The first official reports to come out of English Heritage on
the Silbury hill conservation project 2007-8.
http://www.english-h...df/RN10_web.pdf
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Silbury Hill 2009 Reports
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Posted 25 November 2009 - 12:56
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This is a very intriguing monument. The construction now appears to have been in a number of stages with, it appears, an amalgamation of separate mounds into a single edifice,implying that the site was deemed at the outset but that the hill was not perhaps originally envisaged. This mini mountain idea seems to have been a development that took place after the site was chosen and other small mounds for whatever purpose, perhaps a gathering of materials as the land seems to have been cleared,had been created. All fascinating stuff. However, why build this hill? Perhaps astronomy can come to the rescue. I make a valid suggestion in Chapter 7 of my book Measurements of the Gods which is available to read online or to buy at
http://www.completel...580/books/77136
Here it is seen that circa 2300 BC and both before and after an observer standing at the southern base of the hill at midsummer midnight [again both before and after but ultimate dates given here] would see the 'cup' of the Big Dipper, otherwise known as the Great Bear or Ursa Major, swooping down and skimming the top of the truncated hill. Given that Stonehenge has now been defined as a burial region and with associations with the dead, [further info regarding this in the same chapter] and it is a virtual certainty that excarnation was a common practise, it follows as grave goods were also a commonality, that there was some kind of spiritual belief with the dead, as in Egypt and other regions rising to the heavens. What better way than to be carried up than by one of the most prominent constellations in the northern skies? The dating is correct and regarding the truncation, if this structure was used for any purpose that required a sharp tip it could only be a visual one from a different location and this concept has been virtually excluded due to lack of sighting of anything that would be important enough to warrant the amount of work entailed building the edifice. However, to assist the dead to rise to the heavens and simultaneously give a astronomical alignment from its base is a different matter, one that not only would be deemed important at the time but one that fits just about all the available criterion for the monument.
Comments would be appreciated
This is a very intriguing monument. The construction now appears to have been in a number of stages with, it appears, an amalgamation of separate mounds into a single edifice,implying that the site was deemed at the outset but that the hill was not perhaps originally envisaged. This mini mountain idea seems to have been a development that took place after the site was chosen and other small mounds for whatever purpose, perhaps a gathering of materials as the land seems to have been cleared,had been created. All fascinating stuff. However, why build this hill? Perhaps astronomy can come to the rescue. I make a valid suggestion in Chapter 7 of my book Measurements of the Gods which is available to read online or to buy at
http://www.completel...580/books/77136
Here it is seen that circa 2300 BC and both before and after an observer standing at the southern base of the hill at midsummer midnight [again both before and after but ultimate dates given here] would see the 'cup' of the Big Dipper, otherwise known as the Great Bear or Ursa Major, swooping down and skimming the top of the truncated hill. Given that Stonehenge has now been defined as a burial region and with associations with the dead, [further info regarding this in the same chapter] and it is a virtual certainty that excarnation was a common practise, it follows as grave goods were also a commonality, that there was some kind of spiritual belief with the dead, as in Egypt and other regions rising to the heavens. What better way than to be carried up than by one of the most prominent constellations in the northern skies? The dating is correct and regarding the truncation, if this structure was used for any purpose that required a sharp tip it could only be a visual one from a different location and this concept has been virtually excluded due to lack of sighting of anything that would be important enough to warrant the amount of work entailed building the edifice. However, to assist the dead to rise to the heavens and simultaneously give a astronomical alignment from its base is a different matter, one that not only would be deemed important at the time but one that fits just about all the available criterion for the monument.
Comments would be appreciated
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Posted 2 March 2011 - 21:12
Pete G, on 2 February 2009 - 03:06, said:
The first official reports to come out of English Heritage on
the Silbury hill conservation project 2007-8.
http://www.english-h...df/RN10_web.pdf
PeteG
the Silbury hill conservation project 2007-8.
http://www.english-h...df/RN10_web.pdf
PeteG
Hello - more on Silbury Hill and the English Heritage Silbury Hill Conservation Project can be found here:
http://sites.google....romsilburyhill/
best wishes
fachtna
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