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

You are in: Wiltshire > In Pictures > 360 Panoramas > Inside Silbury Hill > Silbury Hill - Facts and Figures Is Silbury Hill your favourite? It's 4,400 years old and the biggest in Europe... So who ...
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 ...
Daily Mail

Silbury Hill: Burial ground for Neolithic 'souls'

Europe's tallest man-made mound, Silbury Hill, may have been a tomb for the souls of dead Neolithic men, according to archaeologists. English Heritage (EH) began a £1million conservation project to ...
The Independent

The souls of Silbury Hill are bared in burial mound dig

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
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

Inside Silbury Hill

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BBC

Going Inside Silbury Hill

Subject: Watch a guided video tour inside Silbury Hill with project manager Mark Kirkbride... A £1 million building project to stabilise the ancient monument of Silbury Hill, to stop it collapsing, ...