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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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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 stands on the southern spur of Overton Hill, [5] a site offering views across the valley of the River Kennet. [5] Visitors can park on a lay-by on the southern side of the A4 atop Overton Hill, which is adjacent to the circle. [4] In its present state, the posts of the Sanctuary are marked by concrete markers. [5]
The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow, Windmill Hill and Silbury Hill. By the Iron Age , the site had been effectively abandoned, with some evidence of human activity on the site during the Roman period .
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 ...