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bladup 1986 posts |
Edited Jan 10, 2013, 13:08
Jan 10, 2013, 12:59
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No you've totally misunderstood, there was a collapsing tunnel, they even showed it on the telly, it will then take a few years [now] to see the effects of this collapse on the surface, if part of a tunnel collapes [it did] everything over it will also collapse over time, i say that's happening now, i hope i'm wrong but lets see what EH say over the next few years, i think you'll find they'll soon admit to slippage to do with the collapsing tunnel a few years back, a bit of backfilling just isn't enough to sort it out.
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Steve M 44 posts |
Jan 10, 2013, 14:38
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bladup wrote: No you've totally misunderstood, there was a collapsing tunnel, they even showed it on the telly, it will then take a few years [now] to see the effects of this collapse on the surface, if part of a tunnel collapes [it did] everything over it will also collapse over time, i say that's happening now, i hope i'm wrong but lets see what EH say over the next few years, i think you'll find they'll soon admit to slippage to do with the collapsing tunnel a few years back, a bit of backfilling just isn't enough to sort it out. Ah, it was on the telly! Remember - I don't have one.
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Steve M 44 posts |
Jan 10, 2013, 14:41
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EH's website: "All the known voids inside Silbury Hill, and the crater on the summit, were then re-filled with 1,465 tonnes of chalk. The mound has now been restored to as near its original condition as possible. "
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Evergreen Dazed 1881 posts |
Jan 10, 2013, 14:49
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Hi Steve, don't know if you'll remember but we met briefly at Devizes town hall, after the talk on Marden. Hows the book coming along?
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Steve M 44 posts |
Jan 10, 2013, 14:51
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Hi! Coming on very well, thanks. Taken far longer than I ever imagined it would but getting close to finishing at last.
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VBB 558 posts |
Jan 10, 2013, 14:54
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Steve M wrote: bladup wrote: No you've totally misunderstood, there was a collapsing tunnel, they even showed it on the telly, it will then take a few years [now] to see the effects of this collapse on the surface, if part of a tunnel collapes [it did] everything over it will also collapse over time, i say that's happening now, i hope i'm wrong but lets see what EH say over the next few years, i think you'll find they'll soon admit to slippage to do with the collapsing tunnel a few years back, a bit of backfilling just isn't enough to sort it out. Ah, it was on the telly! Remember - I don't have one. You can see the blooming thing from your upstairs windows, and there's fewer repeats! I bet if you stuck a camera out of the window right now you could snap someone up there scoffing their lunch!
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Evergreen Dazed 1881 posts |
Edited Jan 10, 2013, 14:56
Jan 10, 2013, 14:54
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Steve M wrote: Hi! Coming on very well, thanks. Taken far longer than I ever imagined it would but getting close to finishing at last. Great, looking forward to it! Found anybody for the house? I'd be there like a shot if I could! Sounds fantastic.
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Steve M 44 posts |
Jan 10, 2013, 15:01
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I went to Silbury at noon today. Incredibly, as I was taking pics of the damage a bloke appeared on the top! He must have climbed up from the S side by the road: http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq278/Steve_M_02/Silbury%20Hill%20Damage%2010-01-2013/DSCN2160sml_zpsd28c8690.jpg He wasn't performing a magic ceremony or taking pics - just having lunch: http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq278/Steve_M_02/Silbury%20Hill%20Damage%2010-01-2013/DSCN2161cu_zpsf5bb47f5.jpg
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Littlestone 5386 posts |
Edited Jan 10, 2013, 15:21
Jan 10, 2013, 15:16
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Steve M wrote: EH's website: "All the known voids inside Silbury Hill, and the crater on the summit, were then re-filled with 1,465 tonnes of chalk. The mound has now been restored to as near its original condition as possible. " Hmmm... they seem to have forgotten the numerous metal struts from the Atkinson/BBC Tunnel that couldn’t be removed (for safety reasons) and were left behind, nor whether the small boulders such as these found within the monument were ever returned to their original position. I guess you could say all that is water under the monument now (and I suppose it is) but, just for the record, EH’s version of what they’ve done to consolidate Silbury can be a little economical with the facts to say the least. Point made, time to move on and get the trespassing issue sorted. English Heritage, don’t be as slow addressing this issue as you were when Silbury was so perilously threatened and very close to collapse. You are being watched, and you will be held to account if you mishandle this.
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VBB 558 posts |
Jan 10, 2013, 15:39
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Steve M wrote: I went to Silbury at noon today. Incredibly, as I was taking pics of the damage a bloke appeared on the top! He must have climbed up from the S side by the road: http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq278/Steve_M_02/Silbury%20Hill%20Damage%2010-01-2013/DSCN2160sml_zpsd28c8690.jpg He wasn't performing a magic ceremony or taking pics - just having lunch: http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq278/Steve_M_02/Silbury%20Hill%20Damage%2010-01-2013/DSCN2161cu_zpsf5bb47f5.jpg I was just up there scoffing a pork pie, I thought who is that bloke pointing a long lens at me? At least I hoped it was a lens.... !
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