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Neolithic mound in Wiltshire, England
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
Silbury_Hill
2014 book by Adam Thorpe
On Silbury Hill is a book by Adam Thorpe published in 2014 by Little Toller Books. His first work of non-fiction, it is inspired by Silbury Hill and was
On_Silbury_Hill
Neolithic mound in Wiltshire, England
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 places the construction
Marlborough_Mound
Musical composition by Harrison Birtwistle
prehistoric mound of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, with its connotations of the spiritual and mysterious: the precise function of Silbury Hill remains unknown
Silbury_Air
Neolithic tomb in Wiltshire, England
henge and stone circles, the West Kennet Avenue, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill. During the Romano-British period, a small coin hoard was buried in the
West_Kennet_Long_Barrow
Neolithic henge monument in Wiltshire, England
older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow, Windmill Hill and Silbury Hill. By the Iron Age, the site had been effectively abandoned, with
Avebury
Period in prehistoric Britain, c.2500–800 BC
to be built or modified, including such sites as Avebury, Stonehenge, Silbury Hill and Must Farm. That has been described as a time "when elaborate ceremonial
Bronze_Age_Britain
Landform that extends above the surrounding terrain
Italy (45 m (148 ft)) Blackstrap Ski Hill, Canada (45 m (148 ft)) Jingshan Hill, China (45 m (148 ft)) Silbury Hill, England (40 m (130 ft)) Mount Manisty
Hill
1975 soundtrack album by Monty Python
much of which centers on a spoof screening of the film at the Classic Silbury Hill Theatre. Also among the new items is the "Marilyn Monroe" sketch, which
The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The_Album_of_the_Soundtrack_of_the_Trailer_of_the_Film_of_Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail
European archaeological culture, 2800–1800 BCE
building, though it is usually thought to have been an open-air structure. Silbury Hill was also built in the early Bell Beaker period, and may have originally
Bell_Beaker_culture
British, Irish and Manx history c. 4100–2500 BC
Neolithic Wessex, based upon charred pips found at the site of Hambledon Hill. They may have been imported from Continental Europe, or they might have
Neolithic_British_Isles
Prehistoric site in Wiltshire, England
Windmill Hill Museum Avebury Manor Avebury stone circle Longstones/ Beckhampton Avenue Kennet Avenue Silbury Hill West Kennet Long Barrow The Sanctuary
The_Sanctuary
British artist, art historian and geographer
research on the prehistoric man-made earthwork from the Neolithic period, Silbury Hill, the second largest earthen mound in Europe, on a similar scale and volume
Michael_Dames
British poet and novelist (born 1956)
Bovary and Zola's Thérèse Raquin. His first work of non-fiction, On Silbury Hill, described by Paul Farley in the Guardian as "a rich and evocative book
Adam_Thorpe
Press/Historic Scotland. p. 71 "The Cuween Hill Cairn, Firth". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 21 July 2012. "Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn". Historic Scotland. Retrieved
List of oldest extant buildings
List_of_oldest_extant_buildings
Pattern in a crop field
Stonehenge, earthen mounds such as Silbury Hill, long barrows such as West Kennet Long Barrow, and white horses in chalk hills. In 1991, two self-professed
Crop_circle
Major road in England
the ages from pre-Roman routes, Roman roads (such as the one passing Silbury Hill), and basic wagon tracks. During the Middle Ages, most byways and tracks
A4_road_(England)
World Heritage site in Wiltshire, England
Bluestonehenge Windmill Hill Museum Avebury Manor Avebury stone circle Longstones/ Beckhampton Avenue Kennet Avenue Silbury Hill West Kennet Long Barrow
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Stonehenge,_Avebury_and_Associated_Sites
Archaeological type site in England
Windmill Hill and its associated sites: West Kennet Long Barrow, the Avebury henge, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill. "History of Windmill Hill". English
Windmill_Hill,_Avebury
Village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England
Stonehenge, Silbury Hill, and associated local sites, to its World Heritage List. The earliest occupied site in the area is on Windmill Hill in the north-west
Avebury_(village)
Tributary of the River Thames in Southern England
ci, cŵn "dog". One of the Kennet's sources is Swallowhead Spring near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, and others are springs north of Avebury near the small
River_Kennet
County of England
Museum Science Museum library and archives, Wroughton Shearwater Lake Silbury Hill Stonehenge Stourhead Swindon and Cricklade Railway Swindon Steam Railway
Wiltshire
county. Among the most remarkable are Vespasian's Camp, near Amesbury; Silbury Hill, the largest artificial mound in Europe, near Avebury; the mounds of
History_of_Wiltshire
Concept in archaeology
the Avebury ritual site featured a giant, flat-topped barrow called Silbury Hill, which is considered the largest artificial mound in prehistoric Europe
Ritual_landscape
British painter
Storm over Silbury Hill, 2008, by David Inshaw (details).
David_Inshaw
Straight alignments between historic structures and landmarks
Devereux published an article on sightlines from the prehistoric site of Silbury Hill, Wiltshire in Antiquity. By the 1990s, British archaeology had become
Ley_line
Assembly place in early medieval Britain
the building of the Tynwald Hill and the discovery of soil from several distant locations at the centre of Silbury Hill. This practice may link with
Moot_hill
Neolithic mound in Denbighshire, North Wales
second-largest Neolithic mound in Britain after Silbury Hill, in Wiltshire. Sitting on top of Gop Hill (823 feet), a natural outcrop of Carboniferous Limestone
The_Gop
Protected land in England
Silbury Hill, one of the many SSSIs in Wiltshire designated for their grassland plant communities.
List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Wiltshire
Prehistoric human occupation of Britain
along with stone rows and the famous sites of Stonehenge, Avebury and Silbury Hill, which building reached its peak at this time. Industrial flint mining
Prehistoric_Britain
Largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas
sites Mound 34 Mound 72 Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Sugarloaf Mound Silbury Hill Skele, Mike "The Great Knob", Studies in Illinois Archaeology, no. 4]
Monks_Mound
General term to describe artificial changes in land level in history and pre-history
Earthworks can vary in height, from a few centimetres to the size of Silbury Hill at 40 metres (130 ft). They can date from the Neolithic to the present
Earthworks_(archaeology)
Copper Age (3500 to 1700 BC) in prehistoric Europe
Silbury Hill, c. 2400 BC, England
Chalcolithic_Europe
Independent school in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Mound date from 2400 BC. This is close to the dates established for Silbury Hill. The main focus of the college is the Court, which is surrounded by buildings
Marlborough_College
British archaeology television series
which was a live broadcast of an excavation on a prehistoric mound, Silbury Hill, undertaken by Richard Atkinson in 1968. However, this excavation as
Chronicle (British TV programme)
Chronicle_(British_TV_programme)
French TV series
first episode, entitled "Silbury Hill," suggests the presence of spiritual beings everywhere in Britain, but "Silbury Hill II" implies they are extraterrestrials
Kaamelott
Town and civil parish in England
found it to date from about 2400 BC. It is of similar age to the larger Silbury Hill about five miles (8 km) west of the town. Legend has it that the Mound
Marlborough,_Wiltshire
English archaeologist (1912–1994)
Trust helped them to acquire the meadowland surrounding the monument of Silbury Hill, Wiltshire. Wiltshire Museum, Devizes, has some of her finds and implements
Peggy_Guido
Large stone used to build a structure or monument
enclosures known as henges, and frequently artificial mounds such as Silbury Hill in England and Monte d'Accoddi in Sardinia (the prehistoric step pyramid)
Megalith
Town in Wiltshire, England
Avebury, Barbury Castle, Crofton Pumping Station, Lydiard Country Park, Silbury Hill, Stonehenge, Uffington White Horse Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Swindon
Novel by Alan Garner
desolate forest, to the Mound of Vandwy (a reference to the artificial Silbury Hill), where Roland mentally battles a stone circle that seems alive. The
Elidor
Well or spring revered in a religious context
such as the Swallowhead Springs, close to Silbury Hill (Wiltshire) or the Holy Well near Tadmarton Hill (Oxfordshire), suggests that reverence for such
Holy_well
British writer and theorist
on a connecting grid of isosceles triangles spiraling outwards from Silbury Hill (pictured) with each triangle pointing to the next site. Monuments that
Tom_Brooks_(writer)
Firing (2009) - Tony Birks (Author), Attenborough (Foreword) Story of Silbury Hill (2010) - Jim Leary(Author), David Field (Author), Attenborough (Foreword)
David Attenborough bibliography
David_Attenborough_bibliography
Beaker culture burial, Spain, c. 2500 BC Stonehenge, Britain, 2500 BC Silbury Hill, Britain, c. 2400 BC Gold lunula, Ireland, c. 2400 BC Use of Bronze begins
Prehistoric_Europe
National Landscape in England
limestone hills better known by various overlapping local names, including the Berkshire Downs, the North Hampshire Downs, the White Horse Hills, the Lambourn
North_Wessex_Downs
New Zealand equestrian
Tankerville) 4th (Lord Killinghurst) RET (Silbury Hill) 6th (Ginger May Killinghurst) 2008 RET (Armada) RET (Silbury Hill) 8th (Armada) RET (Muschamp Impala)
Andrew_Nicholson_(equestrian)
constructed or modified, including such sites as Avebury, Stonehenge, Silbury Hill and Must Farm. This has been described as a time "when elaborate ceremonial
History_of_the_British_Isles
British accountant and calendar reformer
travelling around Britain to investigate ancient sites such as Stonehenge and Silbury Hill as well as a trip to Egypt, he devised what is now known as the International
Moses_B._Cotsworth
11th-century castle in Thetford, England
Warenne or William the Conqueror. The largest man-made mound in England is Silbury Hill. Earlier archaeological studies had suggested that the bailey itself
Thetford_Castle
Awareness organisation. Speaker BBC's Silbury: The Heart of the Hill 1x60 min The archaeological excavations of the Silbury Hill Mound. Guest interviewee BBC's
David Attenborough filmography
David_Attenborough_filmography
Art history book by Lucy Lippard
writes of include Avebury and Stonehenge and associated sites such as Silbury Hill. A selection of contemporary artists whose works are described in the
Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory
Overlay:_Contemporary_Art_and_the_Art_of_Prehistory
List of the oldest extant buildings in the UK
at the Wayback Machine Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. 111 pp. 220–228. "Bartlow Hills are a hidden Cambridgeshire treasure". BBC. 20 May 2010. Colchester Castle
List of oldest buildings in the United Kingdom
List_of_oldest_buildings_in_the_United_Kingdom
English Surrealist painter (1889–1946)
Nash when in July 1933 he went to Marlborough on holiday and visited Silbury Hill and Avebury for the first time. This ancient landscape with its neolithic
Paul_Nash_(artist)
stone circle while Avebury has the world's largest stone circle and Silbury Hill, a large artificial mound. The sites provide an insight into the culture
List of World Heritage Sites in the United Kingdom
List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_Kingdom
British television documentary series
starting in Avebury and finishing at Stonehenge. Along the way he visits Silbury Hill and the West Kennett Long Barrow, tries his hand at dowsing ley lines
Walking_Through_History
2019 documentary film by Werner Herzog
paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey. 2. Landscapes of the Soul - Visits Avebury and Silbury Hill in Wiltshire near to Chatwin's school of Marlborough College. Talks to
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Nomad:_In_the_Footsteps_of_Bruce_Chatwin
Ayrshire, Medieval Manor Pixie's Hole Quanterness Ring of Brodgar Seahenge Silbury Hill Silchester Skara Brae Stanton Drew Star Carr Stonehenge Sutton Hoo Trelech
List of archaeological sites by country
List_of_archaeological_sites_by_country
4590; -0.9495 (River Kennet) 9.75 Swallowhead spring and others near Silbury Hill 45 miles (72 km) Foudry Brook Clayhill Brook River Enborne River Lambourn
Tributaries of the River Thames
Tributaries_of_the_River_Thames
Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland
Thom[citation needed] and others, described in detail how Maeshowe, Silbury Hill and other ancient mounds and Neolithic megaliths across Britain served
Maeshowe
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Barrow) Silbury Hill Silbury Hill, Abury, Wiltshire. Mound Neolithic 51°24′56″N 1°51′27″W / 51.4156°N 1.8575°W / 51.4156; -1.8575 (Silbury Hill) The
Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882
Ancient_Monuments_Protection_Act_1882
described by explorer Antonio Alzate. 1776: October - Vertical shaft sunk at Silbury Hill. Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. 1774: Discovery of reputed Roman
1770s_in_archaeology
Vale in Wiltshire, England
West Kennet Long Barrow, Savernake Forest, Crofton Pumping Station, Silbury Hill, Wilton Windmill, Alton Barnes (crop circles), Marlborough, Kennet and
Vale_of_Pewsey
English textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896)
visit many of the prehistoric sites of Wiltshire, such as Avebury and Silbury Hill, which fascinated him. The school was Anglican in faith and in March
William_Morris
English rock band
Slattery and Ollis were flatting in Talbot Road near All Saints Notting Hill, where bands performed in the church hall on Friday nights. On 29 August
Hawkwind
(Le Portrait) Writer: Fabien Rault II.i.5 (2-15): Silbury Hill (Silbury Hill) – cf. Silbury Hill Writer: Joëlle Sevilla II.i.6 (2-12): Reclassification
List_of_Kaamelott_episodes
Ditch, bank and ditch earthworks. Seahenge, Bronze Age timber monument. Silbury Hill, the tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe. The Gop, Neolithic
List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain
List_of_prehistoric_structures_in_Great_Britain
Neolithic henge in Somerset, England
be compared. The proximity of Maes Knoll is comparable with that of Silbury Hill. A ridiculous theory suggests that the monoliths were erected as a trophy
Stanton_Drew_stone_circles
Town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England
7+1⁄2 mi (12.1 km) east of Calne on the A4361 route towards Wroughton. Silbury Hill, the largest neolithic structure in Europe, is situated 7 mi (11 km)
Calne
Medieval castle in Wiltshire, England
motte) dates from 2400 BC. This is close to the dates established for Silbury Hill. In 1067, William the Conqueror assumed control of the Marlborough area
Marlborough_Castle
This is a list of hills in Wiltshire. Many of these hills are important historical, archaeological and nature conservation sites, as well as popular hiking
List_of_hills_of_Wiltshire
Preserved county of Wales
such structure in Britain being only superseded by Silbury Hill. Caer Drewyn is one of many Iron Age hill forts in Clwyd that attest to human occupation of
Clwyd
Bronze Age archaeological culture in Central Europe
University of Jena The Bornhock mound lies at the same latitude (51.41° N) as Silbury Hill in England, the largest prehistoric human-made mound in Europe (constructed
Únětice_culture
Preservation of items of historical significance
personally bought private land that housed ancient monuments in Avebury, Silbury Hill and elsewhere, from the owners who were threatening to have them cleared
Historic_preservation
English churchman, Dean of Hereford and antiquary
publication in 1851 Diary of a Dean: being an Account of the Examination of Silbury Hill and of various Barrows and other Earthworks on the Downs of North Wilts
John_Merewether
use and interpreting the cosmos. With other nearby sites, including Silbury Hill, Beckhampton Avenue, and West Kennet Avenue, they form a UNESCO World
Architecture_of_England
Devizes A small, fast-moving, golden-coloured orb was reported. 2009 Silbury hill An off-duty police sergeant reported seeing 6 ft (1.8 m) tall blonde
List of paranormal events reported in Wiltshire, England
List_of_paranormal_events_reported_in_Wiltshire,_England
Television program
Tollund Man, Denmark. Sites visited include Maeshowe, Orkney; West Kennet, Silbury Hill; Stonehenge; Avebury. 5. The Builders (TX: 18 July 1966) The lasting
Who_Were_the_British?
1999 single by Tori Amos
husband deal with the grieving process. The lyrics contain reference to Silbury Hill, an ancient mound in Wiltshire, England. This is a place often visited
1000_Oceans
Historic site
Dunragit complex of monuments. The most well known parallel the site has is Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, but is closer in size to the less well known sites at Conquer
Droughdool_Mote
English freelance journalist and archaeologist
Bruxelles, Simon (12 May 2007). "Archaeologists try again to find secret of Silbury Hill". The Times. London. p. 42. "'Lost' Stonehenge bones found". Evening
Mike_Pitts_(archaeologist)
English antiquarian (1687–1765)
Reform: The Royal Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century — Martin Folkes, John Hill, and William Stukeley". History of Science. 37 (4): 377–406. Bibcode:1999HisSc
William_Stukeley
Region of England
Limestone is also found in the region, at the Cotswolds, Quantock Hills and Mendip Hills, where they support sheep farming. All of the principal rock types
South_West_England
British writer
ISBN 978-0-9555970-5-3 Avebury Cosmos: The Neolithic World of Avebury henge, Silbury Hill, West Kennet long barrow, the Sanctuary & the Longstones Cove (2011)
Nicholas_Mann_(occult_writer)
British prehistorian and archaeologist
theory on the creation of Stonehenge. He also investigated sites at Silbury Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, and Wayland's Smithy and was a friend and collaborator
Richard_J._C._Atkinson
English Antiquarian
on the face of the Wiltshire downs", the earth being represented by Silbury Hill, and the sun and planets, revolving round it, by seven "temples", four
Edward_Duke_(antiquary)
Musical artist
played with fellow Hawkwind members under the guise of The Elves of Silbury Hill. Dibs appeared on the ‘’Acoustic Daze’’ LP released in 2019 (He was wrongly
Mr_Dibs
Human settlement in Scotland
that the mound was constructed around 2500 BC, and has been compared to Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. Round Dounan, in the grounds of Dunragit House, has been
Dunragit
United Kingdom national memorial in Staffordshire
ancient burial mounds of our ancestors … that recollects monuments like Silbury Hill and the mounds around Stonehenge. The mound is surmounted by a Portland
Armed_Forces_Memorial
Neolithic stone circle in Wiltshire, England
many other built structures in the area, such as the Avebury henge, Silbury Hill, and West Kennet Avenue, it is diminutive. Gillings et al. thus suggested
Falkner's_Circle
the 1720s. It was seen by antiquarian William Stukeley on 8 July 1723. Silbury Hill Tumulus c.2400 – 2300 BC Remains A prehistoric artificial chalk mound
List of English Heritage properties
List_of_English_Heritage_properties
Castle in Udine, Italy
the hill are in the Bronze Age, and it might date to a period between 3000 and 3500 years ago, comparable in age to the slightly higher Silbury Hill in
Udine_Castle
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales
which is the largest in Wales, and second largest in Great Britain after Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.[citation needed] Ritual and burial monuments from the Bronze
Clwydian_Range_and_Dee_Valley
20th-century series of guidebooks to Britain
these de facto Shell commercials, a film about Avebury stone circle and Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, was even promoted with an advertisement in the TV Times
Shell_Guides
5623°N 2.0802°W / 51.5623; -2.0802 River Kennet Swallowhead Spring near Silbury Hill 51°30′10″N 1°50′42″W / 51.50276°N 1.84507°W / 51.50276; -1.84507 confluence
List_of_rivers_of_Wiltshire
British archaeologist
Conservation Bulletin 58, 35. Westlake, S. 2009. "A pyramid in England: Silbury Hill, Wiltshire", Country Life 203(2), 40–42. Greaney, S. 2013. "Reconstruction
Susan_Greaney
New Zealand ceramicist, sculptor and arts educator
1984, prompted by her interest in Neolithic artifacts, Cornish visited Silbury Hill and Avebury Henge in Wiltshire, and in 1988 she travelled to the megalithic
Bronwynne_Cornish
Chronological history of the visual arts by year and decade
Sahure 2490 BC – The Pyramid of Userkaf 2500 BC – The Statue of Ebih-Il; Silbury Hill is constructed; the Kernosivsky idol; the Mastabat al-Fir'aun 2510 BC
Timeline_of_art
Motte and bailey castle in England
upon a much earlier Iron Age structure of comparable construction to Silbury Hill in Wiltshire. Internal examination in 2016, through core sample drilling
Skipsea_Castle
Annual award in Archaeology
Celtic from the West by Barry Cunliffe and John Koch, and The Story of Silbury Hill by Jim Leary and David Field. Tony Wilmott, Mike Heyworth, and Martin
Archaeology_Awards
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