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- Silbury Hill was originally entirely white since it had a chalk (limestone) exterior, and the surrounding ditch may have been regularly filled with water from...
- Silbury Hill in Wiltshire may have been built far quicker than archaeologists once thought. The man-made hill, part of the Avebury World Heritage site, was believed...
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- I then continued up the hill towards Avebury and took photos looking down on Silbury Hill before continuing on to the avenue of stones leading to Avebury.
- It seems likely, then, that Silbury Hill's ditches were intentionally filled with water. Furthermore, the hill itself was built next to water, close to the River Kennet.
- Silbury Hill one of the ancient attractions with close location to Avebury and just across the road from West Kennet Long Barrow.
- Almost a mile south of the Avebury Henge is Silbury Hill, an immense artificial mound built mostly of chalk rubble, now naturally covered with turf.
- Silbury Hill may have been created as a 'natural Earth battery'. Silbury Hill has been carbon-dated at 2660 years BC, the same era as the Giza pyramids.
- Silbury Hill stands 30 metres high and 160 metres wide, and its construction is estimated to have involved about 4 million man hours of work.
- Silbury Hill is part of the complex of Neolithic monuments around Avebury, which includes the Avebury Ring and West Kennet Long Barrow.
