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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 ...
English: Silbury Hill, as seen from halfway up the slope of the hill on which West Kennet Long Barrow is located in Avebury, Wiltshire. This is a photo of listed building number 1010138 . Date
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Aerial view of Silbury Hill. The A4 continues along the High Street on its way out of Marlborough via Bridewell Street and Bath Road. The road passes underneath a covered bridge that links Morris House of Marlborough College to the North Block of the same establishment. [17]
West Kennet Long Barrow is found near the village of Avebury in central Wiltshire. [2] It occupies a prominent place on the crest of a hill, [3] just above the upper Kennet valley. [2] To the north, it offers views of Avebury, and to the south St Anne's Hill and Wansdyke. [4]
Marlborough Mound is a Neolithic monument in the town of Marlborough in the English county of Wiltshire. Standing 19 metres (60 ft) tall, it is second only to the nearby Silbury Hill in terms of height for such a monument. Modern study situates the construction date around 2400 BC. [1]
Hill Height (m) Prom. (m) Grid ref. Class Parent Range/Region Remarks Image Milk Hill [3] 294.3 147 Hardy,sub-Marilyn, HuMP, Wiltshire county top (historical and current) Walbury Hill [4] North Wessex Downs: Wiltshire's county top. Highest point of North Wessex Downs. Second highest chalk hill in the UK.
Calne (/ k ɑː n /) [2] is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, southwestern England, [3] at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Calne is on a small river, the Marden, that rises 2 miles (3 kilometres) away in the Wessex Downs, and is the only town on that river.