Spaceship mark
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Re: newsnight film
Jan 31, 2008, 13:34
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They're also leaving some science equipment in there too...
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1554&Itemid=26
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Littlestone
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Re: Silbury's structural integrity
Apr 07, 2008, 18:51
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In the first half of the tunnel the voiding is said to be no more than 0.5 metres above Atkinson’s steel support arches. However, in two sections this voiding is said to be directly associated with the visible surface slumping uphill from the entrance, which is clearly a lot more than 0.5 metres higher, suggesting (to me at least) that the height of the voiding is only a small part of the story and that the damage and loss of integrity extends in a column above it right to the surface...
Looks like you were right there Nigel - take a look at English Heritage's latest Silbury Hill update (Update 31) and the gash above the Atkinson/BBC tunnel here - http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.17511. Also (on the same page) the present size of the infill on the top of the monument (compared to earlier photographs of the collapse).
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moss
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Edited Apr 29, 2008, 06:23
It seems to be finished...
Apr 29, 2008, 06:17
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The last report? bruised and battered and looking slightly the worse for wear Silbury is repaired.....
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/Silbury_Hill_web_update_32.pdf
Coincidentally reading a plant flora last night; when EH come to scatter some seeds around to cover those bald patches they should add some Squinancywort (Asperula cynanchica)....
In 1574 a Flemish botanist climbed this 'acclivem cretaceam et arridam montem arte militari aggestum' (steep chalky dry hill raised by military art), he climbed Silbury Hill and found a plant blossoming in July which seemed to have been the above plant, though he called it Anglica Saxifraga - the first record for Britain.... expect Rhiannon would be interested by that non news ;)
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Rhiannon
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Re: It seems to be finished...
Apr 29, 2008, 09:34
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blimey someone actually listens to my ramblings.. I'm touched. Moss, on the subject of botany, this weekend I dragged poor plant-blind Mr Rh over to North Meadow in Cricklade for the snakes head fritillaries, they were pretty impressive especially when the sun was out. Worth the trip but better make it soon!
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scubi63
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Re: Silbury's structural integrity
May 06, 2008, 11:17
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Report from the local paper
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/display.var.2248968.0.work_to_stabilise_silbury_hill_completed.php
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goffik
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Re: Silbury's structural integrity
May 06, 2008, 14:57
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Cheers for the link, Scubi!
Good news that it's all over... Can't wait for EH to share the results of all the excavations and finds...
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Pilgrim
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Re: It seems to be finished...
May 12, 2008, 15:26
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moss wrote:
Grand. At last. Now if people would just stop walking all over it, perhaps it could try and forget we were ever there...
Peace
Pilgrim
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Littlestone
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Edited May 12, 2008, 17:30
Dancing across the site
May 12, 2008, 15:51
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Grand. At last. Now if people would just stop walking all over it, perhaps it could try and forget we were ever there...
Aye Pilgrim. There's yet another PS to this whole sorry saga here - http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2279497,00.html
Mave seems to have got it slightly wrong (to say the least) in her last paragraph, "Nothing has been left behind except a cable to monitor movement..." Nothing of course other than thousands of plastic bags and any Atkinson/BBC tunnel arches which were deemed too dangerous to remove. At least there's no 21st century time capsule in there (one of English Heritage's less inspired/informed ideas and supported by some who should have known better). The 1968 concrete lintel and metal door have also thankfully been removed.
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