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Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill

Whenever I visit Avebury I always feel compelled to stop and contemplate the mysterious Silbury Hill.

Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill

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14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2014

14 Responses to “Silbury Hill”

  1. rusty duck says:
    October 20, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    Yes, it has the same effect on me.

  2. Anne says:
    October 20, 2014 at 9:12 pm

    My hubby took me there , sorry I had no idea why. It is a man made mound, they have no idea what its purpose is, you cannot walk on it .. and it apparently contains nothing , sorry . I have contemplated about it too but I stopped once and never again.

    This article says it was prehistoric cathedral …

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1324111/Silbury-Hill-mound-solved–It-accident.html

    • CherryPie says:
      October 20, 2014 at 10:43 pm

      The article is referring to the book I read in my second link. I didn’t get the impression that the author concluded it was a cathedral. He went into detail of its construction materials and layers and how the ditch had changed. He also explained how it connected to other features in the Avebury landscape. When it was built there would have been a clear site to Avebury.

      There are many similar man made mounds around the world and one has to wonder… Why?

  3. peppylady (Dora) says:
    October 20, 2014 at 11:03 pm

    Can’t think of the term. But our plains Indians have something like your Silbury hill. There not sure how old they may be.

    Coffee is on

  4. Donna@Living From Happiness says:
    October 21, 2014 at 2:08 am

    I have heard of this Hill…what a interesting spot.

  5. lisl says:
    October 21, 2014 at 5:49 am

    It is interesting how the Roman road goes round it, Cherie

  6. Mike@ A Bit About Britain says:
    October 21, 2014 at 8:41 am

    Yes – will we ever know? Have enjoyed looking at your recent posts and excellent photographs. It is a fascinating part of the world and a re-visit is long over-due. So many places, so little time!

  7. J_on_tour says:
    November 5, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    Whatever the history, you’ve done a great composition job on what would otherwise be considered by some as dull mounds.