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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, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site . At 39.3 metres (129 ft) high, [ 1 ] the hill is the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe [ 2 ] and one of the largest in the world; it is similar in ...
Romano-British ritual activity is known from the broader area around the long barrow; several shafts were dug around the Shallow Head Springs near Silbury Hill in this period, into which a range of items were placed. [60] In addition, a building that possibly served a religious function was established south of Silbury Hill. [59]
It is near Silbury Hill (about 5 miles (8 km) due west of the mound), Hatfield Barrow, Sherrington Mound, Manton Barrow, and Marlborough Common barrow cemetery. The mound is over 18 metres (59 ft) tall from the present ground surface and its summit has a height of 149.76 metres (491.3 ft) OD. The basal diameter is 83 metres (272 ft), and it ...
On Silbury Hill is a book by Adam Thorpe published in 2014 by Little Toller Books. [1] [2] [3] His first work of non-fiction, it is inspired by Silbury Hill and was described by Paul Farley in the Guardian as "a rich and evocative book of place". [2] The book was featured on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week programme in August 2014, read by the ...
The collapse destroyed the tower, KLTV's analog and digital antennas, KLTV's digital transmitter, and FM station KVNE's antenna. The analog transmitter was undamaged, and within a few days was moved to KLTV's backup tower in east Tyler. The collapse occurred the day after Raycom Media officially took ownership of the station. WALB-TV Mast ...
Deadly Georgia dock collapse: Incident blamed on unknown 'catastrophic failure' Festivalgoer stunned by tragedy Jamie Arkins of Savannah made her first visit to Sapelo on Saturday for the festival.
Apr. 9—Days before the grand opening of a brand-new gym at the Albuquerque middle and high school campus of Explore Academy, the roof of the building collapsed, the school told its community ...
The Silbury Hill Conservation Project was under the overall project management of Rob Harding during the whole period and Amanda Chadburn was the Inspector for Ancient Monuments." He has a clear conflict of interest, fair enough to add details but to just add his own name seems a bit unfair when "English Heritage" would suffice.