Stonehenge and its Environs 134
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The HUGE blooper for me was when Silbury was described as being composed of earth. I'd always thought it was chalk, all the way through!

Also I thought the Silbury stuff was a bit more fanciful than the rest. Generations of people bringing single basketfuls, sometimes from elsewhere.... What evidence is there for the material not being local?

ocifant wrote:
The HUGE blooper for me was when Silbury was described as being composed of earth. I'd always thought it was chalk, all the way through!
A bit of both . The initial small mound was just gravel then it covered with top soil , sub soil , turf and the local natural which is clay with flints . Afet rthat it was alternating chalk wit hclay gravel gatrvel and turf hence the Reichian's belief that it was a massive orgone accumulator .