The Guardian

On Silbury Hill review – 'a rich and evocative book of place'

Adam Thorpe has a deep, nearly lifelong bond with the largest manmade hill in Europe, a site open to endless interpretation The late American poet Anthony Hecht opened his debut collection with a ...
BBC

Inside Silbury Hill

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The Guardian

On Silbury Hill review – Adam Thorpe's odd paean to a Wiltshire chalk mound

This is a beautiful book. I don't mean the text; we'll come back to that. I mean the book itself, which is the work of Little Toller, a Dorset publisher that specialises in nature writing. On Silbury ...
Digital Spy

Lion to reveal Silbury Hill for BBC Four

BBC Four has commissioned Lion Television to investigate Silbury Hill, the largest man-made mound in Europe. The one-hour archaeological documentary will look into the final exploration of the ...
The Daily Telegraph

Silbury Hill mystery soon to be resolved

Rising riddle: Silbury Hill has dominiated the Wiltshire countryside for thousands of years, but its purpose remains unknown Credit: Photo: MATT FABERA/PA It is said that there is a greater ...
Daily Mail

Was Silbury Hill a Neolithic LIGHTHOUSE? Ancient mound was built as a beacon for a once waterlogged Wiltshire, expert claims

The ancient mound of Silbury Hill was built as lighthouse and harbour to help Neolithic traders navigate waterways, an expert has claimed. Archaeologists have long speculated that the enormous manmade ...
The Independent

The souls of Silbury Hill are bared in burial mound dig

Archaeologists are unlocking the secrets of Silbury Hill, one of Britain's greatest historical mysteries. Researchers have long been mystified as to why the giant prehistoric mound in Wiltshire was ...
Daily Mail

Just off the A4, a hill of magic and mystery: The secrets of Silbury Hill

When I went to University College London — before the M4 was constructed — my father would drive me (with all my bags and books) from our Wiltshire home, along the old Bath-London Road (now the A4).
BBC

Prehistoric Silbury Hill 'was built in layers'

Mystery surrounds the reasons for Silbury Hill's creation over 4,000 years ago Silbury Hill in Wiltshire may have been built far quicker than archaeologists once thought. The man-made hill, part of ...
BBC

Silbury Hill's Anglo-Saxon makeover

Silbury Hill acquired its distinctive shape in more modern times, according to new archaeological evidence. It is traditionally thought that the hill, with its steep banks and flat top, was conceived ...
BBC

Inside Silbury Hill

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