A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SILBURY-HILL, an enormous barrow in Wilts; in the valley of the Kennet, 1⅓ mile S of Avebury. It measures 1,680 feet in circuit at the base, and 315 at the top; is 135 feet high; and, if formed in our day, would cost about £20,000. The Archæological Institution explored it in 1849, but did not find in it anything of consequence.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an enormous barrow" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Silbury Hill |
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