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I don't think comparing the size of the voids with the size of the hill as a means to illustrate how small they are is valid.

Quite, this is something of a red herring. Even minor subsidence in a structure can result in major damage. A few cracks in the foundations of Durham Cathedral would be seen as minuscule compared to the total mass of the building - left unchecked they could well be enough to bring down half the structure.

Ok, some rule of thumb maths here.

Let's say a standard 4x4 car (I drive an X-Trail for instance) is 1.8 metres high. It's approx 4 metres long, by 3 wide. I make that a volume of some 21 and a bit CuMtrs.

Multiply by 6 to get a rough figure somewhere near 125 CuMtrs.

That's a lot of space! Hardly a small area...

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Posted by ocifant
9th August 2007ce
13:23

(nigelswift, Aug 01, 2007, 07:56)

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Re: Silbury's structural integrity (Littlestone, Sep 05, 2007, 20:20)
Update 16 available.... (Pilgrim, Sep 05, 2007, 20:30)
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    - Silbury's structural integrity (Littlestone, Sep 19, 2007, 20:18)
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        Want One! (Pilgrim, Sep 20, 2007, 07:15)
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Silbury's just fine, honest. (nigelswift, Dec 19, 2007, 16:03)
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- Well, when I say fine.... (nigelswift, Dec 20, 2007, 11:31)
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        Well done EH and all concerned (fitzcoraldo, Dec 29, 2007, 21:32)
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        Re: Well done EH and all concerned (Littlestone, Dec 30, 2007, 11:35)
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        This man speaks sense (juamei, Dec 30, 2007, 17:44)
        Re: This man speaks sense (tjj, Dec 30, 2007, 18:45)
        Re: This man speaks sense (tpiafc, Dec 31, 2007, 11:11)
        Re: This man speaks sense (fitzcoraldo, Dec 31, 2007, 13:02)
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        Re: Well done EH and all concerned (Littlestone, Dec 30, 2007, 23:21)
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        Re: Well done EH and all concerned (moss, Dec 31, 2007, 11:48)
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        Re: Well done EH and all concerned (tomwatts, Dec 31, 2007, 18:26)
        Re: Well done EH and all concerned (tjj, Dec 31, 2007, 18:51)
        Re: Asking pertinent questions (tjj, Jan 01, 2008, 23:13)
        Re: Asking pertinent questions (moss, Jan 02, 2008, 09:24)
        Re: Well done EH and all concerned (jimit, Dec 30, 2007, 11:35)
        Re: Well, when I say fine.... (Littlestone, Dec 29, 2007, 20:12)
        Sell 'em on eBay! (Paulus, Dec 29, 2007, 21:06)
        Re: Sell 'em on eBay! (Pete G, Dec 29, 2007, 21:13)
        Re: Sell 'em on eBay! (Paulus, Dec 29, 2007, 21:20)
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        Re: Sell 'em on eBay! (Littlestone, Dec 30, 2007, 19:46)
        Re: Sell 'em on eBay! (Paulus, Dec 30, 2007, 19:53)
        Re: Well, when I say fine.... (StoneGloves, Dec 30, 2007, 06:08)
        Re: Well, when I say fine.... (Paulus, Dec 30, 2007, 19:27)
Last glimpse inside ancient enigma (Littlestone, Jan 29, 2008, 17:36)
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        Re: Last glimpse inside ancient enigma (Mustard, Jan 30, 2008, 09:38)
- newsnight film (Rhiannon, Jan 30, 2008, 16:07)
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        Re: newsnight film (Spaceship mark, Jan 31, 2008, 13:34)
Re: Silbury's structural integrity (Littlestone, Apr 07, 2008, 18:51)
It seems to be finished... (moss, Apr 29, 2008, 06:17)
- Re: It seems to be finished... (Rhiannon, Apr 29, 2008, 09:34)
- Re: It seems to be finished... (Pilgrim, May 12, 2008, 15:26)
  - Dancing across the site (Littlestone, May 12, 2008, 15:51)
Re: Silbury's structural integrity (scubi63, May 06, 2008, 11:17)
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