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Always been sceptical about Silbaby as a barrow, but there is an argument in its favour;
Silbury itself...
"The tunnel showed that the monument began as a mound less than 40 metres in diameter, carefully composed of gravel, turves, soil and chalk, in part at least revetted by stakes. This overlay an old land surface above a subsoil of clay with flints on what had been originally a spur of middle chalk projecting into the Kennet valley" taken from Whittle - Sacred Mounds, Holy Rings..

that the primary barrow under Silbury Hill was on a "spur of middle chalk projecting into the Kennet Valley" could point as to why the maybe Silbaby barrow could also have been on a spur from Waden Hill but it is awkwardly placed at the foot of the hill, on low ground, presumably flooded at times by the Kennet. And why did the Romans "trash" it, they were a superstitious lot, burying their dead in the old bronze age barrows...

"presumably flooded at times by the Kennet"
Well, it's certainly right against the flood plain so it could also be said to being prone to being periodically almost surrounded by water in a startlingly Silburyesque manner - depending if you're a believer or not.

"And why did the Romans "trash" it"
But did they? Where exactly was their road relative to the modern one? Maybe the actual road missed it and the only incursion was the road's built-up embankment ONTO it (and a lot less than in modern times)? That might be an important distinction to the Romans.

I have mentioned a couple of times I think its not round but has a number of distinct facets (like Silbury) but no-one has agreed or disagreed. I wish someone would go and look.

A statistical question: what are the chances of a broken (votive?) bronze age axe turning up at the base (indeed, in the "moat") of a mound that isn't Bronze Age?