Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site. At 39.3 metres (129 ft) high, it is the tallest prehistoric human-made mound in Europe and one of the largest in the world; similar in volume to contemporary Egyptian pyramids.
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- Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge...
- According to Jim Leary, the author of The Story of Silbury Hill, the latest archaeology suggests the hill was adapted as a defensive position in the late...
- You cannot approach any nearer, and you most definitely must not climb the hill, or some unspecified monster may emerge from the mound and take back inside...
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- In this photo it is possible to see how the eastward facing West Kennet long-barrow and the top of Silbury Hill are on the same elevation (along with Wodin hill).
- We did a 10 Km (Avebury archaeology) walk and added a side trip to view Silbury Hill signposted after the avenue of stones.
- To the east of Silbury the river Kennet flows south along the base of Waden Hill but it currently plays no part in filling Silbury's ditch...
- 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 located just south of the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, is a massive artificial mound with a flat top.
- Estimates based on carbon dating of an antler found at Silbury Hill put construction between 2490 and 2340 BCE.
