Pilgrim
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"four months"
May 11, 2007, 02:41
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"Engineers are to re-open a tunnel that goes deep inside the ancient monument of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.
After prising open the tunnel's sealed door on Friday, engineers are expected to spend four months, filling the tunnels with hundreds of cubic tonnes of chalk to stabilise the structure."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/6645367.stm
hmmmmm....................
Peace
Pilgrim
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Littlestone
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Re: "four months"
May 11, 2007, 07:06
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Yes, the photo shows two English Heritage workers rolling the place into a state of stability with modern conservation equipment ;-)
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jimit
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Re: "four months"
May 11, 2007, 07:12
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"cubic tons" ?
Jim.
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rocknicker
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lol
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Merrick
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Re: "four months"
May 11, 2007, 08:28
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"modern science can solve the mystery of why the hill was built in the first place."
"It says the site may have been a sacred place of pilgrimage."
No way! Who'd have thunk it?
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fitzcoraldo
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Re: "four months"
May 11, 2007, 08:59
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Interesting times.
It's good to see that after all the jaw-jaw we get a bit of bore-bore.
Coat - door - gone
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slumpystones
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jimit wrote: "cubic tons" ?
Jim.
It comes ready made in box-shaped chunks, with an EH logo carved into each side.
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Pete G
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Re: "four months"
May 11, 2007, 12:15
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http://www.users.myisp.co.uk/~gtour/Silbury2007.html
digging started days ago.
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texlahoma
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Re: "four months"
May 11, 2007, 12:25
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just watched a news 24 report about this, they'll be going back throughout the summer apparently to show the progress!
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goffik
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Re: "four months"
May 11, 2007, 12:31
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I just hope they tidy up after themselves... ;o)
Happy birthday for yesterday! :oD
G x
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