at the OSmap puts the Windmill hill bowl barrows and East Kennet on two ends of a line with Silbaby between.

ocifant Nov 23, 2004 21:52:58

Replying to Hob

Of course, there are so many monuments around there, it's almost too easy to get 3 in a line.

The long barrow at Beckhamptoin, Silbaby and the barrow on Overton just south of the Sanctuary is another one...

I guess the question is one of intervisibility, and for this the original Silbury-Sanctuary line is good. Can Falkner's site be seen from West Kennet?