The English Heritage Conservation and Restoration Project in 2007/2008 followed the previously mentioned tunnel by Professor Atkinson. Although much of the evidence of its age and function had been contaminated over the centuries, there was some evidence discovered during this recent dig to suggest that Silbury Hill was originally constructed as a pyramid.
Some of the uncovered information to suggest this extraordinary possibility is as follows:-
There were large sarsen stones found at the summit and a number of pieces have been discovered close to the surface elsewhere in the Hill. These large sarsen stones suggest a cap or podium at the top of the structure.
Large chalk blocks measuring 29 x 39½ x 12 pyramid inches were discovered at the top of Silbury Hill.
“Over 10,000 survey points on the mound alone allowed us to plot detailed contours. This emphasised that the structure is not in fact circular, but built in straight segments that may indicate radial walls or buttresses”
- English Heritage
A thin band of dark brown butter-textured material approximately 5mm thick spread across the base area prior to the construction. So far no stones have been found in this bizarre band of mica-like material.
Close to the entrance a large chamber had been discovered and its purpose unknown. Other cavities have been discovered beneath the base of the Hill. Does this suggest evidence of a storage place but any artefacts placed within had long since been removed and any records lost?
A few flint flakes some dated to 12,000 years old were discovered in pits on top of the first phase of Silbury Hill.
The building of the final phase of the Hill occurred in “steps”.
Archaeologists found this to be a very ‘clean’ site, suggesting that once Silbury Hill had been built, it seems unusual that only a selected few had access to the Hill.
It is clear that in our distant past there was a mass of people in this area who were organised and prepared to work very hard in relative harmony, but we can still only guess at its function. So, to understand Silbury Hill we need to move our focus elsewhere to attempt to provide a plausible explanation for its purpose. I believe answers can be found by studying the most ancient and mysterious monuments found on Earth – pyramids!
We are aware of the Great Pyramid in Egypt but what is not fully understood is the existent of hundreds if not thousands of pyramids built on every continent on Earth. So, why were these amazing technological structures built?
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