Just sent off an email the the Mr Harding re my thoughts on Silbury.
I await a reply.
Hi,
I would like to voice a complaint at the intention to put a "Time Capsule" into Silbury Hill while the restoration is being undertaken. I am involved with E.H. and the D.P.A in the surveying and restoration of cairns on Dartmoor , also listed ancient monuments. We do this with the upmost care for the monument and try and leave it as it was intended to be , after varying amounts of remodeling by the general public. How would it be if we left a "Time Capsule" in each of these for future archaeologists to find?
I think , and probably a lot of the public would think , if they knew what was intended, that the monument should be left as it was in the first place , full of chalk.
Peter Castle.
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